From: Yossef Mendelssohn <ymendel@...>
Date: 2007-08-29T23:05:08+09:00
Subject: Re: array.sort


On Aug 29, 8:39 am, Mark Ransom <mark.ran...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a novice programmer who is just starting out in Ruby. I've been
> playing around with arrays and have run into a problem:
>
> This works:
>
> array = [3,2,1]
> puts array.sort
>
> =>123
>
> BUT this doesn't (error attached):
>
> nums = Array.new
>
> numplays = 5
>
> numplays.times do
>
>   for values in 1..5
>     ball = rand(56)
>     redo if ball == 0 || nums.include?(ball)
>     nums [values] = ball
>   end
> puts nums.sort
> end
>
> Can anyone shed light on this newby?
>
> Attachments:http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/183/array_sort.JPG
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Ah, Stefano got to it before me, but here's a reworking of it anyway:

numplays = 5
numballs = 5

numplays.times do
  nums = Array.new
  numballs.times do
    ball = rand(55) + 1
    redo if nums.include?(ball)
    nums.push ball
  end
puts 'nums'
puts nums.sort
end


--
-yossef