From: Tom Link Date: 2009-02-19T18:10:37+09:00 Subject: Re: literal syntax for array of arrays of strings > t = table %q{\ >   a b c >   d e f > } I'd rather prefer a String#to_table method, I guess. class String def to_table(rx=nil) split("\n").map!{|t|t.split(rx)} end end Regards, Thomas.