From: Jacob Fugal Date: 2005-12-23T07:53:13+09:00 Subject: Re: String > Integer Conversion Problem def read_arguments arg0, arg1 = ARGV.map{ |n| Integer(n) } raise ArgumentError if arg0.nil? or arg0 < 0 raise ArgumentError if arg1.nil? or arg1 < 0 raise ArgumentError if arg0 > arg1 return arg0, arg1 rescue ArgumentError print <<-USAGE Usage USAGE exit end a, b = read_arguments # Jacob Fugal