From: Giampiero Zanchi Date: 2008-11-26T00:15:17+09:00 Subject: Re: Chris Pine tutorial assistance chapter 7 sort data without use of .sort method I am a beginner too; I use to intermix my code with a lot of 'puts'; I think you could do it as well; your input part is ok; you can view it by means of puts word_array.inspect > words_array = [] > > loop do > input = gets.downcase.chomp > break if input.empty? > words_array << input > end so, try insering some more puts in your script I cannot understand the sort algorithm, so I cannot help, sorry -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.