instance method `forty_two`

Ruby on Rails 4.1.16

Since v4.1.16

Available in: v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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forty_two()

Find the forty-second record. Also known as accessing “the reddit”. If no order is defined it will order by primary key.

Person.forty_two # returns the forty-second object fetched by SELECT * FROM people
Person.offset(3).forty_two # returns the forty-second object from OFFSET 3 (which is OFFSET 44)
Person.where(["user_name = :u", { u: user_name }]).forty_two

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb, line 245
    def forty_two
      find_nth(:forty_two, offset_value ? offset_value + 41 : 41)
    end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/finder_methods.rb line 245 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::FinderMethods

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