From: STEPHEN BECKER I V Date: 2004-09-28T05:29:41+09:00 Subject: Re: {newb} Each statements data is a string so ndata is a string as well correct? i am getting an error "Z:/ruby/vernam.rb:26:in `encrypt': undefined method `-' for "abcdefghijklmnop":String (NoMethodErro r) from Z:/ruby/vernam.rb:26:in `map' from Z:/ruby/vernam.rb:26:in `each' from Z:/ruby/vernam.rb:26:in `map' from Z:/ruby/vernam.rb:26:in `encrypt' from Z:/ruby/vernam.rb:36"