From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-04-25T01:42:26+09:00
Subject: Re: How to make an array from a date range?


On Apr 23, 2006, at 1:11 PM, Robin Stocker wrote:

> ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
>> if you do simply use
>>   list = (a .. b).inject([]){|accum, date| accum << date}
>
> I'm curious, is there a special reason for the use of inject here?  
> Doesn't the following do the same?
>
>   list = (a..b).to_a
>
>> -a
>
> Robin
>

Yes, they are exactly the same. It's just that inject is a force of  
nature. It consumes your Enumerables, and leaves a trail of  
devastation in its wake. You can't escape it. You must accept your  
fate as a slave to inject.