Using ruby reduce method for refactoring.

Using ruby 'reduce' method for refactoring our frequently used code.

Assume we have Employee class which has more than 20 attributes. We have a method basic_details to fetch the
details of basic 5 predefined attributes value.

Generally using loop, the code will be as follows.

class Employee
  BASIC_FIELDS = ['name', 'age' , 'gender', 'email', 'designation']
  attr_accessor :name, :age, :gender, :education, :email, :designation 
  # + some additional 20 attributes

  # code without refactoring to fetch the basic_details
  def basic_details
    details = {}
    BASIC_FIELDS.each do |attr| 
      details.merge!(attr => send(attr))    
    end
   details
  end
end

We shall use reduce method to refactor the basic_details as follows

class Employee
  BASIC_FIELDS = ['name', 'age' , 'gender', 'email', 'designation']
  attr_accessor :name, :age, :gender, :email, :education, :designation 
  # + some additional 20 attributes

  # code using reduce method
  def basic_details
    BASIC_FIELDS.collect{|attr| {attr => send(attr)} }.reduce({}, :merge)
  end
end