Ruby Programming Language :: Looking for an array method


	Looking for an array method Sun Park wrote: > Are there any methods which work exactly like []= but return the changed > array, different from []= which returns void? Array#fill? a = [0, 1, 2, 3] => [0, 1, 2, 3] irb(main):006:0> a.fill("x", 2..2) => [0, 1, "x", 3] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. On 6/3/07, Sun Park <geniusleo@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks :) do we have such method in String class, too? irb(main):008:0> a='abc' => "abc" irb(main):009:0> a[1]=?a => 97 irb(main):013:0> a[1..1]="a" => "a" thus String#[]= is behaving differently from Array#[]= Cheers Robert You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? -- George Bernard Shaw Sun Park wrote: > Sorry, what I meant was : > a = "abc" > => "abc" > a (some method with arguments of 1 and "d") > => "adc" > I wanted to find out are there any methods behaving like this. > 2007/6/3, Robert Dober <robert.do@gmail.com>: a = "abc" a[1,1] = "d" a # => "adc" a[1] = ?b a # => "abc" Enjoy Stefan -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. On 6/3/07, Sun Park <geniusleo@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, what I meant was : > a = "abc" > => "abc" > a (some method with arguments of 1 and "d") > => "adc" > I wanted to find out are there any methods behaving like this. Yes #[]=, what is wrong with it? Would you prefer a method with a different name, I am not sure there is one. Robert - Hide quoted text - > 2007/6/3, Robert Dober <robert.do@gmail.com>: > > On 6/3/07, Sun Park <geniusleo@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks :) do we have such method in String class, too? > > irb(main):008:0> a='abc' > > => "abc" > > irb(main):009:0> a[1]=?a > > => 97 > > irb(main):013:0> a[1..1]="a" > > => "a" > > thus String#[]= is behaving differently from Array#[]= > > Cheers > > Robert > > You see things; and you say Why? > > But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? > > -- George Bernard Shaw -- You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? -- George Bernard Shaw On 6/3/07, Stefan Rusterholz <apei@gmx.net> wrote: > Sun Park wrote: > > Sorry, what I meant was : > > a = "abc" > > => "abc" > > a (some method with arguments of 1 and "d") > > => "adc" > > I wanted to find out are there any methods behaving like this. > > 2007/6/3, Robert Dober <robert.do@gmail.com>: This was not my post!! Robert > Enjoy > Stefan > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? -- George Bernard Shaw On 6/3/07, Robert Dober <robert.do@gmail.com> wrote: - Hide quoted text - > On 6/3/07, Sun Park <geniusleo@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry, what I meant was : > > a = "abc" > > => "abc" > > a (some method with arguments of 1 and "d") > > => "adc" > > I wanted to find out are there any methods behaving like this. > Yes #[]=, what is wrong with it? Would you prefer a method with a > different name, I am not sure there is one. > Robert a = "abc" p a[1] = "d" # I think the OP wants to see "adc" here p a # not just here Harry -- A Look into Japanese Ruby List in English http://www.kakueki.com/ On 6/3/07, Sun Park <geniusleo@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, what I meant was : > a = "abc" > => "abc" > a (some method with arguments of 1 and "d") > => "adc" > I wanted to find out are there any methods behaving like this. None directly that I know of, but ... a = "abc a.split('').fill("d",1,1).join or (a[1]='d';a)