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Ruby Idiom to Ensure Variable Is Array

Stop doing this:

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arry = input || []  # handle input == nil
arry = [input] unless arry.kind_of?(Array)  # handle single value object

arry.each do |item|
  #process item
end

In Ruby, you should use Kernel#Array to convert the variable into an array object:

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Array(input).each do |item|
  # process item
end

# Array(nil)     # => []
# Array("foo")   # => ["foo"]
# Array([1,2,3]) # => [1,2,3]

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