From: "David A. Black" <dblack@...>
Date: 2004-08-21T03:43:20+09:00
Subject: More fun with unary * (was: Re: newbie programming question:)

Hi --

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Warren Brown wrote:

>     command = `ping #{host}`.split($/)

I've been messing with the unary * a lot today, and thought I'd try it
here:

  *command = *`ping -c2 localhost`

and sure enough, it puts an array of lines in command :-)  (Without
stripping newlines, obviously.)  I haven't yet examined exactly *why*
it works, in terms of my dissertation on * earlier today.

(Dan, this is an arcane side-line on your question -- don't worry if
it's obscure :-)


David

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David A. Black
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