2009/12/5 Andrey Zaikin <zed.0xff / gmail.com>: > irb(main):001:0> a=["a", "hello", "b", "world", "c", "welcome", "d", > "baby"] > => ["a", "hello", "b", "world", "c", "welcome", "d", "baby"] > irb(main):002:0> Hash[*a] Thanks. What's the "*" before "a" then?