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Create Array with Array new

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An empty Array ([]) can be created with Array’s class method, Array::new: 

Array.new

To set the length of the array, pass a numerical argument: 

Array.new 3 #=> [nil, nil, nil]

There are two ways to populate an array with default values: 

Array.new 3, :x #=> [:x, :x, :x]

Array.new(3) { |i| i.to_s } #=> ["0", "1", "2"]

a = Array.new 3, "X"            # Not recommended.
a[1].replace "C"                # a => ["C", "C", "C"]

b = Array.new(3) { "X" }        # The recommended way.
b[1].replace "C"                # b => ["X", "C", "X"]
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* Arrays
* Create Array of Strings
* Create Array with Array new
* Create Array of Symbols
* Manipulating Array Elements
* Accessing elements
* Creating an Array with the literal constructor
* Decomposition
* Arrays union intersection and difference
* Two-dimensional array
* Inject reduce
* Filtering arrays
* Arrays and the splat operator
* map
* Turn multi-dimensional array into a one-dimensional flattened array
* Get unique array elements
* Get all combinations permutations of an array
* Remove all nil elements from an array with compact
* Create an Array of consecutive numbers or letters
* Create Array of numbers
* Cast to Array from any object
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