On 18.11.2008 23:56, David Spitzer wrote: > Aha it worked!: > > puts 'I think ' + (number.to_i + 1).to_s + ' may be a better favorite > number though...' I'd rather do puts "I think #{number.to_i + 1} may be a better favorite number though..." Or, if you are a fan of printf printf "I think %d may be a better favorite number though...\n", number.to_i + 1 Kind regards robert