------ art_25245_20238556.1148744105565 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Perl has me all turned around with ruby classes. I see some classes use a 'self.' and others don't. When to use? Also what does an @ do in front of a variable? I think i understand private methods basically they are things only used with in the class and never return a value or effect anything beyond that correct? ------ art_25245_20238556.1148744105565--