Phil Tomson wrote: > Try this: > > irb(main):002:0> 3.times { |i| puts "iteration: #{i}" } > iteration: 0 > iteration: 1 > iteration: 2 > 3 This is the clearest way to explain the concept, I believe. Let me see if I can find that page. It was in one of the major "getting started" pages on the web... I can't seem to get at the cookbook right now -- server appears to be down. That's the only place left to look. Couldn't seem to find it anywhere else...