Hi -- On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Gavin Sinclair wrote: > On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, 12:38:24 AM, Jim wrote: > > > Hi: > > > I was wondering, to create an array I usually do > > %w{a b c} #=>> ["a", "b", "c"] > > > Is there a built-in way to do this and get symbols? > > For example: > > %w{:a :b :c} #=>> [:a, :b, :c] Those are strings, not symbols. David -- David Alan Black home: dblack / candle.superlink.net work: blackdav / shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav