From: Martin DeMello Date: 2005-10-19T07:06:58+09:00 Subject: Re: :whatever => thing QUESTION Brian Schr�der wrote: > > It works not only when the method has only one argument, but always > with the last argument. > > $ irb > irb(main):001:0> def show(*args) p args end > => nil > irb(main):002:0> show 1, 2, 3, 5 => 6 > [1, 2, 3, {5=>6}] > => nil And (since none of the examples have made that explicit), the hash can have more than one element in it. irb(main):002:0> show 1, 2, 3, 4 => 5, 6 => 7 [1, 2, 3, {6=>7, 4=>5}] => nil martin