From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-07-23T18:50:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby "star".... what's it?

Mirko Viviani wrote:
> Sorry,
> Complete code was like this
> x,  *xs = *myarray
> 
> after executing, x is 1 and xs [2,3,4,5,6,6] ..... :o
> 
> 2009/7/23 Max Williams <toastkid.williams@gmail.com>


x, y, z = 1, 2, 3
puts x, y, z

--output:--
1
2
3


x, y, z = *[1, 2, 3]
puts x, y, z

--output:--
1
2
3


*y = 1, 2, 3
p y

--output:--
[1, 2, 3]


x, *y = *[1, 2, 3]
puts x
p y

--output:--
1
[2, 3]

Depending on the context the * means:

a) replace an array with its individual elements
b) gather individual elements into an array
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