From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-09-16T03:45:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Array of Hashes in an array of hashes - Complicated!

Matt Brooks wrote:
> Hi John,
> Thanks for the input, how might I create a variable number of objects 
> with different object names though?
> 
> if the following while loop happens the same object is created over and 
> over again. I loose say the other 30 signal objects i have made.  As I 
> was saying before how would you increment a variable name or object name 
> in this implementation?
> 
> while index < num_signals
>   sig_1 = Signal.new
> ....
> ....
> end
> 

You wouldn't.

signals = []

while index < num_signals
  signals << Signal.new
end


> 
> Also, I would need a way to overwrite and kill all the objects every 10 
> seconds or so, when all the signals update with different information.
> Is that possible?
> 

signals = []

> How might I keep track of all the signal objects created and all their 
> unique names and then kill them, so that I can then make a variable 
> number of new signal objects that contain a different number of 
> variables possibly, and definitely different data.
> 
> Thanks!
> Matt

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