From: georgesawyer <georgesawyer2@...>
Date: 2005-01-08T12:11:27+09:00
Subject: Re: List assignment syntax

Good!
Not as subtle, but just in case it helps:   :-)
             =>a = [2, [3, 5], 8] # Given.
[2, [3, 5], 8]

             =>x, y = [0,2].collect {|i| a[i]}
[2, 8]
             =>a.flatten
[2, 3, 5, 8]