From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-03-26T07:17:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Arrays

2010/3/25 Brandon Jones <brandon.g.jones@gmail.com>:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
>> Even shorter (6 chars if I'm not mistaken):
>>
>> a = %w{123 456 raju}
>> a.map!{|x|"91#{x}"}
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> robert
>
> oh yeah?!? well take this
>
> %w(123 456 raju).map{|x|"91#{x}"}
>
> not exactly the same, as there is no persistent variable, but it is a
> bit shorter

You're absolutely right.  My main point - which I failed to mention -
was, that arrays of strings can be easier represented with the %w
notation.  This works of course only if strings need not contain white
space.

Kind regards

robert


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