How to sum array of numbers in Ruby?

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For ruby >= 2.4 you can use sum:

array.sum

For ruby < 2.4 you can use inject:

array.inject(0, :+)

Note: the 0 base case is needed otherwise nil will be returned on empty arrays:

> [].inject(:+)
nil
> [].inject(0, :+)
0

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