Hello Gavin, Wednesday, October 09, 2002, 3:15:28 PM, you wrote: >> but unfortunately, the default value [] for the Hash is shared by all >> elements, rather than copied, as I expected. GS> It's a common problem (are you listening, Bill :). i think, next question will be about a = [].fill('x',0,2) a[0] << 'y' p a :) -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:bulatz / integ.ru