Match a pattern in an array

Question

There is an array with 2 elements

test = ["i am a boy", "i am a girl"] 

I want to test if a string is found inside the array elements, say:

test.include("boy")  ==> true test.include("frog") ==> false 

Can i do it like that?

Answer 1

Using Regex.

test = ["i am a boy" , "i am a girl"]  test.find { |e| /boy/ =~ e }   #=> "i am a boy" test.find { |e| /frog/ =~ e }  #=> nil 

Answer 2

Well you can grep (regex) like this:

test.grep /boy/ 

or even better

test.grep(/boy/).any?