From: Han Holl <han@...>
Date: 2002-05-26T21:35:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Unexpected Array#pack behaviour (bug?)

ts wrote:

>>>>>>"H" == Han Holl <han@pobox.com> writes:
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>
>H> Or is the ri - documentation misleading :
>H> "If the count is an asterisk (``*''), all remaining array elements will 
>H> be converted."
>
> ri
>
>pigeon% irb
>irb(main):001:0> ["abcdefghi", 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].pack("m*")
>"YWJjZGVm\nZ2hp\n"
>irb(main):002:0> ["abcdefghi", 2].pack("m*")
>"YWJjZGVmZ2hp\n"
>irb(main):003:0> 
>pigeon% 
>
Thanks, but I still don't get it:

irb(main):088:0> ["abcdefghi"].pack("m")
"YWJjZGVmZ2hp\n"

In your first example a "\n" gets inserted at a (seemingly) random
point. Is the idiom for converting an array of strings something
like:
anArray.pack("m" * anArray.size)

Han