From: Jeppe Jakobsen Date: 2006-02-05T07:20:44+09:00 Subject: Scanning a string for decimal numbers ------=_Part_20441_2617855.1139091631058 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Hi all, how do you scan a string and avoid getting my decimal numbers divided into 2 numbers. Example: a =3D "24,4 + 55,2" a.scan! (/\d+/) puts a my output for a will be: 24 4 55 2 But I want to keep my decimal numbers intact like this: 24,4 55,2 How do I solve this problem without putting the numbers into seperate strings? ------=_Part_20441_2617855.1139091631058--