From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2004-04-20T22:09:08+09:00
Subject: Re: add elment on the first index of an array

Dirk Einecke <dirk.einecke@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I have an array. Now I will add a element on the first index. I do this 
> like this:
> 
> $a_foo = Array.new
> $a_foo = $bar.split('/')

Apart from anything else, note that this is unnecessary in Ruby -
objects are typed, but variables are not. So $a_foo = Array.new just
creates an empty array, and discards it in the next line - $bar.split
creates an entirely new array, to which $a_foo now points.

martin