From: Jeff Moore <jcmoore@...>
Date: 2011-08-24T23:11:35+09:00
Subject: Re: New to Ruby some problems

jack jones wrote in post #1018220:
> Thank you very much Chuck Remes :)
> The problem is I don't understand those functions :
> # now name just [] = ?? The problem is that I don't get the magic
>     10    def []=(row, column, value) # how does it works?
>     11      position = index row, column
>     12      @array[position] = value
>     13    end
>     15    # retrieve value from row, column
>     16    def [](row, column)
>     17      position = index row, column
>     18      return @array[position]
>     19    end

'[]=' is actually a method. Does that help?

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