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authorzzak <zzak@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2014-03-06 06:16:35 +0000
committerzzak <zzak@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2014-03-06 06:16:35 +0000
commitbfce381eb7e4f7140c99b2ce5fd05fbb9452bebb (patch)
tree9fae944f3a065efd74a3196ce4a8a5af21a545c2 /doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc
parent31fa4d889938fbb53c40fee4b2ed1dcaee2f617e (diff)
* doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc: [DOC] Fix assignment directions [ci skip]
By @idupree [Fixes GH-555] https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/555 git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@45277 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
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diff --git a/doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc b/doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc
index 7424d4885f..79fe680f3b 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc
+++ b/doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ assigning. This is similar to multiple assignment:
p a # prints [1, 2, 3]
-You can splat anywhere in the left-hand side of the assignment:
+You can splat anywhere in the right-hand side of the assignment:
a = 1, *[2, 3]
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ You can splat anywhere in the left-hand side of the assignment:
== Multiple Assignment
-You can assign multiple values on the left-hand side to multiple variables:
+You can assign multiple values on the right-hand side to multiple variables:
a, b = 1, 2
@@ -408,8 +408,8 @@ You can use multiple assignment to swap two values in-place:
p new_value: new_value, old_value: old_value
# prints {:new_value=>1, :old_value=>2}
-If you have more values on the left hand side of the assignment than variables
-on the right hand side the extra values are ignored:
+If you have more values on the right hand side of the assignment than variables
+on the left hand side the extra values are ignored:
a, b = 1, 2, 3
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ the assignment.
p a: a, b: b # prints {:a=>1, :b=>[2, 3]}
-The <code>*</code> can appear anywhere on the right-hand side:
+The <code>*</code> can appear anywhere on the left-hand side:
*a, b = 1, 2, 3