Merge pull request #1253 from skandhas/pr-add-comments-for-array-ext

add comments for mruby-array-ext

mrbgems/mruby-array-ext/mrblib/array.rb

 class Array
+  ##
+  # call-seq:
+  #    ary.uniq! -> ary or nil
+  #
+  # Removes duplicate elements from +self+.
+  # Returns <code>nil</code> if no changes are made (that is, no
+  # duplicates are found).
+  #
+  #    a = [ "a", "a", "b", "b", "c" ]
+  #    a.uniq!   #=> ["a", "b", "c"]
+  #    b = [ "a", "b", "c" ]
+  #    b.uniq!   #=> nil
+  #
   def uniq!
     ary = self.dup
     result = []
@@ -13,12 +26,32 @@ class Array
     end
   end
 
+  ##
+  # call-seq:
+  #    ary.uniq   -> new_ary
+  #
+  # Returns a new array by removing duplicate values in +self+.
+  #
+  #    a = [ "a", "a", "b", "b", "c" ]
+  #    a.uniq   #=> ["a", "b", "c"]
+  #
   def uniq
     ary = self.dup
     ary.uniq!
     ary
   end
 
+  ##
+  # call-seq:
+  #    ary - other_ary    -> new_ary
+  #
+  # Array Difference---Returns a new array that is a copy of
+  # the original array, removing any items that also appear in
+  # <i>other_ary</i>. (If you need set-like behavior, see the
+  # library class Set.)
+  #
+  #    [ 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5 ] - [ 1, 2, 4 ]  #=>  [ 3, 3, 5 ]
+  #
   def -(elem)
     raise TypeError, "can't convert #{elem.class} into Array" unless elem.class == Array
 
@@ -29,6 +62,16 @@ class Array
     array
   end
 
+  ##
+  # call-seq:
+  #    ary | other_ary     -> new_ary
+  #
+  # Set Union---Returns a new array by joining this array with
+  # <i>other_ary</i>, removing duplicates.
+  #
+  #    [ "a", "b", "c" ] | [ "c", "d", "a" ]
+  #           #=> [ "a", "b", "c", "d" ]
+  #
   def |(elem)
     raise TypeError, "can't convert #{elem.class} into Array" unless elem.class == Array
 
@@ -36,6 +79,15 @@ class Array
     ary.uniq! or ary
   end
 
+  ##
+  # call-seq:
+  #    ary & other_ary      -> new_ary
+  #
+  # Set Intersection---Returns a new array
+  # containing elements common to the two arrays, with no duplicates.
+  #
+  #    [ 1, 1, 3, 5 ] & [ 1, 2, 3 ]   #=> [ 1, 3 ]
+  #
   def &(elem)
     raise TypeError, "can't convert #{elem.class} into Array" unless elem.class == Array
 
@@ -51,6 +103,23 @@ class Array
     array
   end
 
+  ##
+  # call-seq:
+  #    ary.flatten -> new_ary
+  #    ary.flatten(level) -> new_ary
+  #
+  # Returns a new array that is a one-dimensional flattening of this
+  # array (recursively). That is, for every element that is an array,
+  # extract its elements into the new array.  If the optional
+  # <i>level</i> argument determines the level of recursion to flatten.
+  #
+  #    s = [ 1, 2, 3 ]           #=> [1, 2, 3]
+  #    t = [ 4, 5, 6, [7, 8] ]   #=> [4, 5, 6, [7, 8]]
+  #    a = [ s, t, 9, 10 ]       #=> [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6, [7, 8]], 9, 10]
+  #    a.flatten                 #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
+  #    a = [ 1, 2, [3, [4, 5] ] ]
+  #    a.flatten(1)              #=> [1, 2, 3, [4, 5]]
+  #
   def flatten(depth=nil)
     ar = []
     self.each do |e|
@@ -63,6 +132,23 @@ class Array
     ar
   end
 
+  ##
+  # call-seq:
+  #    ary.flatten!        -> ary or nil
+  #    ary.flatten!(level) -> array or nil
+  #
+  # Flattens +self+ in place.
+  # Returns <code>nil</code> if no modifications were made (i.e.,
+  # <i>ary</i> contains no subarrays.)  If the optional <i>level</i>
+  # argument determines the level of recursion to flatten.
+  #
+  #    a = [ 1, 2, [3, [4, 5] ] ]
+  #    a.flatten!   #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+  #    a.flatten!   #=> nil
+  #    a            #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+  #    a = [ 1, 2, [3, [4, 5] ] ]
+  #    a.flatten!(1) #=> [1, 2, 3, [4, 5]]
+  #
   def flatten!(depth=nil)
     modified = false
     ar = []
@@ -81,12 +167,32 @@ class Array
     end
   end
 
+  ##
+  # call-seq:
+  #    ary.compact     -> new_ary
+  #
+  # Returns a copy of +self+ with all +nil+ elements removed.
+  #
+  #    [ "a", nil, "b", nil, "c", nil ].compact
+  #                      #=> [ "a", "b", "c" ]
+  #
   def compact
     result = self.dup
     result.compact!
     result
   end
 
+  ##
+  # call-seq:
+  #    ary.compact!    -> ary  or  nil
+  #
+  # Removes +nil+ elements from the array.
+  # Returns +nil+ if no changes were made, otherwise returns
+  # <i>ary</i>.
+  #
+  #    [ "a", nil, "b", nil, "c" ].compact! #=> [ "a", "b", "c" ]
+  #    [ "a", "b", "c" ].compact!           #=> nil
+  #
   def compact!
     result = self.select { |e| e != nil }
     if result.size == self.size