[Solved] What will this Ruby code output? words = ["dog", "cat", "bird", "fish"] result = words.detect { |w| w.length > 3 } puts result | Ruby

Ruby - Enumerable and Collection Processing

What will this Ruby code output?

words = ["dog", "cat", "bird", "fish"]
result = words.detect { |w| w.length > 3 }
puts result

Afish

Bdog

Cbird

Dcat

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Check each word's length
"dog" length 3 (no), "cat" length 3 (no), "bird" length 4 (yes)
Step 2: detect returns first matching element
"bird" is the first word longer than 3 characters, so it is returned and printed.
Final Answer:
bird -> Option C
Quick Check:
detect returns first longer than 3 = bird [OK]

Quick Trick: detect returns first element matching condition [OK]

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