From: Simon Strandgaard Date: 2004-05-31T17:25:28+09:00 Subject: [bug] String#split wipes result Another delicate problem. irb(main):001:0> "abcde".split(/../) => ["", "", "e"] irb(main):002:0> "abcde".split(/./) => [] Why is the second result empty? I would have expected to see some empty strings. -- Simon Strandgaard