Clayton Lane wrote: > Robert Schaaf wrote: >> nums.delete_if {|x| !x.to_s.include? '1'} > > Amazing! I tried to do this in C++ and it was a nightmare. Not too bad: #include <iostream> #include <string> #include <vector> #include <algorithm> #include <sstream> bool mytest(int x) { //convert x to string: string str; stringstream my_ss; my_ss<<x; my_ss>>str; //perform test: string bad_numbers = "06789"; if(str.find_first_of(bad_numbers) != string::npos) return true; //found a bad number in str else if(str.find("1") == string::npos) return true; //found '1' in str else return false; //don't remove } int main() { int arr[] = {51, 52, 20, 36, 79}; int size = 5; //insert numbers in a vector: vector<int> numbers(arr, arr+size); //remove bad numbers: vector<int>::iterator new_end; new_end = remove_if(numbers.begin(), numbers.end(), mytest); numbers.erase(new_end, numbers.end()); //display the results: vector<int>::iterator pos = numbers.begin(); for(pos; pos != numbers.end(); ++pos) { cout<<*pos<<" "; } cout<<endl; return 0; } --output:-- 51 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.