From: Dave Bass Date: 2008-05-26T06:51:56+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby math parenthesis weirdness If you make the line continuations explicit by adding backslashes, Ruby gives the correct answer: irb(main):005:0> m = 5*( \ irb(main):006:1* (1.0) \ irb(main):007:1* - (1.0/2.0) \ irb(main):008:1* ) => 2.5 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.