From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2007-06-03T12:06:01+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] FizzBuzz (#126)

On 6/2/07, Ari Brown <ari@aribrown.com> wrote:
>
> Apparently this does not work:
> array = []
> array = array << (1..100)
>
> who knew! Not I,
>
> help?
> thanks,
> ---------------------------------------------------------------|
What you create above is an array with an element that is a range, so:

irb(main):001:0> array = []
=> []
irb(main):002:1> array << (1..100) #you don't need 'array = ' in front of this
=> [1..100]
irb(main):003:2> array
=> [1..100]
irb(main):004:0> array.class
=> Array
irb(main):005:0> array[0].class
=> Range
irb(main):006:0> array << "blah"
=> [1..100, "blah"]

I'm guessing you want an array created from a range?  If so, one way would be:

irb(main):007:0> array = (1..10).to_a
=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

Also, some range methods return an array (like (1..100).map {} for example).