From: "Ara.T.Howard" Date: 2004-05-25T12:18:43+09:00 Subject: [RCR] Numeric#of this got a generally favourable reception so: RCR - Numeric#of - an accumlative version of Numeric#times ~ > cat of.rb class Numeric def of ret = [] times{|i| ret << yield(i)} ret end end them = 3.of{ Array.new } p them # => [[],[],[]] -a -- =============================================================================== | EMAIL :: Ara [dot] T [dot] Howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | PHONE :: 303.497.6469 | ADDRESS :: E/GC2 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328 | URL :: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/ | "640K ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 ===============================================================================