From: zetetic Date: 2005-10-09T08:56:51+09:00 Subject: Re: "downto" the nitty-gritty Thanks, that clears it up. I was about to post the very same code you did once realizing I'd confused the IRB response with the output of the block, due to my unfortunate choice of an example! I guess another way to see it is: >> conf.echo = false so IRB suppresses the return value output. Signed, Ruby Newbie