From: Dave Aronson Date: 2012-02-09T00:53:07+09:00 Subject: Re: NOT executing if statement On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 17:04, Hasmukh Patel wrote: > Dave Aronson wrote in post #1044404: >> I think you'll discover you need one more operation.  This >> shouldn't be too big a challenge to sink your teeth into.  ;-) > mathop=mathop.strip That will work too. I was thinking of "chomp" -- the bit about sinking your teeth into it was supposed to be a hint. ;-) -Dave -- Dave Aronson:  Available Cleared Ruby on Rails Freelancer (NoVa/DC/Remote) -- see www.DaveAronson.com, and blogs at www.Codosaur.us, www.Dare2XL.com, www.RecruitingRants.com