From: Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...>
Date: 2011-03-16T07:43:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Making an array of arrays?

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Jen <fluffy_bunny_1988@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

Just as an aside -- this seems awfully "un-ruby-ish" style --

> #When the for loop can take the value from pop must subtract 1 from it to
> avoid having to do nasty index manipulation on the array
> i = 0
> #Define an offspring array that will hold the copies of the @board array
> @offspring = Array.new
> for i in 0..3
> @offspring[i] = @board.clone
> end

   @offspring = []
   4.times{ @offspring << @board.clone  }

But regardless,

> ##Loop through @offspring and where ever there is "_" put a random number.
> i = 0
> for i in 0..80
> if @offspring[i] = "_"

The line above is *assigning* (=) a value, not testing for one (==).

> then @offspring[i]= 9

> @offspring.inspect simply prints out a line of 9s.

Yep, that's what it'll do :-)

HTH!
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