From: RichardOnRails <RichardDummyMailbox58407@...>
Date: 2011-03-01T14:25:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Comining Arrays

On Feb 28, 11:05 pm, Sam Duncan <sdun...@wetafx.co.nz> wrote:
> And just to be sure, with 1.8.7 ...
>
> irb(main):001:0> RUBY_VERSION
> => "1.8.7"
> irb(main):002:0> %w( a b c )
> => ["a", "b", "c"]
> irb(main):003:0> %w( a b c ).kind_of?(String)
> => false
> irb(main):004:0> %w( a b c ).kind_of?(Array)
> => true
>
> On 01/03/11 17:01, Sam Duncan wrote:
>
> > On 01/03/11 16:45, RichardOnRails wrote:
>
> >> Hey David,
>
> >> Neat code,  but I don't get it.
>
> >> %w( a b c ) yields an instance of class String.
>
> > ruby-1.9.2-p0 > %w( a b c )
> >  => ["a", "b", "c"]
> > ruby-1.9.2-p0 > %w( a b c ).kind_of?(String)
> >  => false
> > ruby-1.9.2-p0 > %w( a b c ).kind_of?(Array)
> >  => true
>
>

Hi Sam,

Thanks.  My mind stopped this the thought that %w creates strings out
of bare words. I forgot that those strings end up in an array.  I
should have checked that my stupid claim was correct before posting.
So, with an apology to you and the newsgroup,

Best wishes,
Richard