From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2005-02-20T03:04:41+09:00
Subject: Re: [rcr] Array#join non string arguments

Hi --

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Simon Strandgaard wrote:

> A proposal:
>
> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].join(0)    #-> [1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0, 5, 0, 6]
>
>
> I would like to interleave an arrray with another element.
> This is similar to what the current Array#join does, except that
> it converts the elements to strings.
>
>
> Maybe find a better name, for instance  #interleave.

Interleaving, to me, suggests this:

   a = [1,2,3]
   b = [4,5,6]
   a.interleave(b) # => [1,4,2,5,3,6]

If you're just using one item, it's more like "interspersing" or
something.


David

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David A. Black
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