From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-02-01T23:43:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Creating Arrays Through a Loop

2010/2/1 Squawk Boxed <vikramjam@yahoo.com>:
> I was wondering if it was possible to create a series of arrays through
> a loop.  This doesn't work (I think):
>
> for num in 1..10
>  array_num = Array.new
> end

Well, it *does* work - only you loose references to a newly created
Array immediately.  You can try some of these variants:

arrs = []
10.times { arrs << Array.new }

arrs = Array.new(10) { Array.new }
arrs = (1..10).map { Array.new }

Cheers

robert


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