Implement the keep and discard operation on collections. Given a collection
and a predicate on the collection's elements, keep returns a new collection
containing those elements where the predicate is true, while discard returns
a new collection containing those elements where the predicate is false.
For example, given the collection of numbers:
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
And the predicate:
- is the number even?
Then your keep operation should produce:
- 2, 4
While your discard operation should produce:
- 1, 3, 5
Note that the union of keep and discard is all the elements.
The functions may be called keep and discard, or they may need different
names in order to not clash with existing functions or concepts in your
language.
Keep your hands off that filter/reject/whatchamacallit functionality provided by your standard library! Solve this one yourself using other basic tools instead.
For installation and learning resources, refer to the Ruby resources page.
For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:
gem install minitest
If you would like color output, you can require 'minitest/pride' in
the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running
the test file.
Run the tests from the exercise directory using the following command:
ruby strain_test.rb
To include color from the command line:
ruby -r minitest/pride strain_test.rb
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