From: Lutz Horn Date: 2006-11-03T19:18:41+09:00 Subject: Re: counter Lucas Handelsman wrote: > but I don't want a linebreak after the counter is displayed. You can set the varibale $\ (the output record separator for the print and IO#write, default is nil) to to a value you like. irb(main):001:0> $\ = "_" => "_" irb(main):002:0> [1, 2, 3].each {|i| print i} 1_2_3_=> [1, 2, 3] This won't solve the flush problem, though. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.