From: Godspeed Date: 2006-02-28T22:23:36+09:00 Subject: Iterators and Assigment Consider... def fred yield $k puts "in fred #{$k}" end $k=2 fred {|o| o = 3} puts "outside fred #{$k}" produces: in fred 2 outside fred 2 why is $k still 2 after the call to fred? Thanks in advance.