On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Joseph McDonald wrote: > > I take it back (again). it does not appear that an array > is automatically converted into a hash. sorry for talking > to myself in front of you all :-0 The argument to Hash.new becomes the default value for non-existent keys (like Hash#default=). Meanwhile, we (and I use the word loosely, since none of my code is left :-) seem to have optimized this thing within an inch of its life. David -- David Alan Black home: dblack / candle.superlink.net work: blackdav / shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav