From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2002-12-09T17:37:38+09:00
Subject: [YANQ] - how to create/modify []=

Hi Ruby friends,

I would like to modify or create own Array#[]= method to return the array.

Currently,

C:\family\ruby>irb
irb(main):001:0> a = [1,2,3,4]
[1, 2, 3, 4]
irb(main):002:0> a[1] = 6
6	<====== returns value inserted
irb(main):003:0> a
[1, 6, 3, 4]

I would like a[1] = 6 to return array a itself, so I can do eg,

a = [1,2,3,4]
p (a[1]=6).sort

I'm reading sir Dave's online axe book so a chapter reference would be fine.
You could also tell me how you search it (since I've search but cannot find
it, maybe my query is not good enough).

Many thanks,
-botp