From: Nagachaitanya Vellanki Date: 2011-03-19T02:02:05+09:00 Subject: Re: Array range values assignment You can use the fill method in the Array class e.g from the Ruby docs a.fill("z", 2, 2) #=> ["x", "x", "z", "z"] a.fill("y", 0..1) #=> ["y", "y", "z", "z"] Please refer to the Ruby docs for other ways to use the fill method http://railsapi.com/doc/ruby-v1.9.2/classes/Array.html#M000097 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.