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instance method

Array#-

array - other_array → new_array

Returns a new Array containing only those elements from array that are not found in Array other_array; items are compared using eql?; the order from array is preserved:

Example
[0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1] - [1] # => [0, 2, 3]
[0, 1, 2, 3] - [3, 0] # => [1, 2]
[0, 1, 2] - [4] # => [0, 1, 2]

Related: Array#difference.

See also #+ #<< #* #<=> also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1