describe "Array#compact" do it "returns a copy of array with all nil elements removed" do a = [1, 2, 4] a.compact.should == [1, 2, 4] a = [1, nil, 2, 4] a.compact.should == [1, 2, 4] a = [1, 2, 4, nil] a.compact.should == [1, 2, 4] a = [nil, 1, 2, 4] a.compact.should == [1, 2, 4] end it "does not return self" do a = [1, 2, 3] a.compact.should_not equal(a) end end describe "Array#compact!" do it "removes all nil elements" do a = ['a', nil, 'b', false, 'c'] a.compact!.should equal(a) a.should == ["a", "b", false, "c"] a = [nil, 'a', 'b', false, 'c'] a.compact!.should equal(a) a.should == ["a", "b", false, "c"] a = ['a', 'b', false, 'c', nil] a.compact!.should equal(a) a.should == ["a", "b", false, "c"] end it "returns self if some nil elements are removed" do a = ['a', nil, 'b', false, 'c'] a.compact!.object_id.should == a.object_id end it "returns nil if there are no nil elements to remove" do [1, 2, false, 3].compact!.should == nil end end