From: "Morris, Chris" Date: 2002-02-16T04:53:53+09:00 Subject: String#delete! null chars? irb(main):024:0> a = 'test' << 0 "test\000" irb(main):025:0> a.delete!( ) What do I pass to delete! in order to remove the null character? (Can't use chop, it may not always be there in the data I'm working with) Chris Morris chris.morris@snelling.com