Remove all nil elements from an array with compact
suggest changeIf an array happens to have one or more nil elements and these need to be removed, the Array#compact or Array#compact! methods can be used, as below.
array = [ 1, nil, 'hello', nil, '5', 33]
array.compact # => [ 1, 'hello', '5', 33]
#notice that the method returns a new copy of the array with nil removed,
#without affecting the original
array = [ 1, nil, 'hello', nil, '5', 33]
#If you need the original array modified, you can either reassign it
array = array.compact # => [ 1, 'hello', '5', 33]
array = [ 1, 'hello', '5', 33]
#Or you can use the much more elegant 'bang' version of the method
array = [ 1, nil, 'hello', nil, '5', 33]
array.compact # => [ 1, 'hello', '5', 33]
array = [ 1, 'hello', '5', 33]Finally, notice that if #compact or #compact! are called on an array with no nil elements, these will return nil.
array = [ 'foo', 4, 'life']
array.compact # => nil
array.compact! # => nil
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