#Ruby: 27 characters <!-- language: lang-ruby --> puts [:Hel,'o wor',"d!"]*?l Sample run: bash-4.1# ruby <<ENDOFSCRIPT > puts [:Hel,'o wor',"d!"]*?l > ENDOFSCRIPT Hello world! #Ruby: 25 characters (Based on Vache's comment.) <!-- language: lang-ruby --> puts 'He'+?l*2+"o world!" #Ruby: 23 characters (Copy of [Danko Durbić](https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/users/1308/danko-durbic)'s Powershell [answer](https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/18725/4198).) <!-- language: lang-ruby --> puts"He#{?l*2}o world!"