From: Sebastian Hungerecker Date: 2007-12-19T02:43:04+09:00 Subject: Re: New to ruby Drew Olson wrote: > user = line.scan(/US=(\w+)/).flatten.first user = line[/US=(\w+)/, 1] No need for scan if you only care for the first match. HTH, Sebastian -- Jabber: sepp2k@jabber.org ICQ: 205544826