Simon.Mullis / equinoxsolutions.com wrote: #Just ordered the 2nd Edition (good old Amazon)... # #Woohoo! just to tease ;-) irb(main):009:0> class Integer irb(main):010:1> def ascii irb(main):011:2> self.to_s[0] irb(main):012:2> end irb(main):013:1> end => nil irb(main):014:0> 1.ascii => 49 irb(main):016:0> 0.upto(9) {|x| p x.ascii} 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 # #SM # btw, you are fortunate. I do not have that book yet. kind regards -botp