From: "Jan E." Date: 2012-03-14T06:06:54+09:00 Subject: Re: Problem replacing $data[abc] with $data['abc'] using gsub Yeah, I was wrong about all characters being consumed. That's how the *greedy* quantifier would have worked (it wouldn't make sense at all for the non-greedy one). -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.