How do I find the size of the longest subarray? - arrays

I'm using Ruby 2.4. I have an array of arrays
arr = [[1, 8, 9, 10], [2, 3, 7], [0, 2, 15, 4, 27, 3], [2]]
How do I find the maximum number of elements for all of the child arrays? For example, in the above, the answer would be 6 since the third array has 6 elements, more than the number of elements for the other arrays.

It's so simple
arr.max_by(&:size).size
=> 6

It's really straightforward, even if you don't know max_by:
arr.map(&:size).max
#=> 6

You can use max_by on the array:
array.max_by { |i| i.length }.length

Given:
> arr=[[1, 8, 9, 10], [2, 3, 7], [0, 2, 15, 4, 27, 3], [2]]
Use max_by:
> arr.max_by {|l| l.length}
=> [0, 2, 15, 4, 27, 3]
Or, the shortcut form:
> arr.max_by(&:length)
=> [0, 2, 15, 4, 27, 3]
And if you want 6 vs the actual array:
> arr.max_by {|l| l.length}.length
=> 6

max_by is the way to go here but you can use max too:
arr.max { |a, b| a.size <=> b.size }.size
#=> 6
Benchmarks
require 'fruity'
arr = Array.new(10000) { |arr| Array.new(rand 10) }
compare do
maxby_size { arr.max_by(&:size).size }
maxby_count { arr.max_by(&:count).count }
map_max { arr.map(&:size).max }
max { arr.max { |a,b| a.size <=> b.size }.size }
reduce { arr.reduce(0) { |memo, a| memo > a.length ? memo : a.length } }
end
#Running each test 2 times. Test will take about 1 second.
#map_max is faster than max by 2x ± 0.1
#max is similar to reduce
#reduce is similar to maxby_size
#maxby_size is similar to maxby_count

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Ruby - How do you perform an operation on each item of two (maybe more) arrays and populate them in a new array?

a = [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
b = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
each of array a's items are divided by each of array b's items and put into a new array called c.
c = [6, 3, 2, 2, 2]
a = [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
b = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
c = a.zip(b).map { |e| e.reduce :/ }
#⇒ [
# [0] 6,
# [1] 3,
# [2] 2,
# [3] 2,
# [4] 2
# ]
Array#zip zips the arrays together and then each element (array of 2 items zipped) is reduced with Integer#/.
I like mudasobwa's zip/map solution, but here are a couple alternatives:
a = [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
b = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
c = Array.new(a.size) { |i| a[i] / b[i] }
c = a.map.with_index { |x, i| x / b[i] }
In particular, I might prefer the Array.new solution if the arrays aren't guaranteed to be the same length, because you can easily ensure you don't go over bounds:
c = Array.new([a.size, b.size].min) { |i| a[i] / b[i] }

How to sum numbers in nested arrays in Ruby?

I got this array:
array = [["R.M", 20], ["R.U-CS", 3], ["R.M-TIC", 3], ["R.J.CONF", 20]]
I want to sum the numeric values, so I have converted this into a single array by using flatten:
array = array.flatten
#=> ["R.M", 20, "R.U-CS", 3, "R.M-TIC", 3, "R.J.CONF", 20]
then:
a = []
array.each do |r|
a << r if r.class == Fixnum
end
a
This works, but I am searching for a simpler solution, maybe converting the array into an "only numeric" array first:
[20, 3, 3, 20]
Not that obvious, but you can pass a class or module to grep to select its instances:
array.grep(Integer)
#=> [20, 3, 3, 20]
or
array.grep(Numeric)
#=> [20, 3, 3, 20]
or to grep_v in order to exclude its instances:
array.grep_v(String)
#=> [20, 3, 3, 20]
This works because grep uses === for pattern matching. If you pass a class, it invokes Module#=== (each class is a module) which returns true if the object is an instance of the receiver:
Integer === 20
#=> true
Integer === 'foo'
#=> false
However, your actual problem can be solved much easier. Given this array:
array = [["R.M", 20], ["R.U-CS", 3], ["R.M-TIC", 3], ["R.J.CONF", 20]]
And assuming that the second value is always a number, you can use sum with a block:
array.sum { |string, number| number }
#=> 46
or to sum each sub-array's last value: (which is the same in this case)
array.sum(&:last)
#=> 46
One might use class’ case-equality Module#=== to determine a class of elements and to reject strings:
array = ["R.M", 20, "R.U-CS", 3, "R.M-TIC", 3, "R.J.CONF", 20]
array.reject &String.method(:===)
#⇒ [
# [0] 20,
# [1] 3,
# [2] 3,
# [3] 20
# ]
array.delete_if { |x| x.kind_of(String) }
array.map { |item| item if item.is_a? Integer }.compact
# [20, 3, 3, 20]
More compact:
array.select { |item| item.is_a? Integer }
Or even shorter:
array.select &Integer.method(:===)
Follow the below code
array.reject { |c| c.class.name.eql?('String') }
With is_a?
array.reject { |c| c.is_a?(String) }
If your arrays are formatted like your example then this will work:
array.select.with_index { |_,i| i.odd? } #=> [20, 3, 3, 20]
use select to select only integers from the array
array = ["R.M", 20, "R.U-CS", 3, "R.M-TIC", 3, "R.J.CONF", 20]
array.select { |tmp| tmp.is_a?(Integer) }
#=> [20, 3, 3, 20]
use select! if you want to permanently change the content of your variable array with the integer-only content

