From: Farrel Lifson <farrel.lifson@...>
Date: 2008-05-06T22:49:42+09:00
Subject: Re: trying to create an array with AA-ZZ for dutch postal codes

postcodes = "AA".."ZZ".to_a

Farrel

2008/5/6  <bookie988@gmail.com>:
> the array postcodes should be filled with strings starting looking
>  like
>
>  ["AA",AB",AC"..."BA","BB","BC" to "ZZ"] 26*26 entries.
>
>  i've come up with the following to create it,
>
>   postcodes = Array.new
>
>   # create postal codes array
>
>   W = String.new()
>   X = String.new()
>
>   (A..Z).each do |W| {
>
>          puts W
>          (A..Z).each do |X|     {
>                          postcodes.push("#{W}#{X}")
>
>                          }
>                  }
>
>   puts(postcodes)
>
>  this code produces
>
>  hpricot-test.rb:20: syntax error, unexpected tCONSTANT, expecting kDO
>  or '{' or '('
>  hpricot-test.rb:22: odd number list for Hash
>  hpricot-test.rb:25: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting kEND
>  hpricot-test.rb:57: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting kEND
>
>  what am i doing wrong, is there an easier (rubier) way?
>
>