Ruby 2.5 enumerable predicates accept pattern argument

Ruby 2.5.0 was recently released.

Ruby has sequence predicates such as all?, none?, one? and any? which take a block and evaluate that by passing every element of the sequence to it.

1if queries.any? { |sql| /LEFT OUTER JOIN/i =~ sql }
2logger.log "Left outer join detected"
3end
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Ruby 2.5 allows using a shorthand for this by passing a pattern argument. Internally case equality operator(===) is used against every element of the sequence and the pattern argument.

1if queries.any?(/LEFT OUTER JOIN/i)
2logger.log "Left outer join detected"
3end
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5# Translates to:
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7queries.any? { |sql| /LEFT OUTER JOIN/i === sql }
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This allows us to write concise and shorthand expressions where block is only used for comparisons. This feature is applicable to all?, none?, one? and any? methods.

Similarities with Enumerable#grep

This feature is based on how Enumerable#grep works. grep returns an array of every element in the sequence for which the case equality operator(===) returns true by applying the pattern. In this case, the all? and friends return true or false.

There is a proposal to add it for select and reject as well.