From: Gaspard Bucher Date: 2007-09-25T02:37:41+09:00 Subject: Re: literal quote in an array? This can work if you do not have strange characters in the content: sentence = speaker[0] + expression[1] + content[0].inspect This is better: sentence = speaker[0] + expression[1] + "\"#{content[0]}\"" 2007/9/24, Simon Schuster : > using colons for now, but would like to somehow encapsulate a sentence > in this way (basically), with quotes. > > speaker = ["joe ", "betty "] > expression = ["said: ", "replied: ", "stated: "] > content = ["hello.", "bye."] > > 053:0> sentence = speaker[0] + expression[1] + content[0] > "joe replied: hello." > but I'd like to get: > "joe replied, "hello."" > > thanks! > > > !DSPAM:46f7f33b123781222944467! > >