From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2011-07-14T06:07:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Creating a range of directories

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On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Simon Harrison <simon@simonharrison.net>wrote:

> I'm wanting to create a range of directories with a prefix, like the
> following:
>
> /prefix-001
> /prefix-002
>
> etc.
>
> The following works, but seems to smell a bit.
>
> ***************************
>
> require 'fileutils'
> include FileUtils
>
> var = 1..100
> dirs = var.map { |n| "%03d" % n }
> dirs.each { |n| n.insert(0, "Prefix-") }
>
> mkdir(dirs)
>
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>
> Any better ways to accomplish this? And, does anyone know of a good
> tutorial/book for working with files and directories?
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>

That's basically what I'd do, but the steps in the middle are executed
curiously.

I'd do it like this:
dirs = (1..100).map { |i| "Prefix-%03d" % i }

Or if you dislike like the % operator:
dirs = (1..100).map { |i| sprintf "Prefix-%03d", i }

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