iterate over array to find int over 10 and add those two digits together

Trying to iterate over and array and for any digit 10 or higher, split those digits and add them together for instance: 10 > "1" "0" > 1.
I am able to iterate through the array and achieve that. however, it returns nil instead of the digits < 9.
def over_ten_sum
#splits the numbers over 10 into seperate digit and sums them
square_odd.map do |num|
if num > 9
num.to_s.chars.each_slice(2).map { |num_1, num_2| num_1.to_i + num_2.to_i }
end
end
end
With a value of [6, 4, 10, 2, 14, 7, 8, 4, 6, 7, 18, 4] it returns:
=> [nil, nil, [1], nil, [5], nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, [9], nil]
I am trying to have the output be
[6, 4, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 6, 7, 9, 4]
Just not seeing the disconnect here. Thank you in advance for any insights.
Suppose you were to write
[1, 2, 3].map { |n| }
#=> [nil, nil, nil]
An array of nils is returned because map returns nil for n if n is not assigned a value in the block. Similarly,
[1, 2, 3].map { |n| 2*n if n > 1 }
#=> [nil, 4, 6]
which is very similar to the problem with the OP's code. If one doesn't want nils in the array returned one simply needs to map each element of the array into a non-nil value:
[1, 2, 3].map { |n| n > 1 ? 2*n : n }
#=> [1, 4, 6]
Now let's look at the line
num.to_s.chars.each_slice(2).map { |num_1, num_2| num_1.to_i + num_2.to_i }
If num = 34, this returns [7], which, except for the fact that 7 is in an array, is correct. On the other hand, if num = 134 the expression returns [4, 4] (i.e., [1+3, 4]), which I don't expect is what is wanted. If, however, the numbers always have two digits, the above expression is the same as:
num[0].to_i + num[1].to_i
which is much simpler.1 To make it more general you need to write something like the following2:
def over_nine_sum(arr)
arr.map { |n| n > 9 ? n.to_s.each_char.reduce(0) { |t,s| t + s.to_i } : n }
end
over_nine_sum [12, 5, 71, 3]
#=> [3, 5, 8, 3]
See Enumerable#reduce (aka inject).
#JörgWMittag noted (see comment) that the sum of the digits of a single-digit number (0-9) is the same as the number itself, so there is no need to treat those numbers differently. We may therefore write
def sum_digits(arr)
arr.map { |n| n.to_s.each_char.reduce(0) { |t,s| t + s.to_i } }
end
sum_digits [12, 5, 71, 3]
#=> [3, 5, 8, 3]
As #steenslag's suggested in a comment, this can be simplified to
def sum_digits(arr)
arr.map { |n| n.digits.sum }
end
which uses the methods Integer#digits and Array#sum (both new in Ruby v2.4).
Consider the steps (for the first version of sum_digits above) when n = 34:
n.to_s.each_char.reduce(0) { |t,s| t + s.to_i }
#=> 34.to_s.each_char.reduce(0) { |t,s| t + s.to_i }
#=> "34".each_char.reduce(0) { |t,s| t + s.to_i }
Now reduce initializes the block variable t (the "memo", which is returned) to zero and passes the first digit of "34" to the block and assigns it to the block variable s:
t = 0
s = "3"
The block calculation is:
t + s.to_i
#=> 0 + "3".to_i
#=> 3
which is the updated value of t. Next,
s = "4"
t + s.to_i
#=> 3 + "4".to_i
#=> 3 + 4
#=> 7
1. Another problem is that if square_odd is a local variable, Ruby will raise an "undefined variable or method" exception when it evaluates it.
2. n.to_s.each_char.reduce(0)... is preferable to n.to_s.chars.reduce(0)... because chars returns a temporary array whereas each_char returns an enumerator.
Remove the if:
def over_ten_sum
#splits the numbers over 10 into seperate digit and sums them
square_odd.map do |num|
num.to_s.chars.each_slice(2).map { |num_1, num_2| num_1.to_i + num_2.to_i }
end.flatten
end
#=> [6, 4, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 4, 6, 7, 9, 4]
What was wrong? if num > 9 left out every other number from being treated and nothing was returned, so you got nil each time. To make it clearer, check the following code:
def over_ten_sum
#splits the numbers over 10 into seperate digit and sums them
square_odd.map do |num|
if num > 9
num.to_s.chars.each_slice(2).map { |num_1, num_2| num_1.to_i + num_2.to_i }
else
num
end
end.flatten
end
#=> [6, 4, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 4, 6, 7, 9, 4]
As you can see, the result is the same, because else send num back as it is when it is not greater than 9.

