Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: > n[4..8] = n[4..8].sort What's n here? irb(main):007:0> n='nsfkdfjkdsgta' "nsfkdfjkdsgta" irb(main):008:0> n[4..8] = n[4..8].sort TypeError: failed to convert Array into String from (irb):8:in `[]=' from (irb):8 irb(main):009:0> Tobi -- http://www.pinkjuice.com/