From: James Edward Gray II Date: 2006-02-01T10:27:56+09:00 Subject: Re: [RCR] Numeric#of On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:58 PM, ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote: > Array::new(42).map{String::new} That can be shortened to: >> Array.new(42) { String.new } => ["", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""] James Edward Gray II