From: ts Date: 2006-09-07T23:15:33+09:00 Subject: Re: Basic problems with accessing a file >>>>> "J" == James Calivar writes: J> puts ("Please enter the name of the file you wish to process: ") J> filename = gets filename = gets.chomp # to remove the newline which is at the end of the # string J> puts ("File to be processed: " + filename) -- Guy Decoux