From: Todd Benson Date: 2008-08-05T08:57:47+09:00 Subject: Re: hash code reference - this only returns 'nil' please help me On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Mmcolli00 Mom wrote: > Sebastian Hungerecker wrote: >> Mmcolli00 Mom wrote: >>> puts ErrFieldID #This correctly shows 25127 >> >> Try p ErrFieldID >> Maybe ErrFieldID is not a string or contains spaces or non-printable >> characters somewhere. >> >> HTH, >> Sebastian > > No that didn't work. It only showed the reference key in brackets: > ['25127']. I need it to show the value from the hash: 'RefProvNPI' Try puts ErrFieldID.class to tell you what it really is. Looks like it is an Array object instead of a string. Todd