Hi Jim, James F. Hranicky wrote: > print doesn't output newlines, puts does. Try this: > > puts "Whats your name? " > name = gets > puts "Your name is: "+name > > Due to output buffering, output without a newline is sometimes not > printed right away. Thank you for your fast response. Well, I thought of output buffering, too and tries puts. But still: wrong order...To me it seems an Eclipse console problem.. Any other suggestion? Greetings from Berlin, Yoche -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.