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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T15:01:43+00:00 2026-05-10T15:01:43+00:00

I have a method that can return either a single object or a collection

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I have a method that can return either a single object or a collection of objects. I want to be able to run object.collect on the result of that method whether or not it is a single object or a collection already. How can i do this?

profiles = ProfileResource.search(params) output = profiles.collect do | profile |     profile.to_hash end 

If profiles is a single object, I get a NoMethodError exception when I try to execute collect on that object.

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  1. 2026-05-10T15:01:43+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 3:01 pm

    Careful with the flatten approach, if search() returned nested arrays then unexpected behaviour might result.

    profiles = ProfileResource.search(params) profiles = [profiles] if !profiles.respond_to?(:collect) output = profiles.collect do |profile|     profile.to_hash end 
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