From: Arlen Cuss Date: 2008-02-20T16:45:51+09:00 Subject: Re: split string ------=_Part_22711_23910042.1203493559636 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, rows = @selected_ciid_and_asso_types.split(',').map {|e| e.split(':').map {|s| s.to_i}} rows.each do |r| obj = make_obj_somehow() obj.ci_id, obj.service_desk_ci_id = r end Something like this? Arlen ------=_Part_22711_23910042.1203493559636--