ruby 1.9 how to convert array to string without brackets

Question

My question is about how to convert array elements to string in ruby 1.9 without getting the brackets and quotation marks. I\'ve got an array (DB extract), from which I want to

Answer 1

Use interpolation instead of concatenation:

reportStr = "In the first quarter we sold #{myArray[3]} #{myArray[0]}(s)."

It's more idiomatic, more efficient, requires less typing and automatically calls to_s for you.

Answer 2

You can use the .join method.

For example:

my_array = ["Apple", "Pear", "Banana"]

my_array.join(', ') # returns string separating array elements with arg to `join`

=> Apple, Pear, Banana

Answer 3

And if you need to do this for more than one fruit the best way is to transform the array and the use the each statement.

myArray = ["Apple", "Pear", "Banana", "2", "1", "12"]
num_of_products = 3

tranformed = myArray.each_slice(num_of_products).to_a.transpose
p tranformed #=> [["Apple", "2"], ["Pear", "1"], ["Banana", "12"]]

tranformed.each do |fruit, amount|
  puts "In the first quarter we sold #{amount} #{fruit}#{amount=='1' ? '':'s'}."
end 

#=>
#In the first quarter we sold 2 Apples.
#In the first quarter we sold 1 Pear.
#In the first quarter we sold 12 Bananas.

Answer 4

You can think of this as arrayToString()

array = array * " "

E.g.,

myArray = ["One.","_1_?! Really?!","Yes!"]

=> "One.","_1_?! Really?!","Yes!"

myArray = myArray * " "

=> "One. _1_?! Really?! Yes."