From: Kent Dahl <kentda@...>
Date: 2002-09-19T15:59:54+09:00
Subject: Re: If Statement Help and param passing

"Matthew, Graeme" wrote:
> I have noticed that some params in methods / function are passed as follows:
> 
> object.method(value, *data)
> 
> is the * character serving a purpose here, eg passing by value rather than
> reference ?

It unpacks an Array, passing each element as a separate argument to the
method.

I.e.
  object.method(value, a, b, c) 
is equivalent to
  data = [a, b, c]
  object.method(value, *data)
if I recall correctly.

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