From: James Edward Gray II Date: 2005-09-17T00:53:20+09:00 Subject: Re: Hash table questions On Sep 16, 2005, at 10:46 AM, EdUarDo wrote: >>> is this correct? Do I need to do .to_s to retrieve data from hash? >>> >> If the key is a String, yes. If the key were a symbol, you could >> omit it. >> > > Key is a symbol, but it doesn't work if I not call to_s The key (loaded into the Hash from the file) was a String, not a Symbol, in the code you showed. James Edward Gray II