From: "Bartosz DziewoƄski" Date: 2011-09-10T23:43:59+09:00 Subject: Re: Not 2 maps A marginally faster solution would be arr.each{|y| y.map!{|z| z.to_i}} This doesn't create new objects, instead modifying arrays in place. It's about 15% faster for me. Benchmark: https://gist.github.com/1208377 -- Matma Rex