From: Peter Bailey Date: 2007-09-19T03:26:32+09:00 Subject: Re: finding string matches, in order, in a file > If this still won't work on your file, could the file > be contaminated with some non-displaying characters > that appear to be whitespace but aren't? > Perhaps this would be worth a try: > /[^<>]*(.*?)<\/issue>/m Still no go, William. I tried your last phrase there, too. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.