From: Ruby Newbee Date: 2009-12-05T17:22:54+09:00 Subject: Re: convert an array to a hash 2009/12/5 Andrey Zaikin : > irb(main):001:0> a=["a", "hello", "b", "world", "c", "welcome", "d", > "baby"] > => ["a", "hello", "b", "world", "c", "welcome", "d", "baby"] > irb(main):002:0> Hash[*a] Thanks. What's the "*" before "a" then?