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Array Decomposition

Elegant Array Handling in Ruby

Array decomposition allows you to extract values from arrays into individual variables. The splat operator (*) lets you collect remaining elements.

# Simple decomposition
first, second, third = [1, 2, 3]

# With splat operator
first, *rest = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
# first = 1
# rest = [2, 3, 4, 5]

Great for method arguments, array manipulation, and working with fixed-length arrays. Use it to make your code more readable and maintainable.

#ruby #arrays #destructuring

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