On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 08:19 AM, Dominik Werder wrote: [snip] But could you tell me where I can read more about this operator? > google doesn't like the search term "||=" :( > [snip] The explanation could be added to http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?FunnySymbolsInCode which is a good reference to lots of symbols.