From: Phlip <phlipcpp@...>
Date: 2003-01-01T01:03:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie Questions Array

Eric-Roger Bruecklmeier wrote:

> I have detected a strange behavior is ruby:
> 
> foo1 = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
> foo2 = ["a","b","c"]
> 
> foo1[3,0] = foo2
> 
> what i would expect:
> 
> foo1 => [1,2,3,["a","b","c"],4,5,6,7,8]
> 
> what ruby does:
> 
> foo1 => [1,2,3,"a","b","c",4,5,6,7,8]
> 
> is this intentional or a bug?
> 
> to realize what i would expect, i use this "trick":
> 
> foo1[3,0] = something
> foo1[3] = foo2
> 
> now foo1 is: [1,2,3,["a","b","c"],4,5,6,7,8]
> 
> Any suggestions?

BASIC does the same trick with MID(s$, a, b) = c$. It's by design.

The trick exists so you can replace the middle of a string efficiently.

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