Taylor Strait wrote:
Simply put, I'm trying to generate a constant for displaying length measurements in a select(). I would like to go from 1 to 40 but display ' for feet. So the array I need is something like:
MEASUREMENTS = [[1, 1'], [2, 2'], [3, 3']...]
Here is what I've got so far:
1.upto(40) {|x| [x.to_s + "'", x]}
But I'm not sure how to create an array of arrays with that. Maybe map()? Thanks!
Yup, you could use map (aka collect) as follows...
select_array = (1..40).collect { |x| [ "#{x}'", x ] }
iterates through (1..40), appending the result of the block for that element to an array that gets returned after the collect function completes, and sets select_array equal to the 'temporary' array that the collect method returns
Hope it helps! Gustav Paul gustav@rails.co.za