From: Joel VanderWerf Date: 2003-06-17T12:48:29+09:00 Subject: Re: Extracting columns from Array withSubstitution problem Qubert wrote: ... > arg1 = ARGV.shift > arg2 = ARGV.shift > label = Array.new # for y1, y2 I found I didn't need to declare y1=Array.new? > label = x.shift # first line is headers for the columns You can leave out the first "label = ..." line, because the second one overwrites it.