From: El Gato <wmwilson01@...>
Date: 2006-11-21T11:32:05+09:00
Subject: Re: How to put array into variables

Ken Allen wrote:
> This also works:
> b = "word1 word2"
> ((a,b)) = b.scan(/^(\w+)\s(\w+)$/)
> p a => "word1"
> p b => "word2"
> 
> The outer parens matches the outer array, and the inner parens matches
> the inner array, allowing a and b to decompose it.
> It's a pretty useful trick when decomposing nested arrays.
> 
> Ken

Seems like the long way around...

foo = ["one", "two"]
a, b = foo
a               #=> "one"
b               #=> "two"

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