From: Shadowfirebird <shadowfirebird@...>
Date: 2008-08-13T01:39:51+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I unsplat something?

# this do?

def unsplat(x)
   return [x].flatten
end




On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Patrick Li <patrickli_2001@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there any easy to unsplat an item?
> ie. 1 becomes [1]
>    [2,3] remains [2,3] ?
>
> so far i found:
> a = *[1]
> *b = *a   #=> [1]
> a = *[1,2]
> *b = *a   #=> [1,2]
>
> but this doesn't work if a is a hash, because hash overrides the to_a
> method
> a = *[{"a"=>1}]
> *b = *a    #=>  [["a",1]]  when i actually want: [{"a"=>1}]
>
> Thanks for helping
>  -Patrick
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>



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