On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 08:24:37AM +0900, Osuka wrote: > Now it all works and as a little exercise I turned it into a > class(a bit of overkill but...gotta learn) I don't think it's overkill at all. In Ruby it often makes sense to make a class even for simple cases. Your code will probably be clearer because the class will have its own <=> compare method, so you can sort those objects in their preferred order without having to write that magic compare block each time. Cheers, Brian.