class Array

helper to check for method existance in ruby 1.8- and 1.9-compatible way because `methods`, `instance_methods` and others return strings in 1.8 and symbols in 1.9

['foo', 'bar'].include_method?(:foo) # => true

Public Instance Methods

include_method?(name) click to toggle source

# File lib/will_paginate/core_ext.rb, line 9
def include_method?(name)
  name = name.to_sym
  !!(find { |item| item.to_sym == name })
end

paginate(options = {}) click to toggle source

Paginates a static array (extracting a subset of it). The result is a WillPaginate::Collection instance, which is an array with a few more properties about its paginated state.

Parameters:

:page - current page, defaults to 1
:per_page - limit of items per page, defaults to 30
:total_entries - total number of items in the array, defaults to array.length (obviously)

Example:

arr = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
paged = arr.paginate(:per_page => 2)      #->  ['a', 'b']
paged.total_entries                       #->  5
arr.paginate(:page => 2, :per_page => 2)  #->  ['c', 'd']
arr.paginate(:page => 3, :per_page => 2)  #->  ['e']

This method was originally suggested by Desi McAdam and later proved to be the most useful method of will_paginate library.

# File lib/will_paginate/array.rb, line 24
def paginate(options = {})
  raise ArgumentError, "parameter hash expected (got #{options.inspect})" unless Hash === options
  
  WillPaginate::Collection.create options[:page] || 1,
                                  options[:per_page] || 30,
                                  options[:total_entries] || self.length do |pager|
    pager.replace self[pager.offset, pager.per_page].to_a
  end
end