From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2010-02-01T23:43:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Creating Arrays Through a Loop

Squawk Boxed wrote:
> 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

Of course that doesn't work.  You're setting the same variable 
(array_num) each time.  What you should do is use an array of arrays:

array_of_arrays = Array.new(10) {Array.new}

Best,
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