------ art_72781_31870035.1150363136338 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi..plz reply to this very basic question. What is the syntax(function) for taking user input(numbers not strings ) in ruby. Thanks in advance. Tanushree ------ art_72781_31870035.1150363136338--