From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2006-02-23T02:58:31+09:00
Subject: Re: nested arrays

Mathias <nospam@xxx.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to this gem called ruby, but having difficulties generating
> nested arrays. Why is: var = Array.new(p, Array.new(q, 0)) not the
> same as:
> var = Array.new(p) {Array.new(q, 0)} ?? (I know the later one works,
> but it took me ages for figuring this out :D)
>
> Thnx for your answer.. Mathias

Because in the first case you provide just a single object that is used for 
initialization while the second case you provide a code block that is 
executed once for each array element to initialize.  Does that help?

Kind regards

    robert