From: Robert Klemme Date: 2008-01-14T22:18:53+09:00 Subject: Re: regular expression 2008/1/14, Johnathan Smith : > im lookiing to be able to write a regular expressions which deals with > 10 letter strings which end in either "ed" or "ing" > > any help would be much appreciated Doesn't sound too difficult. What did you came up with so far? Kind regards robert -- use.inject do |as, often| as.you_can - without end