splat operator Question.

[Pedro Del Gallego]

Hi there. What's the functional difference between

pet1, pet2, pet3 =3D *["duck", "dog", "cat"]

and

pet1, pet2, pet3 =3D ["horse", "cow", "goat"]

I get the same results=96namely, each pet gets one value from the array.

This is a user comment in one post [1] in my blog

[1] :

--=20

 

[Pedro Del Gallego]

This is a user comment in one post [1] in my blog

Sorry, i forget the address

[1] : http://theplana.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/ruby-idioms-the-splat-operator/