Here’s another article in the Enumerating Enumerable series, in which I attempt to improve upon RubyDoc.org’s documentation for the Enumerable module, which I find rather lacking. If you’ve missed the previous articles in the series, I’ve listed them below:
![Graphic representation of the \"detect\" or \"find\" method in Ruby\'s \"Enumerable\" module.](http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ruby_enumerabledetect_enumerablefind.jpg "Graphic representation of the \\"detect\\" or \\"find\\" method in Ruby\'s \\"Enumerable\\" module.")
This installment covers a method that goes by two names: detect or find. I personally prefer find, as it’s shorter and the term I tend to use for its function.