"Søòen Munk Skrøäer" <s_skroeder / hotmail.com> writes: > s = Person.new( "Søòen", "Kronprinsensgade 26", "12345678", "21" ) > i get an error There does seem to be a RubyWin problem here. I tried your program under Linux, Windows (from the command line), and under RubyWin. Under Linux it works fine (I had to change the initialize method). Under Windows, it works from the command prompt, but outputs a regular 'o', rather than 'ø§. From RubyWin, I get a parse error executing the same file. Dave