From: "Marvin Gülker" Date: 2009-10-08T02:49:33+09:00 Subject: Re: read CSV file using csv library Frank Guerino wrote: Is there anything special I need to do to initialize the class? You only required the rubygems library wich is necassary to load Gems (the packages you can install via RubyGems). So, you need to require fastercsv, too. require "rubygems" require "fastercsv" csvData = FasterCSV.read("./dataInput3.csv") myString = csvData[0][0] puts myString Btw. the documentation for fastercsv should have been installed along with the Gem, it should reside in the lib/ruby/gems//doc/fastercsv subdirectory of your Ruby installation. But if you're satisfied with the command-line docs, type $ ri FasterCSV Have fun! Marvin -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.