Recursively Tailing An Array

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        Here's how to recursively tail an array and return the results in an array.

def tail(a)
  [a] + (tail(a[0..-2]) || []) if a.length > 0
end

tail %w(1 2 3)
#=> [["1", "2", "3"], ["1", "2"], ["1"]]

*update: 03-Jun-2010 @ 9:02pm*
This method is more efficient since it only has 1 condition.

def tail(a)
  [a] + (a.length > 1 ? tail(a[0..-2]) : [])
end

Tags:
• Array
• recursive
• Ruby
• tail