From: Robert Klemme Date: 2012-08-16T02:25:28+09:00 Subject: Re: Variable in string in array Please trim your quotes. Thank you! On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Dave Castellano wrote: > I want to place it in the array as a string, evaluate it later... > eg: > > age = "11" > puts array[0] The simplest would be array = [ lambda {|age| "An #{age} year old..."} ] Then you can do puts array[0][11] or all_strings = array.map {|f| f[11]} or single_string = values = array.map {|f| f[11]}.join Kind regards robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/