Methods
Public Instance methods
in_groups(number, fill_with = nil) {|g| ...}

Splits or iterates over the array in number of groups, padding any remaining slots with fill_with unless it is false. 

  %w(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10).in_groups(3) {|group| p group}
  ["1", "2", "3", "4"]
  ["5", "6", "7", nil]
  ["8", "9", "10", nil]

  %w(1 2 3 4 5 6 7).in_groups(3, ' ') {|group| p group}
  ["1", "2", "3"]
  ["4", "5", " "]
  ["6", "7", " "]

  %w(1 2 3 4 5 6 7).in_groups(3, false) {|group| p group}
  ["1", "2", "3"]
  ["4", "5"]
  ["6", "7"]

[ show source ]

    # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/grouping.rb, line 59
59:         def in_groups(number, fill_with = nil)
60:           # size / number gives minor group size;
61:           # size % number gives how many objects need extra accomodation;
62:           # each group hold either division or division + 1 items.
63:           division = size / number
64:           modulo = size % number
65: 
66:           # create a new array avoiding dup
67:           groups = []
68:           start = 0
69: 
70:           number.times do |index|
71:             length = division + (modulo > 0 && modulo > index ? 1 : 0)
72:             padding = fill_with != false &&
73:               modulo > 0 && length == division ? 1 : 0
74:             groups << slice(start, length).concat([fill_with] * padding)
75:             start += length
76:           end
77: 
78:           if block_given?
79:             groups.each{|g| yield(g) }
80:           else
81:             groups
82:           end
83:         end
in_groups_of(number, fill_with = nil) {|slice| ...}

Splits or iterates over the array in groups of size number, padding any remaining slots with fill_with unless it is false. 

  %w(1 2 3 4 5 6 7).in_groups_of(3) {|group| p group}
  ["1", "2", "3"]
  ["4", "5", "6"]
  ["7", nil, nil]

  %w(1 2 3).in_groups_of(2, '&nbsp;') {|group| p group}
  ["1", "2"]
  ["3", "&nbsp;"]

  %w(1 2 3).in_groups_of(2, false) {|group| p group}
  ["1", "2"]
  ["3"]

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    # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/grouping.rb, line 22
22:         def in_groups_of(number, fill_with = nil)
23:           if fill_with == false
24:             collection = self
25:           else
26:             # size % number gives how many extra we have;
27:             # subtracting from number gives how many to add;
28:             # modulo number ensures we don't add group of just fill.
29:             padding = (number - size % number) % number
30:             collection = dup.concat([fill_with] * padding)
31:           end
32: 
33:           if block_given?
34:             collection.each_slice(number) { |slice| yield(slice) }
35:           else
36:             [].tap do |groups|
37:               collection.each_slice(number) { |group| groups << group }
38:             end
39:           end
40:         end
split(value = nil) {|element| ...}

Divides the array into one or more subarrays based on a delimiting value or the result of an optional block. 

  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].split(3)                # => [[1, 2], [4, 5]]
  (1..10).to_a.split { |i| i % 3 == 0 }   # => [[1, 2], [4, 5], [7, 8], [10]]

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     # File activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/array/grouping.rb, line 90
 90:         def split(value = nil)
 91:           using_block = block_given?
 92: 
 93:           inject([[]]) do |results, element|
 94:             if (using_block && yield(element)) || (value == element)
 95:               results << []
 96:             else
 97:               results.last << element
 98:             end
 99: 
100:             results
101:           end
102:         end