On 08/30/2010 04:56 PM, Jonathan Allen wrote: > Robert Klemme wrote: >> If you do not always pass an Array you can do >> >> @items = [] >> @items<< items > > Thanks Robert. I didn't think about pushing the items into the array > from within the actual code for the class Item itself. > > This worked just the way I was hoping. Thanks again! Note though that the code above only appends a single Array to the Array - it does not "push items into the array"! For that you need #concat as I have shown. Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/