How to know there are several the possibilities of combination in array in ruby

I have an array #ary = [1, 3, 4, 2, 7, 8, 9] and I want to know how many possibilities of combination can add equal to 9.
I should have four possibilities can add equal to 9 [1,8]、[2, 3, 4]、[9]、[2, 7],but in my code, I just can know two of possibilities and just can show one possibility in this problem.
def sums (num, target)
random1 = num.sample
random2 = num.sample
if random1+random2 == target
ary1 = [random1, random2]
end
end
If you're interested in the combinations themselves as opposed to just the count:
(1..a.size).flat_map { |n| a.combination(n).to_a }
.keep_if { |c| c.inject(:+) == 9 }
#=> [[9], [1, 8], [2, 7], [3, 4, 2]]
You can use Array#combination:
(1..ary.size).inject(0) do |a, e|
a + ary.combination(e).count { |e| e.sum == 9 }
end
#=> 4
You can use inject(:+) instead of sum if your ruby version is lower than 2.4.

Finding the first combination of two integers in an array whose latter element appears the earliest and sum matches a given value

I have array and sum_of_two:
array = [10, 5, 1, 9, 7, 8, 2, 4, 6, 9, 3, 2, 1, 4, 8, 7, 5]
sum_of_two = 10
I'm trying to find the combination of two integers in array whose latter element of the two appears the earliest among those of such combinations whose sum equals sum_of_two. For example, both [5, 5] and [1, 9] are candidates for such combinations, but 9 of [1, 9] (which appears later than 1 in array) appears earlier than the second 5 of [5, 5] (which is the last element in array). So I would like to return [1, 9].
I tried using combination and find:
array.combination(2).find{|x,y| x + y == sum_of_two} #=> [5, 5]
However, it returns a combination of the first integer in the array, 5 , and another integer further along the array, also 5.
If I use find_all instead of find, I get all combinations of two integers that add up to sum_of_two:
array.combination(2).find_all{|x,y| x + y == sum_of_two}
#=> [[5, 5], [1, 9], [1, 9], [9, 1], [7, 3], [8, 2], [8, 2], [2, 8], [4, 6], [6, 4], [9, 1], [3, 7], [2, 8]]
But then I'm not sure how to get the first one.
I would use Set (which would be a bit more efficient than using Array#include?) and do something like this:
array = [10, 5, 1, 9, 7, 8, 2, 4, 6, 9, 3, 2, 1, 4, 8, 7, 5]
sum_of_two = 10
require 'set'
array.each_with_object(Set.new) do |element, set|
if set.include?(sum_of_two - element)
break [sum_of_two - element, element]
else
set << element
end
end
#=> [1, 9]
x = array.find.with_index{|e, i| array.first(i).include?(sum_of_two - e)}
[sum_of_two - x, x] # => [1, 9]
Array#combination(n) does not give the elements in the order you want, so you must build the pairs yourself. It's easy if you begin from the second index. A O(n) lazy implementation, and let's call the input xs:
pairs = (1...xs.size).lazy.flat_map { |j| (0...j).lazy.map { |i| [xs[i], xs[j]] } }
first_matching_pair = pairs.detect { |i, j| i + j == 10 }
#=> [1, 9]

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