How do I access the current array when using map/select - ruby

Question

I have the following (working) code I'm trying to convert into a more concise snippet using either #map or #select.
def duplicate_string(string)
s_list = []
string.downcase.chars.each do |char|
if string.index(char) != string.rindex(char) && s_list.include?(char) == false
s_list << char if char != ' '
end
end
s_list
end
puts duplicate_string("I am a duplicate string") == ["i", "a", "t"] #true
This is what I've come up with so far, but I don't know how to access the current array that's been stored by #map or #select and using self isn't working
def duplicate_string_with_map(string)
string.downcase.chars.select { |char| string.index(char) != string.rindex(char) && self.include?(char) == false && char != ' ' }
end

Answer 1

The following code would solve your purpose:
def duplicate_string_with_map(string)
(string.downcase.chars.select { |char| string.index(char) != string.rindex(char) && char != ' ' }).uniq
end
Here you need not check include condition as you are already ensuring string.index(char) != string.rindex(char).
However, for a better ruby approach, I would suggest you to re-open String class and write a method there.
It would look something like this:
class String
def duplicate_characters_array
(downcase.chars.select { |char| index(char) != rindex(char) && char != ' ' }).uniq
end
end
string = "I am a duplicate string"
string.duplicate_characters_array

Answer 2

You don't need to access the array and you don't need to use Array#map.
There are many ways to reach the goal. One of them is to split the string in chars then group the chars (get a hash), reject the groups of space character and the groups smaller than two elements and return the keys of the remaining groups:
"I am a duplicate string"
.downcase
.chars
.group_by{|i| i}
.reject{|k, v| k == ' ' || v.length < 2}
.keys
# ["a", "i", "t"]

Answer 3

Here we can make use of a helper method, Array#difference. The method is explained here. Note that that link contains a link to an SO answer where I cite examples of its use. Though I proposed that the method be added to the Ruby core there appears to be little interest in doing so.
class Array
def difference(other)
h = other.each_with_object(Hash.new(0)) { |e,h| h[e] += 1 }
reject { |e| h[e] > 0 && h[e] -= 1 }
end
end
Here we can use this helper as follows.
def duplicate_string(str)
a = str.gsub(/\s/,'').downcase.reverse.chars
a.difference(a.uniq).uniq.reverse
end
duplicate_string "I am a duplicate string"
#=> ["a", "i", "t"]
The steps are as follows.
str = "I am a duplicate string"
b = str.gsub(/\s/,'')
#=> "Iamaduplicatestring"
c = b.downcase
#=> "iamaduplicatestring"
d = c.reverse
#=> "gnirtsetacilpudamai"
a = d.chars
#=> ["g", "n", "i", "r", "t", "s", "e", "t", "a", "c", "i", "l", "p",
# "u", "d", "a", "m", "a", "i"]
e = a.uniq
#=> ["g", "n", "i", "r", "t", "s", "e", "a", "c", "l", "p", "u", "d", "m"]
f = a.difference(e)
#=> ["t", "i", "a", "a", "i"]
g = f.uniq
#=> ["t", "i", "a"]
g.reverse
#=> ["a", "i", "t"]
The key step is the calculation of f. For each element c of e, f contains n-1 instances of c, where n is the number of instances of c in a. The method therefore excludes characters other than spaces that appear in the string exactly once.