1) irb(main):011:0> a=(0..20).to_a => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] irb(main):012:0> print a.inspect [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] => nil 2)irb(main):013:0> a=(0..20).to_a => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] irb(main):014:0> a.each{|e| print "#{e}\t"} 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 => [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] Which one do you really want 1) or 2)? Li -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.