>>>>> "M" == Martin DeMello <martindemello / yahoo.com> writes: M> Other people have pointed the error out, but it's worth noting that M> print is actually a method of Kernel, not a keyword, hence the need for M> parens surrounding the entire argument. What error ? svg% ruby -ve 'val = 32; print (val + ?A).chr," "' ruby 1.8.2 (2004-07-29) [i686-linux] -e:1: warning: (...) interpreted as grouped expression a svg% Guy Decoux