From: Casimir Date: 2007-11-20T20:55:00+09:00 Subject: Re: require functionality Junkone kirjoitti: > hello > can i verify if a library is loaded before doing a require 'library'. > if so how. > thanks in advance As far as I know the very nature of 'require' is such that if it fails to include the required file or library, the whole program will halt. The predefined variable $" contains the module names loaded by require. See http://ruby.about.com/od/learnruby/ss/require_load_2.htm Csmr