From: Patrick Doyle <wpdster@...>
Date: 2008-09-20T10:53:42+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] One-Liners Mashup (#177 again)

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Daniel Moore <yahivin@gmail.com> wrote:
> def repeat(i)
>  r = []; each { |x| r.push(*([x] * i)) }; r
> end
>
Here's mine:
def repeat(i)
  self.map {|x| [x] * i}.flatten
end

I don't appreciate Ruby syntax enough to understand the significance
of the *(...) construct in Daniel's solution.  What does that do?  Can
you show an example where the results are different than my solution?

--wpd