From: Jonatas Paganini Date: 2009-02-13T01:51:24+09:00 Subject: * before string Hi, I'm looking for cucumber/generators and didn't understand why use '*' before string on initialize method. I put it on irb and the result is the same. class NamedArg attr_reader :name def initialize(s) @name, @type = *s.split(':') end end Why and where use * before string? thanks. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.