From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2009-10-27T20:01:01+09:00
Subject: Re: array question

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Hi --

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Phrogz wrote:

> On Oct 26, 6:46�pm, "David A. Black" <dbl...@rubypal.com> wrote:
>>> need to separate strings into arrays for a program that I am making.
>>> For example, if I have the string 'abc', I'll want to make it into the
>>> array ['a', 'b', 'c']. �Is there any way to do this? �I am using version
>>> 1.8.6, by the way. �All help is welcome.
>>
>> The method you want is String#split:
>>
>> � �'abc'.split(//) �# => ['a', 'b', 'c']
>
>
> Here are two other techniques, just for fun:
>
> all_characters = "abc".scan(/./)

That won't include newline characters, though, unless you use the /m
modifier.

> all_characters=[]
> "abc".each_char{ |x| all_characters.push(x) }

:-) Actually in 1.9 you could do:

   str.chars.to_a

but he's using 1.8.6.


David

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