instance method last

Ruby on Rails 8.0.4

Since v4.0.13

Available in: v4.0.13 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

Signature

last(limit = nil)

Returns the last record, or the last n records, from the collection. If the collection is empty, the first form returns nil, and the second form returns an empty array.

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :pets
end

person.pets
# => [
#       #<Pet id: 1, name: "Fancy-Fancy", person_id: 1>,
#       #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
#       #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
#    ]

person.pets.last # => #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>

person.pets.last(2)
# => [
#      #<Pet id: 2, name: "Spook", person_id: 1>,
#      #<Pet id: 3, name: "Choo-Choo", person_id: 1>
#    ]

another_person_without.pets         # => []
another_person_without.pets.last    # => nil
another_person_without.pets.last(3) # => []

Parameters

limit opt = nil
Source
# File activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb, line 259
      def last(limit = nil)
        load_target if find_from_target?
        super
      end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb line 259 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy

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