From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-10-01T22:24:48+09:00
Subject: Re: got a range from an array, but looking for other ways of doing it

2007/9/30, Simon Schuster <significants@gmail.com>:
> a is an array. I'm trying to chop the first and last third off. or,
> choose only the middle third. can be a rough third.
>
> a.length                                       # 4808
> range = a.length * 0.3                    # 1442.4
> range = range.to_i                         # 1442
> rangetop = a.length / 2 + range       # 3846
> rangebottom = a.length / 2 - range  # 962
>
> a[rangebottom..rangetop].length     # 2885

What exactly do you want to do with the slice?

Kind regards

robert