From: El Gato <wmwilson01@...>
Date: 2006-11-21T11:35:01+09:00
Subject: Re: How to put array into variables

El Gato wrote:
> 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"

Actually, to be more clear

foo = "hello world"
a,b = foo.split
a                 #=> "hello"
b                 #=> "world"

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