From: ts Date: 2004-09-23T23:51:58+09:00 Subject: Re: whitespace string only >>>>> "A" == Ara T Howard writes: A> if s.strip.empty? A> # the string is whitespace only svg% ruby -e 'a = " \000\000"; p "OK" if a.strip.empty?' "OK" svg% svg% ruby -e 'a = " \000\000 "; p "OK" if a.strip.empty?' svg% Guy Decoux