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instance method

Hash#filter!

filter!

Alias of #select!

Hash#filter! is an alias for Hash#select!.

Returns self, whose entries are those for which the block returns a truthy value:

h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}
h.select! {|key, value| value < 2 }  => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}

Returns nil if no entries were removed.

Returns a new Enumerator if no block given:

Example
h = {foo: 0, bar: 1, baz: 2}
e = h.select!  # => #<Enumerator: {:foo=>0, :bar=>1, :baz=>2}:select!>
e.each { |key, value| value < 2 } # => {:foo=>0, :bar=>1}
See also #select! #filter #flatten #fetch_values also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0