# Re: Quickie: Monkey patching Array **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 30, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-quickie-monkey-patching-array/139082 "2008-05-30T17:14:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![reidmix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@reidmix](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reidmix)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-quickie-monkey-patching-array/139082/1 "2008-05-30T17:14:50Z")
you are just assigning a to an array literal This is equivalent to a = Array.new([‘one’,‘two’,‘three’]) Like Siep said, array access a[0] will raise the error. r ----- Original Message ---- From: Siep K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: ruby-talk ML [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:28:45 PM Subject: Re: Quickie: Monkey patching Array Leon B. wrote: > Didn’t work also. It just prints: [“one”, “two”, “three”] try p a[0] [] is just a method. You chanced it. To verify if your change works, you 'll have to use the [] method. If this is not what you want, what outcome did you expect? regards, Siep