Hi, At Mon, 16 Jun 2003 17:17:53 +0900, Dominik Werder wrote: > I found also something interesting: > > "Pre#{i.to_s}Post" seams to me cheaper than 'Pre'<<i.to_s<<'Post' to_s inside #{} isn't needed. > although ruby has to parse the double quoted string? Yes for 1.6. In 1.8, "Pre#{i}Post" is equivalent to 'Pre'<<i.to_s<<'Post'. -- Nobu Nakada