From 596ed9c781ca9e9e6b381cd19b7616513e756ff5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: drbrain Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:41:37 +0000 Subject: * doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc (Implicit Array Assignment): Clarify that "left-hand side" means "of the assignment". Suggested by Jorge Dias. * doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc (Multiple Assignment): ditto. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@38902 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e --- doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/syntax') diff --git a/doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc b/doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc index 7e586225b9..7424d4885f 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: +You can splat anywhere in the left-hand side of the assignment: a = 1, *[2, 3] @@ -408,14 +408,15 @@ 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 than variables on the right hand -side the extra values are ignored: +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: a, b = 1, 2, 3 p a: a, b: b # prints {:a=>1, :b=>2} -You can use * to gather extra values on the right-hand side. +You can use * to gather extra values on the right-hand side of +the assignment. a, *b = 1, 2, 3 -- cgit v1.2.3