From: "Christoph R." <chr_news@..._gmx.net>
Date: 2003-09-14T11:02:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Object Model bothering me

Kurt M. Dresner wrote:

> Ok, so I did 
> 
> a = Array.new(number, [])
> 
> It's really bothering me that if I do a[i] = n, all of a is now n.
> 
> Is there a graceful way to get around this?

I guess you want

---
a = Array.new(6){[]}
a[3][1] = 8

p a[3]  # [nil,8]
p a[4]  # []
---

/Christoph