On Friday 03 October 2003 14:48, Emmanuel Touzery wrote: > not sure i understand your question. does this help you? > > irb(main):001:0> a = {} > {} > irb(main):002:0> a["blue"] = {} > {} > irb(main):003:0> a["blue"]["red"] = 3 > 3 > irb(main):004:0> a["blue"] > {"red"=>3} > irb(main):005:0> a["blue"]["red"] > 3 > irb(main):006:0> Here is my example: irb(main):008:0> a = Hash.new(Hash.new(Array.new(2,0))) => {} irb(main):009:0> a['foo']['bar'][1] = 2 => 2 irb(main):010:0> a['foo']['bar'] => [0, 2] irb(main):011:0> a.keys => [] irb(main):012:0> After this I can't iterate over a's keys -- what I've written the whole mess for :( -- Yours truly, WBR, Paul Argentoff. Jabber: paul / jabber.rtelekom.ru RIPE: PA1291-RIPE