>>>>> "J" == James Edward Gray <james / grayproductions.net> writes: J> ??? ri shows me to_f, to_i, to_s, to_str, and to_sym. moulon% ruby -e 'p String.instance_methods(false).grep(/^to_/).sort' ["to_f", "to_i", "to_s", "to_str", "to_sym"] moulon% Guy Decoux