From: Gabra Kadabra Date: 2007-11-23T17:27:35+09:00 Subject: New at regexp and Ruby need help on parsing a string. I'm building a little test console for a ruby project. When using a function I might get something like this: input_string ="and stuff and nice things not bad girls not greasy boys and girlsandboys" As you already have guessed, I want the following in some kind of format: smoking_table = {"and" => ["stuff", "nice things", "girlsandboys"], "not" => ["bad girls","greasy boys"]} Thus, a regexp that splits a string on code words like "and" and "not" is what I need. Please help me -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.