From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-02-13T03:43:02+09:00
Subject: Re: * before string

7stud -- wrote:
> Jonatas Paganini wrote:
>>
>>       @name, @type = *s.split(':')
>> 
>> Why and where use * before string?
>> 
> 
> Your statement is equivalent to:
> 
> @name, @type = *(s.split(':') )
> 

...and it looks like the * is redundant:

x, y = ["snowboard", "skis", "sled"]
puts x, y

--output:--
snowboard
skis

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