What is the difference between these two method parameter definitions?

Question

I'm starting to learn Ruby. I read that arguments where passed by reference to a method, however I don't understand the difference between these two methods.

def print(text)
   puts text
end

and

def print(*text)
    puts text
end

Using a * means that we are passing a pointer like in C?

Answer 1

The *text is what's called the splat operator in Ruby. It basically means if you pass multiple arguments to the second print they will get slurped into the single text variable.

See The Splat Operator in Ruby