On 5/18/07, jim o <jamesoyim / yahoo.com> wrote: > I guess I did not ask my question very clearly. Sorry about that. > > What does the "#{ }" Using #{} in a string literal (something in between double quotes) interpolates the result of a block of code into the string. So: puts "Four plus five equals #{4 + 5}" means the same thing as: puts "Four plus five equals " + (4 + 5).to_s They both print: Four plus five equals 9 -- Avdi