splat Questions

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Have you seen a function declared like this? def foo a, **b ... end I understand that a single * is the splat operator. What does ** mean?
Foresail asked 17/8, 2013 at 13:3

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I am using the built in dependency injector/splat injector inside ReactiveUI. I have constructors where I want to pass along their applicable data repository. In other frameworks it just uses ref...
Agra asked 18/9, 2015 at 8:32

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What is the correct name for operator *, as in function(*args)? unpack, unzip, something else?
Stonge asked 23/2, 2010 at 22:48

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Consider, for example, squares = *map((2).__rpow__, range(5)), squares # (0, 1, 4, 9, 16) *squares, = map((2).__rpow__, range(5)) squares # [0, 1, 4, 9, 16] So, all else being equal we get a li...
Lewandowski asked 21/5, 2019 at 11:54

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I have a bunch of structs like this with increasing number of members, but consistent member naming: struct one { int a; }; struct two { int a; int b; }; struct three { int a; int b; int c; }; I...
Blockhead asked 14/6, 2019 at 2:16

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I have this code: function test(...$strings) { // ... } It allows me to call test() like this: test('a', 'series of', 'strings go here'); Which works. However, I often would like to do: tes...
Werner asked 10/6, 2019 at 4:24

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Ruby 2.3 introduces a new method on Array and Hash called dig. The examples I've seen in blog posts about the new release are contrived and convoluted: # Hash#dig user = { user: { address: { st...
Lorindalorine asked 18/12, 2015 at 0:18

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You can destructure an array by using the splat operator. def foo(arg1, arg2, arg3) #...Do Stuff... end array = ['arg2', 'arg3'] foo('arg1', *array) But is there a way to destruct a hash for opti...
Busy asked 3/3, 2013 at 21:55

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Someone asked about the splat operator yesterday, and I wanted to see the source code... would that be written in C or in Ruby? Where would it be found?
Claustral asked 28/5, 2009 at 15:16

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Case statement: case x when 1 "one" when 2 "two" when 3 "three" else "many" end is evaluated using the === operator. This operator is invoked on the value of the when expression with the val...
Allurement asked 15/6, 2017 at 8:5

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Setting a default value for a splat argument gives an error: 1.9.3-p374 :001 > def a b, *c = nil 1.9.3-p374 :002?> end SyntaxError: (irb):1: syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting ';' or '\...
Sememe asked 3/4, 2013 at 20:16

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I noticed what I find to be a very surprising behavior with the ** (double-splat) operator in Ruby 2.1.1. When key-value pairs are used before a **hash, the hash remains unmodified; however, when ...
Debug asked 25/4, 2014 at 0:49

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My understanding is that a single splat on a non-array object calls to_a and then dissociates the elements apart. And since nil.to_a is defined to be [], the following conversion happens: [:foo, *...
Ramtil asked 7/12, 2015 at 3:4

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When looking at the source code for raphael or g.raphael or other libraries I've noticed the developer does something like this: var val = Math.max.apply(Math, data_array); Why not just invoke t...
Velda asked 9/5, 2011 at 12:3

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I'm using Visual Studio 13 Community. Created a simple WinForms project, created an empty class and inherited ReactiveObject. I've installed reactivui-winforms 6.5.0 using NuGet. I can see ver 1.0....
Leavetaking asked 21/6, 2015 at 11:26

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I have a method that should take 1+ parameters of any class, similar to Array#push: def my_push(*objects) raise ArgumentError, 'Needs 1+ arguments' if objects.empty? objects.each do |obj| ...
Polygamous asked 23/5, 2015 at 18:28

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I am trying to write a function that calls several functions that accept named parameters. I'd like the A function to be able to named parameters splatted together in args and pass along the matchi...
Bibliophile asked 10/3, 2015 at 5:21

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While reading about Julia on http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/julia/ I came across this: # You can define functions that take a variable number of # positional arguments function varargs(args...)...
Yorgos asked 17/11, 2014 at 22:16

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Why do Ruby (2.0) procs/blocks with splat arguments behave differently than methods and lambdas? def foo (ids, *args) p ids end foo([1,2,3]) # => [1, 2, 3] bar = lambda do |ids, *args| p ids...
Brimstone asked 30/5, 2014 at 1:11

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All values for b below let me call a method with the *args syntax. def some_method(a) puts a end b = 1 some_method(*b) # => 1 b = false some_method(*b) # => false b = "whatever" some_met...
Mansuetude asked 1/6, 2014 at 23:27

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I discovered this after playing around with object ids. ObjectSpace._id2ref(2648) => :** ObjectSpace._id2ref(6688) => :** ObjectSpace._id2ref(2648) == ObjectSpace._id2ref(6688) => false ...
Sambo asked 1/3, 2014 at 21:30

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How do you override the result of unpacking syntax *obj and **obj? For example, can you somehow create an object thing which behaves like this: >>> [*thing] ['a', 'b', 'c'] >>> ...
Arterial asked 12/3, 2014 at 23:15

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In Ruby I can call methods with array elements used as positional parameters like this method(fixed_arg1, fixed_arg2, *array_of_additional_args) Here the "*" operator expands the array in place....
Permission asked 9/6, 2012 at 10:52

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I know splat arguments are used when we do not know the number of arguments that would be passed. I wanted to know whether I should use splat all the time. Are there any risks in using the splat ar...
Sibling asked 19/5, 2013 at 12:25

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I've found it's available in Ruby, but I recognize it from what I've done in Python; the "splat" operator. Long story short, I'm wondering if there's a simpler way to accomplish what I currently am...
Choline asked 27/7, 2013 at 0:28

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