From: Leo Date: 2009-03-01T02:44:04+09:00 Subject: Re: How to put multiple values into a variable. > file_link = Dir.pwd + " " + filename + " " + mp3_title + " " + mp3_artist > > or this: > > file_link = "#{Dir.pwd} #{filename} #{mp3_title} #{mp3_artist}" I vaguely remember a blog article with a comparison of several ways of concatenating strings. This second form was the fastest. If I'm not mistaken, the above version would create about 9 string objects (not counting the variables).