Ruby Built In Method to Create Multidimensional Array From Single Dimensioned Array

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Published on 2012-01-15T12:15:52Z Indexed on 2012/06/11 22:40 UTC
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If I have an array like this: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5], is there a built in method to create this: [[0, 1, 2], [3, 4, 5]] given a width of 3? If there is no built in method, how could I improve on this?

def multi_to_single(array, width)
    return [].tap{|md_array|
        (array.length.to_f / width).ceil.times {|y|
            row = (array[(y*width), width])
            md_array.push( row + Array.new(width - row.length))
        }
    }
end

I feel like I have missed something obvious because I haven't programmed ruby in a while! Thanks in advance, ell.

EDIT: It needs to be in the core library, so no ruby on rails or anything.

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