Hi Bill, no need to apologize. String#% is really easy to overlook. I hope I didn't sound too harsh - if so, it wasn't intended. I just wanted to point you to the information. Regards, Pit On 3 Oct 2002, at 4:43, William Djaja Tjokroaminata wrote: > Hi Pit, > > Thanks a lot. I am sorry that I missed it, because I seldom see it, > even in the Pickaxe book. (In the "Python Essential Reference", for > example, this syntax is introduced early and used over and over...) > > Regards, > > Bill > ====================================================================== > = Pit Capitain <pit / capitain.de> wrote: > Hi Bill, > > > this isn't new syntax. For more info see pp 369 (pp = pickaxe > > page) or > > http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ref_c_string.html#String._pc > > > Regards, > > Pit >