Thanks for all the feedback and analogies to Java.  In addition to the original question...<br><br>Given:<br>| a b c |<br>a := 6 // 2.<br>b := a asCharacter.<br>c := b isMemberOf: Character.<br>Transcript show: &#39;Member of Char: &#39;, c, &#39;   b = &#39;, b; cr.<br>
<br>Result:<br>Member of Char: true   b = <br><br>I was wondering why b is not getting displayed.<br><br>Thanks in advance!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Alain_Rastoul <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:alr.dev@free.fr">alr.dev@free.fr</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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a String in smalltalk: &#39;hello&#39;<br>
aString in java : &quot;hello&quot;<br>
a Character in smalltalk : $h<br>
a character in java: &#39;h&#39;<br>
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Cheers<br>
Alain<br>
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<div><div></div><div class="h5">&gt; bool = $a worked like a charm!  So what exactly does $ do?  I&#39;m more<br>
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