Human Dunnil wrote: > Hello, > I have model which has a property named "name", I want to append a > number to the end of the name when there is similar name in db. > > name, name1, name2... > > Is there a ready to use method in ruby and/or rails for doing so? Nearly... irb(main):001:0> s = "aaa" => "aaa" irb(main):002:0> s = s.succ => "aab" irb(main):003:0> s = s.succ => "aac" Or... irb(main):001:0> s = "aaa1" => "aaa1" irb(main):002:0> s = s.succ => "aaa2" irb(main):003:0> s = s.succ => "aaa3" -- Alex