> Can anybody help me on this? Is there a problem with "gets"? I changed > it to "STDIN.gets" but still have such problem. Hmm, I think someone said the gateway to ruby-forum was broken - is that still true? My responses to this one are visible at http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/314220 http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/314221 but not at http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/165048 Regards, Brian.