Map an array modifying only elements matching a certain condition

Question

In Ruby, what is the most expressive way to map an array in such a way that certain elements are modified and the others left untouched?

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Answer 1

I agree that the map statement is good as it is. It's clear and simple,, and would easy for anyone to maintain.

If you want something more complex, how about this?

module Enumerable
  def enum_filter(&filter)
    FilteredEnumerator.new(self, &filter)
  end
  alias :on :enum_filter
  class FilteredEnumerator
    include Enumerable
    def initialize(enum, &filter)
      @enum, @filter = enum, filter
      if enum.respond_to?(:map!)
        def self.map!
          @enum.map! { |elt| @filter[elt] ? yield(elt) : elt }
        end
      end
    end
    def each
      @enum.each { |elt| yield(elt) if @filter[elt] }
    end
    def each_with_index
      @enum.each_with_index { |elt,index| yield(elt, index) if @filter[elt] } 
    end
    def map
      @enum.map { |elt| @filter[elt] ? yield(elt) : elt }
    end
    alias :and :enum_filter
    def or
      FilteredEnumerator.new(@enum) { |elt| @filter[elt] || yield(elt) }
    end
  end
end

%w{ a b c }.on { |x| x == 'b' }.map { |x| x + "!" } #=> [ 'a', 'b!', 'c' ]

require 'set'
Set.new(%w{ He likes dogs}).on { |x| x.length % 2 == 0 }.map! { |x| x.reverse } #=> #

('a'..'z').on { |x| x[0] % 6 == 0 }.or { |x| 'aeiouy'[x] }.to_a.join #=> "aefiloruxy"