How to sum array of numbers in Ruby?

for array with nil values we can do compact and then inject the sum ex-

a = [1,2,3,4,5,12,23.45,nil,23,nil]
puts a.compact.inject(:+)

Also allows for [1,2].sum{|x| x * 2 } == 6:

# http://madeofcode.com/posts/74-ruby-core-extension-array-sum
class Array
  def sum(method = nil, &block)
    if block_given?
      raise ArgumentError, "You cannot pass a block and a method!" if method
      inject(0) { |sum, i| sum + yield(i) }
    elsif method
      inject(0) { |sum, i| sum + i.send(method) }
    else
      inject(0) { |sum, i| sum + i }
    end
  end
end

Method 1:

    [1] pry(main)> [1,2,3,4].sum
    => 10
    [2] pry(main)> [].sum
    => 0
    [3] pry(main)> [1,2,3,5,nil].sum
    TypeError: nil can't be coerced into Integer

Method 2:

   [24] pry(main)> [].inject(:+)
   => nil
   [25] pry(main)> [].inject(0, :+)
   => 0
   [4] pry(main)> [1,2,3,4,5].inject(0, :+)
   => 15
   [5] pry(main)> [1,2,3,4,nil].inject(0, :+)
   TypeError: nil can't be coerced into Integer
   from (pry):5:in `+'

Method 3:

   [6] pry(main)> [1,2,3].reduce(:+)
   => 6
   [9] pry(main)> [].reduce(:+)
   => nil
   [7] pry(main)> [1,2,nil].reduce(:+)
   TypeError: nil can't be coerced into Integer
   from (pry):7:in `+'

Method 4: When Array contains an nil and empty values, by default if you use any above functions reduce, sum, inject everything will through the

TypeError: nil can't be coerced into Integer

You can overcome this by,

   [16] pry(main)> sum = 0 
   => 0
   [17] pry(main)> [1,2,3,4,nil, ''].each{|a| sum+= a.to_i }
   => [1, 2, 3, 4, nil, ""]
   [18] pry(main)> sum
   => 10

Method 6: eval

Evaluates the Ruby expression(s) in string.

  [26] pry(main)> a = [1,3,4,5]
  => [1, 3, 4, 5]
  [27] pry(main)> eval a.join '+'
  => 13
  [30] pry(main)> a = [1,3,4,5, nil]
  => [1, 3, 4, 5, nil]
  [31] pry(main)> eval a.join '+'
  SyntaxError: (eval):1: syntax error, unexpected end-of-input
  1+3+4+5+