From: stephen.tashiro@... Date: 2006-03-23T02:38:51+09:00 Subject: Re: A syntax question about nested 'each' blocks Thanks. My code works for me too, with your corrections! But does it work for you to use last_name = %w{ Groster Riplaid Pewley Lundrund Banks } (as in Programming Ruby 1st Ed p 10 ) That's what I had before I mangled it in my experimentations.