From: "Gultekin G." Date: 2012-01-03T14:10:11+09:00 Subject: String filtering I want to get the name of a subdirectory. Alternative_Plugin_Dir = "C:/ProgramData/Google/SU_Plugins_by_Author/" Alternative_Plugin_array = Dir[Alternative_Plugin_Dir + "*"] Alternative_Plugin_array.each do |x| p x p Alternative_Plugin_Dir p x.scan(/\'#{Alternative_Plugin_Dir}'\S*/) # This returns: `[]` end -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.