From: Bertram Scharpf Date: 2009-05-25T23:47:29+09:00 Subject: Re: String concatenation in Ruby Hi, Am Montag, 25. Mai 2009, 20:44:44 +0900 schrieb Robert Klemme: > 2009/5/25 Bertram Scharpf : > > Another approach: > > > >  args = [ arg1, arg2, arg3] > >  system cmd, *args > > What advantage would it have to first create that array 'args'? I assumed that was a highly simplyfied example and argN stood for "-f", "myfile", etc. Then the assignment were something like  args = %w( -f myfile -i -c -q dummy) Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de