Method: Array#concat

Defined in:
array.c

#concat(*other_arrays) ⇒ self

Adds to self all elements from each array in other_arrays; returns self:

a = [0, 1]
a.concat(['two', 'three'], [:four, :five], a)
# => [0, 1, "two", "three", :four, :five, 0, 1]

Related: see Methods for Assigning.

Returns:

  • (self)


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# File 'array.c', line 5046

static VALUE
rb_ary_concat_multi(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE ary)
{
    rb_ary_modify_check(ary);

    if (argc == 1) {
        rb_ary_concat(ary, argv[0]);
    }
    else if (argc > 1) {
        int i;
        VALUE args = rb_ary_hidden_new(argc);
        for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
            rb_ary_concat(args, argv[i]);
        }
        ary_append(ary, args);
    }

    ary_verify(ary);
    return ary;
}