# Shortening this expression?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shortening-this-expression/77179>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 24, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shortening-this-expression/77179 "2006-11-24T23:33:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zouplaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zouplaz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zouplaz)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/shortening-this-expression/77179/1 "2006-11-24T23:33:30Z")

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Hello, I don’t like the verbosity of these two lines

years = Array.new  
2003.step(Time.now.year) { |a| years \<\< a }

I would like to populate the year array on one statement but I don’t  
know how

Thanks in advance