From: Markus Jais <info@...>
Date: 2001-12-19T23:46:21+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28907] Re: array.to_h

Sean Russell wrote:

> dempsejn@georgetown.edu wrote:
> 
>> with to_a it is possible to create an array from a hash...is there a
>> function to do the opposite?
> 
>         h = Hash[ *array ]
> 


hello
why is there an "*" before "array"?
is does not work without it, but why is it so??

couldn't find an answer in the pickaxe book

markus