如何计算数组中字符串的平均长度？

Question

如何计算数组中字符串的平均长度？我以为我可以做到

2.4.0 :004 >   arr = ["a", "ab", "abc"]
 => ["a", "ab", "abc"]
...
2.4.0 :006 > arr.inject{ |sum, el| sum + el.length }.to_f / arr.size
TypeError: no implicit conversion of Integer into String
    from (irb):6:in `+'
    from (irb):6:in `block in irb_binding'
    from (irb):6:in `each'
    from (irb):6:in `inject'
    from (irb):6
    from /Users/nataliab/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/railties-5.0.2/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:65:in `start'
    from /Users/nataliab/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/railties-5.0.2/lib/rails/commands/console_helper.rb:9:in `start'
    from /Users/nataliab/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/railties-5.0.2/lib/rails/commands/commands_tasks.rb:78:in `console'
    from /Users/nataliab/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/railties-5.0.2/lib/rails/commands/commands_tasks.rb:49:in `my_command!'
    from /Users/nataliab/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0/gems/railties-5.0.2/lib/rails/commands.rb:18:in `<top (required)>'
    from bin/rails:4:in `require'
    from bin/rails:4:in `<main>'

但显然不是。

Answer 1

我会这样写：

arr.join.size / arr.size.to_f

此外，您可以使用 sum，因为 Ruby 2.4:

arr.sum(&:size) / arr.size.to_f
#=> 2.0

Answer 2

inject 取 sum 的起始值。它默认为 String。这有效：

arr.inject(0) { |sum, el| sum + el.length }.to_f / arr.size

Answer 3

之前 Ruby 2.4.0

arr.inject(0) { |acc, s| acc + s.length } / arr.size.to_f

Ruby2.4.0

之后

arr.sum(&:length) / arr.size.to_f

Answer 4

这里有一些基准：

require 'fruity'

arr = ["a", "ab", "abc"]

puts "Ruby #{RUBY_VERSION}"

compare do
  ilya1 { arr.join.size / arr.size.to_f }
  ilya2 { arr.sum(&:size) / arr.size.to_f }
  derrell_durrett { arr.inject(0) { |sum, el| sum + el.length }.to_f / arr.size }
  ursus1 { arr.inject(0) { |acc, s| acc + s.length } / arr.size.to_f }
  ursus2 { arr.sum(&:length) / arr.size.to_f }
end

# >> Ruby 2.4.1
# >> Running each test 8192 times. Test will take about 1 second.
# >> ursus2 is similar to ilya2
# >> ilya2 is faster than ilya1 by 2x ± 0.1
# >> ilya1 is similar to ursus1
# >> ursus1 is similar to derrell_durrett

基本上 ursus2 和 ilya2 是相同的，因为 size is an alias of length.

如何计算数组中字符串的平均长度？

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