Chapter 3. Working with Collections
In Ruby and other dynamic languages, “Collection” is an umbrella term for general-use lists and hashes. The ease of working with these data structures is an attractive feature and one that often contributes to making prototyping in Ruby a pleasurable experience. The implementation details of lists and hashes and their underlying mechanisms are mostly hidden from the programmer leaving him to focus on his work.
As you browse this section, keep in mind that underpinning everything you see here are traditional C-based implementations of lists and hashes; Ruby is attempting to save you the trouble of working with C—but be sure, that trouble saving can come at performance cost.
Slicing an Array
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