From: Chris Hulan Date: 2011-03-12T00:45:34+09:00 Subject: Re: universal symbol On Mar 11, 10:10 am, vahag vardanyan wrote: > thanks for answer, but I don't mean that, I don't mean directories > > actulay I mean, is there any sybol, like * in Unix! > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. if the strings are all starting with the same chars, you could use String.start_with?() if its more complex you need Regular Expressions (Regexp) cheers