On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 16:31:26 +0900, Tim Sutherland wrote: > In article <04af01c299e6$e35ebdc0$d44532d2@nosedog> , Gavin Sinclair > wrote: > [...] >> << >> >> 1. Appends an Array or String in place. >> >> a = [1,2,3] >> a << 4 # a == [1,2,3,4] > It would be nice if you mentioned that in this case << is just a > method which people can define on their own classes. IMO, this "<<" definitely belongs with the other bit-operators, because they are overloadable methods as well. There are a couple of places in Ruby where ">>" has also been defined, IIRC. -austin -- Austin Ziegler, austin / halostatue.ca on 2002.12.03 at 07.47.39