----- Original Message ----- From: "Firestone, Mark - Technical Support" <mark.firestone / gossgraphic.co.uk> > I like the sort_by syntax. How stable is 1.7.2? > > Mark I like it too, but can't answer your question. Bear in mind, however, that you can add it yourself to 1.6. I think there's an implementation in Pickaxe. I was surprised when I saw Matz's example because I thought the syntax was: ary.sort_by :xnum Gavin