From: Jacob Fugal Date: 2005-04-14T06:12:37+09:00 Subject: Re: newbie question re: variable assignment Just to show one more way to do it (probably not the best depending on your usage), the following works: "0123456789".each_byte { |c| puts c } Don't want to type "0123456789"? Try: (0..9).to_a.join.each_byte { |c| puts c } Like I said, roundabout and not very efficient. But, nonetheless, another "valid" approach :) Jacob Fugal