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Diffstat (limited to 'hash.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | hash.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -1275,6 +1275,34 @@ rb_hash_values_at(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) return result; } +/* + * call-seq: + * hsh.fetch_values(key, ...) -> array + * hsh.fetch_values(key, ...) { |key| block } -> array + * + * Returns an array containing the values associated with the given keys + * but also raises <code>KeyError</code> when one of keys can't be found. + * Also see <code>Hash#values_at</code> and <code>Hash#fetch</code>. + * + * h = { "cat" => "feline", "dog" => "canine", "cow" => "bovine" } + * + * h.fetch_values("cow", "cat") #=> ["bovine", "feline"] + * h.fetch_values("cow", "bird") # raises KeyError + * h.fetch_values("cow", "bird") { |k| k.upcase } #=> ["bovine", "BIRD"] + */ + +VALUE +rb_hash_fetch_values(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash) +{ + VALUE result = rb_ary_new2(argc); + long i; + + for (i=0; i<argc; i++) { + rb_ary_push(result, rb_hash_fetch(hash, argv[i])); + } + return result; +} + static int select_i(VALUE key, VALUE value, VALUE result) { @@ -4001,6 +4029,7 @@ Init_Hash(void) rb_define_method(rb_cHash,"keys", rb_hash_keys, 0); rb_define_method(rb_cHash,"values", rb_hash_values, 0); rb_define_method(rb_cHash,"values_at", rb_hash_values_at, -1); + rb_define_method(rb_cHash,"fetch_values", rb_hash_fetch_values, -1); rb_define_method(rb_cHash,"shift", rb_hash_shift, 0); rb_define_method(rb_cHash,"delete", rb_hash_delete_m, 1); |