At various points in my exploration of Julia code, I find ... being used. For example, in help for symbol ?Symbol
Symbol(x...) -> Symbol
And, currently, I’m using the following code that includes ... to create a data frame from an array (using the first row as the column titles).
DataFrame_wTitles = DataFrame([[anArray[2:end,i]...] for i in 1:size(anArray,2)], Symbol.(anArray[1,:]))
However, it’s difficult to find documentation on ... or “three dots”, or “dots” . . . Broadcasting uses dot notation. It’s short and sweet notation, but I wonder how ... is officially referred to and does it have several meanings.
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