On Jan 7, 2008 12:45 AM, tho_mica_l <micathom / gmail.com> wrote: > (I still would like to know if it's possible to create a local > variable > though.) You might have to use #instance_eval. irb> a = "hello" => "hello" irb> instance_eval( "#{a} = 3" ) => 3 irb> a => "hello" irb> hello => 3 Not much help, but sort of answers the question. Todd