From: Sean Raw Date: 2010-11-03T22:37:45+09:00 Subject: Getting Hash to print and work with numbers Hello everyone. Just curious about some code that I was writing. Just trying to learn anyones input would be very helpful. Can't figure out how to make this work. Here it is thank you. Company = { 'Emp01' => { 'Name' => 'John Smith', 'Age' => '55', 'Payrate' => 5.75, 'Hours_worked' => 35, 'Marital_s' => 'S' }, 'Emp02' => { 'Name' => 'Jack Smith', 'Age' => '25', 'Payrate' => 25.76, 'Hours_worked' => 60, 'Marital_s' => 'M' }, } p Company['Emp01']['Age'] a = Company['Emp01']['payrate'] b = Company['Emp01']['Hours_worked'] z = a * b p z -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.