I started project to create a library of basic functions (or ''helpers'' as you wish) . The start with *ds_string <http://rubygems.org/gems/ds_string>*. want to contribute: was already made available at rubygem.org<http://rubygems.org/gems/ds_string> Has two basic functions: "A".times(3) => "AAA" (like "A" * 3 ) "A".times(3) do |s| "#{s}-" end => "A-A-A-" "1".to_b => true "yes".to_b => true =) Nardele Salomon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/bbcfa543-9824-43ba-8c47-42cf3fffd791%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.