The splat operator * is usefull in combination of a method which takes variables arguments.
When using an array as argument, the splat operator converts the array into a list of its elements.
first, *rest, last = %w(a b c d e f g h)
p first # => "a"
p last # => "h"
p rest # => ["b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g"]
As the splat operator * was used on rest, it took everything between the first and last variables.
Double **Splat Operator
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