func_get_args

  • We can use variable arguments in Ruby using the glob operator (*). By prefixing a parameter in your method definition with this operator, you tell the method to combine all remaining arguments for the method into an array for that argument.

    PHP

    function add()
    {
        $total = 0;
        foreach (func_get_args() as $num) {
           $total += $num;
        }
        return $total;
    }
     
    print add(1, 2, 3);
    // => 6

    Ruby

    def add(*nums)
      total = 0
      nums.each {|num| total += num }
      total
    end
    # => 6

    see also

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