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instance method

Array#any?

array.any? → true or false
array.any? {|element| ... } → true or false
array.any?(obj) → true or false

Returns true if any element of self meets a given criterion.

With no block given and no argument, returns true if self has any truthy element, false otherwise:

Example
[nil, 0, false].any? # => true
[nil, false].any? # => false
[].any? # => false

With a block given and no argument, calls the block with each element in self; returns true if the block returns any truthy value, false otherwise:

Example
[0, 1, 2].any? {|element| element > 1 } # => true
[0, 1, 2].any? {|element| element > 2 } # => false

If argument obj is given, returns true if obj.=== any element, false otherwise:

Example
['food', 'drink'].any?(/foo/) # => true
['food', 'drink'].any?(/bar/) # => false
[].any?(/foo/) # => false
[0, 1, 2].any?(1) # => true
[0, 1, 2].any?(3) # => false

Related: Enumerable#any?

See also #all? #append #abbrev #assoc also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0