Hello, I have a question, I want to store some data in two columns, for example 0001, stuff1 stuff2 0002, morestuff 0003, extrastuff 0004, more evenmore As you can see column 1 is an ID and column 2 is one or more strings. I want to do a search across another data set to say if column 1 (ID number) matches in both sets and the contents of column 2 to data set B. I initially thought to use a hash, but it scrambles the order of the data so was unsure of its efficiency and use. Any suggestions? Many thanks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.