screw shifting.rb

# via jaknowlden:

irb(main):001:0> (k, v), *rest = [[1,2], [3,4], [5,6]]
=> [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]
irb(main):002:0> k
=> 1
irb(main):003:0> v
=> 2
irb(main):004:0> rest
=> [[3, 4], [5, 6]]

(a,*b), *c = [[1,2,3],[3,4,5]]
=> [[1, 2, 3], [3, 4, 5]]

b
=> [2, 3]

ruby-1.9.1-p378 > (k, v), rest = [[1,2], [3,4], [5,6]]
 => [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]
ruby-1.9.1-p378 > rest
 => [3,4]

If you *rest in the assignment rest => [[3, 4], [5, 6]]. Also just tried your thingie a got different results:

ruby-1.9.1-p378 > (a,b), c = [[1,2,3],[3,4,5]] 
 => [[1, 2, 3], [3, 4, 5]] 
ruby-1.9.1-p378 > a
 => 1 
ruby-1.9.1-p378 > b
 => 2 
ruby-1.9.1-p378 > c
 => [3, 4, 5] 

oh, nice.

stupid formatting erased my splat, i was just showing that you can use another splat inside

    (a,*b),*c = [[1,2,3],[3,4,5]] => [[1, 2, 3], [3, 4, 5]]

then you will get the same result as me

*["Nope", "Too late", "Not trying now"]