In message <cd08f63ca2ad51e567d4288410f593da / ruby-forum.com>, Peter Marsh writes: >But this isn't any good if you want a arithmetic [3,5,7,9] or geometric >[2,6,18,54] series. So I suggest this: > >arithmetic_series = Arith.new(First_Term,Common_Difference) > >aritmetic_series[9] will then generate the 10th term of the sequence (0 >being the first to be consistent) and arithmetic_series[0..9] will >return an array with the first to tenth terms. The same goes for a >geometric series. > >gemometric_series = Geometric.new(First_Term,Common_Ratio) > >Now, there may be other ways to achieve this, but I think this way is >nicer. These seem like special cases of Series.new([Start Terms], Proc). (Consider Fibbonacci sequences, for instance, or Pascal's Triangle.) -s