From: Jimmy Kofler Date: 2007-08-22T21:06:28+09:00 Subject: Re: Pretty Printing How about using "rescue nil" ? ruby -e 'name, surname = /(\w+) (\w+)/.match("foo bar").captures rescue nil; p name, surname' => "foo" => "bar" ruby -e 'name, surname = /(\w+) (\w+)/.match("").captures rescue nil; p name, surname' => nil => nil Cheers, j.k. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.