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

It's a few lines long, but here's an alternative for the hell of it:

oa = %w| a b c |
na = oa.partition { |a| a == 'b' }
na.first.collect! { |a| a+'!' }
na.flatten! #Add .sort! here if you wish
p na
# >> ["b!", "a", "c"]

The collect with ternary seems best in my opinion.