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instance method
Array#to_a
to_a → self or new_array
array.c
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static VALUE
rb_ary_to_a(VALUE ary)
{
if (rb_obj_class(ary) != rb_cArray) {
VALUE dup = rb_ary_new2(RARRAY_LEN(ary));
rb_ary_replace(dup, ary);
return dup;
}
return ary;
}
When self is an instance of Array, returns self:
Example
a = [:foo, 'bar', 2] a.to_a # => [:foo, "bar", 2]
Otherwise, returns a new Array containing the elements of self:
Example
class MyArray < Array; end a = MyArray.new(['foo', 'bar', 'two']) a.instance_of?(Array) # => false a.kind_of?(Array) # => true a1 = a.to_a a1 # => ["foo", "bar", "two"] a1.class # => Array # Not MyArray