From: "Maurício" Date: 2002-08-14T06:23:39+09:00 Subject: Re: formated strings >>(...) > existing_string += sprintf("%16d", decimal) > > -- > Alan Chen > Digikata LLC > http://digikata.com > I'm curious, since I'm new to Ruby: how does sprintf is called, i.e., is it a method of something or it's some kind of global function (or sintatic sugar for something)? Maur�cio