From: Alex DeCaria <alex.decaria@...>
Date: 2010-05-04T20:18:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Something I expected to work, but didn't!

Kurtis Rainbolt-greene wrote:
> irb(main):001:0> x = 2
> => 2
> irb(main):002:0> y = 4
> => 4
> irb(main):003:0> x, y *= 2
> SyntaxError: (irb):3: syntax error, unexpected tOP_ASGN, expecting '='
> x, y *= 2
>        ^
>   from /usr/local/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
> 
> 
> :(

You need the same number of arguments on the right hand side as you do 
on the left.  For example,

x, y = 3

print x, y => 3, nil

x, y = 3, 3

print x, y => 3, 3
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