From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2005-09-22T06:28:17+09:00
Subject: Re: %w


On Sep 21, 2005, at 5:16 PM, Eustaquio Rangel de Oliveira Jr. wrote:

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> Hey, what %w exactly is (I mean, I know it's the string array  
> creator part)?
> A method? From what object?
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> Thanks!
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Its syntax (of the sugary variety).

Just think about as being in the same category as x = [ 1,2,3 ]

The [ and ,'s in this case aren't methods of anything persay, tis  
just the syntax for an array literal. %w is an alternate array  
literal syntax, it just does a bit more.