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Cast to Array from any object

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To get Array from any object, use Kernel#Array.

The following is an example: 

Array('something') #=> ["something"]
Array([2, 1, 5])   #=> [2, 1, 5]
Array(1)           #=> [1]
Array(2..4)        #=> [2, 3, 4]
Array([])          #=> []
Array(nil)         #=> []

For example, you could replace join_as_string method from the following code 

def join_as_string(arg)
  if arg.instance_of?(Array)
    arg.join(',')
  elsif arg.instance_of?(Range)
    arg.to_a.join(',')
  else
    arg.to_s
  end
end

join_as_string('something') #=> "something"
join_as_string([2, 1, 5])   #=> "2,1,5"
join_as_string(1)           #=> "1"
join_as_string(2..4)        #=> "2,3,4"
join_as_string([])          #=> ""
join_as_string(nil)         #=> ""

to the following code. 

def join_as_string(arg)
  Array(arg).join(',')
end
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Arrays:
* Arrays
* Create Array of Strings
* Create Array with Array new
* Create Array of Symbols
* Manipulating Array Elements
* Accessing elements
* Creating an Array with the literal constructor
* Decomposition
* Arrays union intersection and difference
* Two-dimensional array
* Inject reduce
* Filtering arrays
* Arrays and the splat operator
* map
* Turn multi-dimensional array into a one-dimensional flattened array
* Get unique array elements
* Get all combinations permutations of an array
* Remove all nil elements from an array with compact
* Create an Array of consecutive numbers or letters
* Create Array of numbers
* Cast to Array from any object
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