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ActiveRecord find with array is an ordered return

You probably already know that passing an Array to an ActiveRecord.find will do an IN query and return the results.

User.find([1,2,37])

=> [<User id: 1>, <User id: 2>, <User id: 37>]

But did you know that the order of the array affects the returned result order? This is an order not done at the database level.

User.find([37,2,1])

=> [<User id: 37>, <User id: 2>, <User id: 1>]
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