>>>>> "A" == Andreas Riedl <viisi / chello.at> writes: A> but i have to embedd ruby in C so i'd like to do this: one possible solution is : pigeon% cat tt.c #include <ruby.h> #include <stdio.h> static VALUE tt(a) VALUE a; { return rb_funcall(a, rb_intern("inspect"), 0, 0); } int main() { VALUE vAry,vStr; ruby_init(); vAry = rb_ary_new3(2, INT2FIX(3), INT2FIX(5)); vStr = rb_funcall(vAry, rb_intern("to_s"), 0, 0); printf ("to_s=<%s>\n", STR2CSTR(vStr)); vStr = rb_iterate(tt, vAry, 0, 0); printf ("inspect=<%s>\n",STR2CSTR(vStr)); return 0; } pigeon% pigeon% tt to_s=<35> inspect=<[3, 5]> pigeon% Guy Decoux