From: Joel Pearson Date: 2013-04-30T00:29:35+09:00 Subject: Re: New Rexx like data structure Oh, I see the problem. As far as I know you can't "know" that there's another method chained on the end of the current one I think you'd have to settle for: a.c = {} a.c.d = 42 a.j => nil -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.