# Splat operator Question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/splat-operator-question/104604>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 20, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/splat-operator-question/104604 "2007-05-20T13:28:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![pedro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@pedro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pedro)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/splat-operator-question/104604/1 "2007-05-20T13:28:35Z")

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Hi there. What’s the functional difference between

pet1, pet2, pet3 = \*[“duck”, “dog”, “cat”]

and

pet1, pet2, pet3 = [“horse”, “cow”, “goat”]

I get the same results–namely, each pet gets one value from the array.

This is a user comment in one post [1] in my blog

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Pedro Del G.

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**Author:** ![pedro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@pedro](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pedro)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/splat-operator-question/104604/2 "2007-05-20T13:30:36Z")

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> This is a user comment in one post [1] in my blog

Sorry, i forget the address

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> **[Ruby idioms : The splat operator.](https://theplana.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/ruby-idioms-the-splat-operator/)**
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> The split mode : pet1, pet2, pet3 = \*\[“duck”,”dog”,”cat”\] The collect mode : \*zoo = pet1, pet2, pet3 The splat operator can be used in a case statement : BOARD\_M…

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Pedro Del G.

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