Robert Plantz wrote:

> Can someone point me to documentation that describes the use of '#'
> other than as the comment character? Or perhaps tell me what I should
> have read before this tutorial?

This may not apply, but:

a = "Huey"
b = "Louie"
c = "Dewey"

puts "#{a}, #{b}, and #{c} were out walking one day ..."

So "#" serves at least one other purpose apart from its role as a comment
delimiter.

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Paul Lutus
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