If you want to search for a value in an array in Ruby you could do something like this:
array = ['Bart','Lisa','Maggie'] array.include?('Homer') # returns false array.include?('Lisa') # returns true
Another possibility is to do this:
array = ['Bart','Lisa','Maggie'] array.index 'Homer' # returns nil array.index 'Lisa' # returns 1
Both methods should work for searching an array.