Ruby 2.7 adds Enumerable#filter_map

Ruby 2.7 adds Enumerable#filter_map which is a combination of filter + map as the name indicates. The 'filter_map' method filters and map the enumerable elements within a single iteration.

Before Ruby 2.7, we could have achieved the same with 2 iterations using select & map combination or map & compact combination.

irb> numbers = [3, 6, 7, 9, 5, 4]

# we can use select & map to find square of odd numbers

irb> numbers.select { |x| x.odd? }.map { |x| x**2 }
=> [9, 49, 81, 25]

# or we can use map & compact to find square of odd numbers

irb> numbers.map { |x| x**2 if x.odd? }.compact
=> [9, 49, 81, 25]

Ruby 2.7 adds Enumerable#filter_map which can be used to filter & map the elements in a single iteration and which is more faster when compared to other options described above.

irb> numbers = [3, 6, 7, 9, 5, 4]
irb> numbers.filter_map { |x| x**2 if x.odd? }
=> [9, 49, 81, 25]

The original discussion had started 8 years back. Here is the latest thread and github commit for reference.