From: Dave Bass Date: 2008-05-20T22:27:15+09:00 Subject: Re: n00b question Or you could use a regexp on the string to separate out the number, then increment it, and put the string back together again. But this is a Ruby Nooby here, fresh from Perl and still finding out how to do things the proper Ruby way. ;-) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.