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Ruby program to remove given element from the array

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will create an array of integers then we will remove a specified element using the delete() method and print the updated array.

Program/Source Code

The source code to remove the given element from the array is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

# Ruby program to remove given 
# element from array

arr = [10,20,30,20,50,30];

item = arr.delete(30);

print "Removed item: \n",item,"\n";
print "Array elements: \n",arr,"\n";

Output

Removed item: 
30
Array elements: 
[10, 20, 20, 50]

Explanation

In the above program, we created an array arr with some elements. Then we used the delete() method. The delete() method is used to remove all occurrences of the given element from the array. After that, we print the updated array.

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