From: Jorrel <jorrel@...>
Date: 2008-12-01T21:00:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Control Structures

>  0.upto(a.to_i) do |num|
>    monkey.push((rand*5+1).to_i)
>  end

or, since you're not using num anyway:
a.to_i.times { monkey.push((rand*5+1).to_i)


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jorrel