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ENV.keep_if

ENV.keep_if { |name, value| block } → ENV
ENV.keep_if → an_enumerator

Yields each environment variable name and its value as a 2-element Array, deleting each environment variable for which the block returns false or nil, and returning ENV:

Example
ENV.replace('foo' => '0', 'bar' => '1', 'baz' => '2')
ENV.keep_if { |name, value| name.start_with?('b') } # => ENV
ENV # => {"bar"=>"1", "baz"=>"2"}

Returns an Enumerator if no block given:

Example
ENV.replace('foo' => '0', 'bar' => '1', 'baz' => '2')
e = ENV.keep_if # => #<Enumerator: {"bar"=>"1", "baz"=>"2", "foo"=>"0"}:keep_if>
e.each { |name, value| name.start_with?('b') } # => ENV
ENV # => {"bar"=>"1", "baz"=>"2"}
See also .invert .key .inspect .key? also in 4.1 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0