No, you don't have to require integer, because it is in the core. The core is always available. You can read the docs here: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/ And there is a standard library too: http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/ Most of these are not available by default. If you want to use a YAML parser, you have to require YAML. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.