From: christopher.j.meisenzahl@... Date: 2002-12-11T03:10:52+09:00 Subject: Newbie questions regarding putc... Reading my nway through the pickaxe book. Saw this code on page 108: aFile = File.new("data.dat") aFile.each_byte {|ch| putc ch; putc ?.} I'm not following what this does, can anyone help me out? putc ?. Thanks very much! Christopher J. Meisenzahl CPS, CSTE Senior Software Testing Consultant Spherion christopher.j.meisenzahl@citicorp.com