Replacing subarrays with []= : Array Elements « Array « Ruby






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Replacing subarrays with []=


# To delete, assign an empty array
# To insert, assign to a zero-width slice

p a = ('a'..'e').to_a    # => ['a','b','c','d','e']
p a[0,2] = ['A','B']     # a now holds ['A', 'B', 'c', 'd', 'e']
p a[2...5]=['C','D','E'] # a now holds ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E']
p a[0,0] = [1,2,3]       # Insert elements at the beginning of a
p a[0..2] = []           # Delete those elements
p a[-1,1] = ['Z']        # Replace last element with another
p a[-1,1] = 'Z'          # For single elements, the array is optional
p a[1,4] = nil           # Ruby 1.9: a now holds ['A',nil]
                         # Ruby 1.8: a now holds ['A']: nil works like []








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