Hi, Am Freitag, 10. Jul 2009, 11:25:58 +0900 schrieb Jorden Gershenson: > class Dragon > > boyg=rand(2) > if boyg==0 > @gender='boy' > @gen='him' > end > if boyg==1 > @gender='girl' > @gen='her' > end > > puts 'Gongratulations, you are now the parent of a beautiful baby ' @gender + ' dragon!' > puts 'What will you name ' + @gen + '?' > > end Just some ideas for fun: class Dragon GENDERS = { :boy => "him", :girl => "her" } @gender = [ :boy, :girl][ (rand 2)] @gen = GENDERS[ @gender] puts <<-EOT Gongratulations, you are now the parent of a beautiful baby #@gender dragon! What will you name #@gen? EOT end Nice what Ruby can turn to, isn't it? Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de