* array.c (rb_ary_first): RDoc update from Daniel Berger

  <djberg96@yahoo.com>.  [ruby-core:06577].


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/branches/ruby_1_8@9534 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc0fe9f713..da722d1e47 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Mon Nov 14 17:36:22 2005  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* array.c (rb_ary_first): RDoc update from Daniel Berger
+	  <djberg96@yahoo.com>.  [ruby-core:06577].
+
 Fri Nov 11 10:31:44 2005  Zach Dennis  <zdennis@mktec.com>
 
 	* ext/socket/socket.c: Socket Documentation. [ruby-core:6580]
diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index f16e0a663c..d14a49a716 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -715,12 +715,16 @@ rb_ary_at(ary, pos)
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *     array.first   ->   obj or nil
- *  
- *  Returns the first element of the array. If the array is empty,
- *  returns <code>nil</code>.
- *     
+ *     array.first(n) -> an_array
+ *
+ *  Returns the first element, or the first +n+ elements, of the array.
+ *  If the array is empty, the first form returns <code>nil</code>, and the
+ *  second form returns an empty array.
+ *
  *     a = [ "q", "r", "s", "t" ]
- *     a.first   #=> "q"
+ *     a.first    #=> "q"
+ *     a.first(1) #=> ["q"]
+ *     a.first(3) #=> ["q", "r", "s"]
  */
 
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