From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2002-11-09T08:34:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Multi-dimensional (like 2) arrays in Ruby

On Sat, 9 Nov 2002 08:18:31 +0900, Ted wrote:
> All of the replies say the same thing -- this is good. My learning
> project for Ruby is implementing a turning grille cipher. I want
> to allocate a n*m matrix where n and m are read from stdin.
> 
> I have the n[] (the rows) array, no sweat. But the m part (the
> columns) is rather elusive.
> 
> Here's my latest code:
> 
> @m = Array.new(@rows)
> @M = @m.each {|row| @m[row] = Array.new(@cols)}

Try:

matrix = Array.new(@rows, Array.new(@cols))

-austin
-- Austin Ziegler, austin@halostatue.ca on 2002.11.08 at 18.29.35