From: ts Date: 2002-10-02T00:32:30+09:00 Subject: Re: puts "#{expression}" braces always needed? >>>>> "V" == Volkmann, Mark writes: V> The pickaxe book says (on page 51) that if the expression is a global, class V> or instance variable then the braces aren't required. Omitting them doesn't V> seem to work for me. Is the book wrong? it seems to work for me pigeon% ruby -e '$a = @@a = @a = 12; p "#$a #@@a #@a"' "12 12 12" pigeon% Can you give an example ? Guy Decoux