On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:49 AM, skt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a bunch of arrays containing records retrieved from the > database in separate queries. That can't be changed - I have deal with > the different arrays of these records. Each of these records contains, > amongst other data fields, two ids - a user_id and an address_id. > > Does each array hold the same or different type of object?
-Conrad > Now my task is to take all these records in different arrays and > extract out an array of unique records from them (unique combination > of user_id and address_id) as the same record may be present in > multiple arrays. > > One way to do it is to brute force it by extracting, looping and > finding each user_id and address_id combination - but that is not > clean. Given the elegance Ruby affords, I believe there must a better > way to do this. Appreciate any thoughts on how to go about doing this. > > Thanks, > -S > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
