>>>>> "J" == John Small <jsmall / laser.net> writes: J> [1,2,3].each { | i | print "\n#{i}"; break if (i >= 2) } J> which would produce: J> 1 J> 2 Just try it :-) pigeon% ruby -e '[1,2,3].each { | i | print "#{i}\n"; break if (i >= 2) }' 1 2 pigeon% Guy Decoux