From: Chris Gehlker <canyonrat@...>
Date: 2006-08-16T19:50:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Nooby question : multidimensional arrays.


On Aug 16, 2006, at 2:37 AM, marinho.tobolla@syncity.de wrote:

> Well am I right, that in Ruby there are only one dimensional  
> arrays, and that i have to add an array into an array to get  
> multidimensional arrays, or is there a simpler more ruby like way  
> to create them ?

Yep. You create them by just making arrays of arrays and you  
reference them just like C arrays
irb(main):001:0> ary = []
=> []
irb(main):002:0> ary << [1, 2, 3] << %w{dog cat bird} << [8, 10, 17]
=> [[1, 2, 3], ["dog", "cat", "bird"], [8, 10, 17]]
irb(main):003:0> ary[1][2]
=> "bird"


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