From: "J. K." Date: 2011-03-17T12:20:42+09:00 Subject: Re: taking content from arrays to open a .3ds file hello, i may be misunderstanding what you want to do, but if not - try something like this: a = ["foo", "bar"] machine = a[0] + ".3ds" puts machine => foo.3ds or... a = ["foo", "bar"] machine = "#{a[0]}.3ds" puts machine => foo.3ds - j -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.