From: Gavin Kistner Date: 2005-09-29T00:12:17+09:00 Subject: Re: Splitting a string with escapable separator? On Sep 28, 2005, at 8:58 AM, Warren Brown wrote: > With the current Ruby RE engine, you can use zero-width positive > lookahead if you don't mind reversing the string before and after the > split: LOL, what a creative solution! :) I'll have to remember that trick. "To use lookbehinds in a regexp engine that doesn't have them, reverse the string (and your thinking), then use a lookahead."