From: Morton Goldberg Date: 2006-08-13T03:28:28+09:00 Subject: Re: map or collect with multidimension arrays You're right. Shouldn't use << in this case. If OP wanted x modified, then could have just written: x = [["john", "doe"], ["mary", "jane"], ["jim","richards"], ["sue","scott"]] x.each {|i| i << "name"} Regards, Morton On Aug 12, 2006, at 2:11 PM, dblack@wobblini.net wrote: > Hi -- > > On Sun, 13 Aug 2006, Morton Goldberg wrote: >> >> On Aug 12, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Dark Ambient wrote: >> >>> I know they are interchangeable >>> But I can't make it work. >>> For instance - >>> x = [["john", "doe"],["mary", "jane"],["jim","richards"], >>> ['sue","scott"]] >>> y = x.map {|i| i + "name" } >>> p y >>> It's returning nil on me ???? >> >> Try >> >> x = [["john", "doe"],["mary", "jane"],["jim","richards"], >> ["sue","scott"]] # <= "sue" not 'sue" >> y = x.map {|i| i << "name" } >> p y > > The disadvantage of that is that it changes the original objects > inside x. > > > David > > -- > http://www.rubypowerandlight.com => Ruby/Rails training & consultancy > ----> SEE SPECIAL DEAL FOR RUBY/RAILS USERS GROUPS! <----- > http://dablog.rubypal.com => D[avid ]A[. ]B[lack's][ Web]log > http://www.manning.com/black => book, Ruby for Rails > http://www.rubycentral.org => Ruby Central, Inc. >