From: "Mehr, Assaph (Assaph)" <assaph@...>
Date: 2004-09-21T10:30:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Filling a 2D array



>> @tileArray = Array.new()
>> @height.times {@tileArray.push Array.new(@width, Tile.new)}

> @height.times {@tileArray.push Array.new{@width, Tile.new}}
  
Gah, posted too soon!

# initialize an array of arrays:
@tileArray = Array.new(@height) { Array.new }
# Initizlize arrays of tiles:
@height.times { @tileArray.push Array.new(@width) {Tile.new} }

Comment still stands though:

> As always, when you need to initialize an array with new objects per
> cell (rather than references to the same object) use the block form.
> You had initialized the first array correctly, but must have mistyped
> for the inner array creation :-)