From: ts Date: 2002-04-24T00:38:26+09:00 Subject: Re: Is there a better way to convert between arrays and strings? >>>>> "B" == Bob Hutchison writes: B> a = [?a, ?b, ?c] I don't know if it's fast but try pigeon% ruby -e 'p [?a, ?b, ?c].pack("c*")' "abc" pigeon% Guy Decoux