From: Mark Probert Date: 2004-10-01T06:15:01+09:00 Subject: Regexp question Hi, Rubyists. What is the best way of attacking field split on ';' when the string looks like: s = 'a;b;c\;;d;' s.split(/???;/) => ["a", "b", "c\;", "d"] Or is it best to use s.each_byte and do it by hand? -- -mark. (probertm @ acm dot org)