From: ts Date: 2003-01-28T20:01:50+09:00 Subject: Re: loop while >>>>> "P" == =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Pe=F1a=2C Botp=22?= writes: P> {} while gets !~ /[Cc]onnect/ You have written something like this Hash.new while gets !~ /[Cc]onnect/ `while' is used as a statement modifier Guy Decoux