From: "jay s." Date: 2011-05-27T01:07:04+09:00 Subject: Re: Method that mutates object I understand that using String#replace works for the String class, but what if you were writing a random method for Integer that takes a number and sets it equal to some other number. Ex. x = 7 class Integer def crazy ...set x to 5... end end now when you call x the value is 5 -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.