From: Richard Roberts Date: 2007-01-28T09:08:27+09:00 Subject: Re: instance variables available in derived clases Sorry - the code in my last entry should read... public Class Parent { private String var = String.Empty; public String ParentMeth() { var = "hello"; return var; } } public Class Child:Parent { public String ChildMeth { return var; } } -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.