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instance method
Range#to_a
to_a → array
range.c
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static VALUE
range_to_a(VALUE range)
{
if (NIL_P(RANGE_END(range))) {
rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "cannot convert endless range to an array");
}
return rb_call_super(0, 0);
}
Returns an array containing the elements in self, if a finite collection; raises an exception otherwise.
Example
(1..4).to_a # => [1, 2, 3, 4] (1...4).to_a # => [1, 2, 3] ('a'..'d').to_a # => ["a", "b", "c", "d"]
Range#entries is an alias for Range#to_a.