# this one is like your scripts with ARGV def print_two(*args) arg1, arg2 = args puts "arg1: #{arg1}, arg2: #{arg2}" end # ok, that *args is actually pointless, we can just do this def print_two_again(arg1, arg2) puts "arg1: #{arg1}, arg2: #{arg2}" end # this just takes one argument def print_one(arg1) puts "arg1: #{arg1}" end # this one takes no arguments def print_none puts "I got nothin'." end print_two("Zed", "Shaw") print_two_again("Zed", "Shaw") print_one("First!") print_none