From: Marcin Jurczuk Date: 2005-08-08T05:16:08+09:00 Subject: sub(/variable/,'') Helo here is my problem: C:\Documents and Settings\spock>irb irb(main):001:0> a="DEL" => "DEL" irb(main):002:0> b="DELETE" => "DELETE" irb(main):003:0> b.sub(/a/,'') => "DELETE" irb(main):004:0> b.sub(/DEL/,'') => "ETE" irb(main):005:0> quit How use variable "a" as sub argument ? -- Marcin Jurczuk, NIC-HDL: MJ1679-RIPE