@@ -8220,43 +8220,50 @@ rb_ary_deconstruct(VALUE ary)
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82218221
82228222/*
8223- * An +Array+ is an ordered, integer-indexed collection of objects, called _elements_.
8223+ * An array is an ordered, integer-indexed collection of objects, called _elements_.
82248224 * Any object (even another array) may be an array element,
82258225 * and an array can contain objects of different types.
82268226 *
8227- * == + Array+ Indexes
8227+ * == \ Array Indexes
82288228 *
8229- * + Array+ indexing starts at 0 , as in C or Java.
8229+ * \ Array indexing begins at zero , as in C or Java.
82308230 *
8231- * A positive index is an offset from the first element :
8231+ * A non-negative index is an offset from the beginning of the array :
82328232 *
8233- * - Index 0 indicates the first element.
8234- * - Index 1 indicates the second element.
8235- * - ...
8233+ * a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
8234+ * a[0] # => "a"
8235+ * a[1] # => "b"
82368236 *
82378237 * A negative index is an offset, backwards, from the end of the array:
82388238 *
8239- * - Index -1 indicates the last element.
8240- * - Index -2 indicates the next-to-last element.
8241- * - ...
8239+ * a[-1] # => "d"
8240+ * a[-2] # => "c"
8241+ *
8242+ * === \Range of an \Array
8243+ *
8244+ * A non-negative index is <i>in-range</i> if it is smaller than the size of the array,
8245+ * <i>out-of-range</i> otherwise:
82428246 *
8243- * A non-negative index is <i>in range</i> if and only if it is smaller than
8244- * the size of the array. For a 3-element array:
8247+ * a.size # => 4
8248+ * a[3] # => "d"
8249+ * a[4] # => nil
82458250 *
8246- * - Indexes 0 through 2 are in range.
8247- * - Index 3 is out of range.
8251+ * A negative index is <i>in-range</i> if its absolute value is
8252+ * not larger than the size of the array,
8253+ * <i>out-of-range</i> otherwise:
82488254 *
8249- * A negative index is <i>in range</i> if and only if its absolute value is
8250- * not larger than the size of the array. For a 3-element array:
8255+ * a[-4] # => "a"
8256+ * a[-5] # => nil
82518257 *
8252- * - Indexes -1 through -3 are in range.
8253- * - Index -4 is out of range.
8258+ * === Effective Index
82548259 *
82558260 * Although the effective index into an array is always an integer,
82568261 * some methods (both within and outside of class +Array+)
8257- * accept one or more non-integer arguments that are
8258- * {integer-convertible objects}[rdoc-ref:implicit_conversion.rdoc@Integer-Convertible+Objects].
8262+ * accept non-integer arguments that are
8263+ * {integer-convertible objects}[rdoc-ref:implicit_conversion.rdoc@Integer-Convertible+Objects]:
82598264 *
8265+ * a[1.9] # => "b"
8266+ * a[-1.9] # => "d"
82608267 *
82618268 * == Creating Arrays
82628269 *
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