From: "Alexandru E. Ungur" <alexandru@...>
Date: 2006-08-13T02:48:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Beginner's question: assigning same value to many variables

>>> sender: "Morton Goldberg" date: "Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 02:18:16AM +0900" <<<EOQ
> I like it. I's a much better idea than either of mine.
> 
> Regards, Morton
> 
> On Aug 12, 2006, at 2:39 AM, Gennady Bystritsky wrote:
> 
> >irb(main):001:0> a, b, c = Array.new(3) { '' }
Or even a bit shorter:

a, b, c = Array.new(3,'')  OR
a, b, c = [''] * 3

Cheers,
Alex