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instance method
Hash#flatten
() -> ::Array[K | V]
(1 level) -> ::Array[K | V]
(::Integer level) -> ::Array[untyped]
hash.flatten → new_array
hash.flatten(level) → new_array
hash.c
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static VALUE
rb_hash_flatten(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash)
{
VALUE ary;
rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1);
if (argc) {
int level = NUM2INT(argv[0]);
if (level == 0) return rb_hash_to_a(hash);
ary = rb_ary_new_capa(RHASH_SIZE(hash) * 2);
rb_hash_foreach(hash, flatten_i, ary);
level--;
if (level > 0) {
VALUE ary_flatten_level = INT2FIX(level);
rb_funcallv(ary, id_flatten_bang, 1, &ary_flatten_level);
}
else if (level < 0) {
/* flatten recursively */
rb_funcallv(ary, id_flatten_bang, 0, 0);
}
}
else {
ary = rb_ary_new_capa(RHASH_SIZE(hash) * 2);
rb_hash_foreach(hash, flatten_i, ary);
}
return ary;
}
Returns a new Array object that is a 1-dimensional flattening of self.
By default, nested Arrays are not flattened:
Example
h = {foo: 0, bar: [:bat, 3], baz: 2} h.flatten # => [:foo, 0, :bar, [:bat, 3], :baz, 2]
Takes the depth of recursive flattening from Integer argument level:
Example
h = {foo: 0, bar: [:bat, [:baz, [:bat, ]]]} h.flatten(1) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, [:bat, [:baz, [:bat]]]] h.flatten(2) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, :bat, [:baz, [:bat]]] h.flatten(3) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, :bat, :baz, [:bat]] h.flatten(4) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, :bat, :baz, :bat]
When level is negative, flattens all nested Arrays:
Example
h = {foo: 0, bar: [:bat, [:baz, [:bat, ]]]} h.flatten(-1) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, :bat, :baz, :bat] h.flatten(-2) # => [:foo, 0, :bar, :bat, :baz, :bat]
When level is zero, returns the equivalent of to_a :
Example
h = {foo: 0, bar: [:bat, 3], baz: 2} h.flatten(0) # => [[:foo, 0], [:bar, [:bat, 3]], [:baz, 2]] h.flatten(0) == h.to_a # => true