On 10/4/07, Harnish Botadra <harnish_544 / yahoo.com> wrote: > Instead of doing, > > resultset = A.get_arr > result = resultset[0].my_obj > > > Can I combine the 2 statements into 1 when I know that my A.get_arr is > sure to return an array with just 1 object. > I think your code could just become: result = A.get_arr[0].my_obj Consider this: irb(main):002:0> def foo; ["foo"]; end => nil irb(main):003:0> foo[0].reverse => "oof" Hope that helps, -Harold