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Two Array Indices « Array « Ruby
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Array
Two Array Indices
1.
In Ruby the first index is the start location and the second holds the count: array[start, count].
2.
array[1, 2] references two array elements, starting with the element at index 1, and this statement replaces two elements in the array, not just one:
3.
Assigning a value to array[3, 0] did not replace any element in the array; it inserted a new element starting at index 3 instead.
4.
Using Two Array Indices
5.
specify where to start in the array and how many elements you want
6.
use a range:
7.
Instead of [], you can also use the slice method, another alias