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How to concatenate arrays with the "+" operator in Ruby
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Overview
Concatenating an array is easy to do with the + operator. When used with the two arrays, a new array is returned which is a concatenated array of both arrays.
Syntax
array1 + array2
Parameters
array1: This is one of the arrays you want to concatenate with another array.
array2: This is the second of the arrays you want to concatenate with another array.
Return value
The value returned is a new array that is the concatenation of the two arrays.
Example
In the example below, we created some arrays and concatenated them using the + operator. Run it and observe the output.
arr1 = [1, 2 ]
arr2 = [3, 4, 5]
arr3 = ["a", "b", "c"]
arr4 = [ "d", "e"]
arr5 = ["Ruby", "Java"]
arr6 = [ "JavaScript", "Python"]
arr7 = ["1ab", "2cd"]
arr8 = ["3ef", "4gh", "5ij"]
arr9 = [nil, "nil"]
arr10 = ["true", "false", true]
# concatenate arrays using the "+" operator
a = arr1 + arr2
b = arr3 + arr4
c = arr5 + arr6
d = arr7 + arr8
e = arr9 + arr10
# print new arrays
puts "#{a}" # returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
puts "#{b}" # returns ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"]
puts "#{c}" # returns ["Ruby", "Java", "JavaScript", "Python"]
puts "#{d}" # returns ["1ab", "2cd", "3ef", "4gh", "5ij"]
puts "#{e}" # returns [nil, "nil", "true", "false", true]RELATED TAGS
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