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title: Learn About Ruby Arrays
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### Basics:
* Arrays are a list of indexed items stored inside `]` brackets.
* Ruby uses zero-based indexing. This means the first item in the array is stored in index number `0`, then the second is at index number `1`, and so on incrementing by values of 1 for each additional item stored in the array.
* Arrays can be created using `[]` or `Array.new` syntax.
* Ruby has many build in methods to perform operations on arrays such as reversing or finding an element stored in the array.
## Examples:
arr = [1,2,3]
# is equivalent to:
arr = Array.new(3)
arr[0] = 1
arr[1] = 2
arr[2] = 3
# is also equivalent to:
arr = Array(1..3)
# All three of these examples return:
[1,2,3]
## References:
* The official Ruby documentation for arrays.