What is the difference between map, each, and collect? [duplicate]

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each is different from map and collect, but map and collect are the same (technically map is an alias for collect, but in my experience map is used a lot more frequently).

each performs the enclosed block for each element in the (Enumerable) receiver:

[1,2,3,4].each {|n| puts n*2}
# Outputs:
# 2
# 4
# 6
# 8

map and collect produce a new Array containing the results of the block applied to each element of the receiver:

[1,2,3,4].map {|n| n*2}
# => [2,4,6,8]

There’s also map! / collect! defined on Arrays; they modify the receiver in place:

a = [1,2,3,4]
a.map {|n| n*2} # => [2,4,6,8]
puts a.inspect  # prints: "[1,2,3,4]"
a.map! {|n| n+1}
puts a.inspect  # prints: "[2,3,4,5]"

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