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Re: Populate a new array.: msg#00086

lang.smalltalk.squeak.beginners

Subject: Re: Populate a new array.

On Mar 11, 2007, at 10:40 , Blake wrote:

Here's another one:

I've created a method that returns an array of its own class:

anArray: aQuantity
| a |
a := Array new: aQuantity.
a size
do: [:i | a at: i put: self class new].
^ a

but, for a while, I was trying to make this a single line:

^ (Array new: aQuantity) do: [:item | item := stuff ]

This doesn't work (I think) because "do" passes in a value rather than a reference. I didn't see how it could be done with withIndexDo: either.

Wondering if I'm missing something.

^(1 to: aQuantity) collect: [:i | stuff]

- Bert -


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