From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-09-08T21:12:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Receiving array naturally?

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Ammar Ali <ammarabuali@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Robert Klemme
> <shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> You could do
>>
>> def simple(*a)
>>  a.flatten.each do |x|
>>    x.whatever
>>  end
>> end
>
> It's also possible to use * when passing the array to the method,
> without changing the method:
>
>> some_items = [1, "more", %w{four six eight}]
>> some_method *some_items

Of course, but that's not what Terry asked for.  He wanted to make it
convenient for the caller so he could do

m(1,2,3,4)
m([1,2,3,4])
m(some_array)

Kind regards

robert


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