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-rw-r--r-- | doc/syntax/assignment.rdoc | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
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 |