'distributed_merge' is a Ruby gem that adds a method to Array class that allows merge interleaving arrays of non-equal length with elements being equally distributed. The method can be called on a two-dimensional array containing two or more sub-arrays of various size.
To install the gem run the following command in the terminal:
$ bundle add distributed_merge
If bundler is not being used to manage dependencies, install the gem by executing:
$ gem install distributed_merge
To add the distributed_merge method to your project include it in your project like so:
require 'distributed_merge'When included the method can be called on any two-dimensional array containing sub-arrays of various size (non-equal length) and it will return a single layer merged array with all the elements of the sub-arrays evenly interleaved and distributed.
[[1, 2, 3, 4], ['a', 'b'], ['C']].distributed_merge
# => [1, "b", 2, "C", 3, "a", 4]Bug reports and pull requests are welcome at https://github.com/msuliq/distributed_merge. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.
The best way to contribute would be to fork this repo, create a new branch from main, to merge the branch into main of the fork once the new code is in place and then open a pull request to merge forked main into the main of the present repo.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Everyone interacting in the DistributedMerge project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.