From: dblack@... Date: 2005-12-30T00:32:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Beginners Question Hi -- On Fri, 30 Dec 2005, joe quimby wrote: > Wow that was fast. Thanx a lot A quick followup: You can do: $stdin.gets which will force (in the case of your example) keyboard input. David -- David A. Black dblack@wobblini.net "Ruby for Rails", from Manning Publications, coming April 2006! http://www.manning.com/books/black