Define an array of strings is with the %w notation. : Array Creation « Array « Ruby






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Define an array of strings is with the %w notation.


# It assumes that all elements are strings (even nil)


months = %w[ nil January February March April May June July August September
October November December ]

# This produces the array months:
# ["nil", "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August",
#  "September", "October", "November", "December"]








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