Thank you very much! Sebastian Hungerecker wrote: > And when you were "gathering around" you were asking about the Hash#shift > method which is not used here. The code calls shift on the array, not on the >hash. You're right. I didn't fully understand that. I didn't mean to imply that the help I received on IRC wasn't worthwhile, just that in the end I got confused because of my lack of understanding. One again, thank you! It's great that there people who help like you. -Gill -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.