On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 05:55:18 +0900, Shannon Fang wrote: > Still very very confused, is symobol closer to a variable or > closer to the value of the variable? I don't know why :sleep.to_s > is "sleep". What is the relationship between symbol and string?? Try doing "ri Symbol", or looking up Symbol in the Pickaxe (they're the same). -austin -- Austin Ziegler, austin / halostatue.ca on 2002.12.01 at 09.43.02