From: oinkoink+unet@... (Bret Jolly)
Date: 2004-05-25T10:08:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Numeric#of

"Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@noaa.gov> wrote in message news:<Pine.LNX.4.44.0405241138150.20070-100000@fattire.ngdc.noaa.gov>...

> ~ > cat of.rb
> class Numeric 
>   def of
>     ret = []
>     times{|i| ret << yield(i)}
>     ret
>   end
> end

> them = 3.of{ Array.new }
> p them # => [[],[],[]]

irb(main):061:0> 6.of{1} + dozen.div(2).of{'the other'}
[1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, "the other", "the other",
"the other", "the other", "the other", "the other"]
Heh!