From: Rob Marshall Date: 2011-12-09T04:01:55+09:00 Subject: Re: Confusing results from string multiplication Oh, and by the way, I do know why '11.to_s*2' works "correctly", in the sense that it multiplies the string by two rather than returning the base 2 of the number as a string. It's because of the way the interpreter is parsing the line into tokens. But it's still confusing :-) Rob -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.