From: Baban By Date: 2013-05-28T22:34:31+09:00 Subject: Re: green_shoes initial woes Baban By wrote in post #1110376: > Joel Pearson wrote in post #1110369: >> Something in your names isn't escaped properly. Looks like you might >> have a name containing '&'. >> What's in the variable 'field'? > > Thanks ashbb and Joel! There was indeed an '&' in one of the strings. > However, I can see the same issue with: > > str = "hello \\& bye" > > Shoes.app {para str} Scratch that. I did not read the message carefully. This works just fine: str = 'hello & bye' Shoes.app {para str} Thanks for the prompt help! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.