From: Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@...>
Date: 2009-05-13T10:34:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Whaaaaat?

Robert Dober wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:57 AM, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> Why can't ruby just do what I mean, rather than what I say? Is that asking
>> too much? (heh heh)
>>     
> But it does, I am sure you just forgot the *, right?
> [*0..5].include? 42
> --> false
> Cheers
> Robert
>
>
>   
Robert,

Interesting, but obscure. I just did a quick dig into Thomas (Pickaxe, 
3rd ed.), to try to figure out what [*1..5] does, and I still don't get 
it. Can you explain?

t.

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