John Nott wrote: > Hi! > This seems to work very well thanks but the results are produced in a > long string. Is it possible to create these figures as a matrix? > (resembling something like excel) > Thanks for your help. > - John Here are some guidelines: 1) Start off writing a program that works on a small amount of data, e.g. a file with this in it: 10,20,30 40,50,60 2) Always post an example of the format of your data, so we all know what you are dealing with. 3) Clearly state what the results should be. At this point I still don't have any idea whether you want integers in your matrix or strings. 4) State what you intend to do with the result, so that people will have a better idea of *what you really need* rather that what you say you want. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.