Jason Lillywhite wrote:
> I'm sorry, I meant What if I wanted to create an array_a and array_b and
> refer to both of those in another method. Does that make sense?

Either return an array, containing both array_a and array_b as subarrays, or 
store one of them in an instance variable.

Examples:
# Option a:
class MyClass
  def mymethod
    ...dostuff...
    [arraya, arrayb]
  end
  def myothermethod
    aa, ab = mymethod
    ...dostuff...
  end
end

# Option b:
class MyClass
  def mymethod
    ...dostuff...
    @b = arrayb
    arraya
  end
  def myothermethod
    aa = mymethod
    ab = @b
    ...dostuff...
  end
end

HTH,
Sebastian
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