module Enumerable # Returns an array of elements for the elements that occur n times. # Or according to the results of a given block. # # a = [1,1,2,3,3,4,5,5] # # a.occur(1).sort #=> [2,4] # a.occur(2).sort #=> [1,3,5] # a.occur(3).sort #=> [] # # a.occur(1..1).sort #=> [2,4] # a.occur(2..3).sort #=> [1,3,5] # # a.occur { |n| n == 1 }.sort #=> [2,4] # a.occur { |n| n > 1 }.sort #=> [1,3,5] # def occur(n=nil) #:yield: result = Hash.new { |hash, key| hash[key] = Array.new } each do |item| key = item result[key] << item end if block_given? result.reject! { |key, values| ! yield(values.size) } else raise ArgumentError unless n if Range === n result.reject! { |key, values| ! n.include?(values.size) } else result.reject! { |key, values| values.size != n } end end return result.values.flatten.uniq end end