From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2007-12-05T23:50:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Expanding array as function arguments

On Dec 5, 7:13 am, Witold Rugowski <rugow...@nhw.pl> wrote:
> Sergio Gil Pérez de la Manga wrote:
>
> > foo *[1,2,3]
>
> > (
> > similar to grouping several arguments into an array if method
> > definition:
>
> > def foo(*args)
> > end
>
> > foo 1, 2, 3
> > )
>
> Thnx a lot ;)
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

A note on splat; it can be used to both gather and unpack elements,
depending on the context. For example...

def baz(a, b, c)
 p a, b, c
end
def foo(*bar) # gathering - bar = [1, 2, 3]
  baz(*bar)   # unpacking - bar = 1, 2, 3
end
foo(1, 2, 3)

Regards,
Jordan