From: "Bartosz DziewoƄski" Date: 2012-05-01T18:02:28+09:00 Subject: Re: delete character from array Why the regex? s = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" s.split('').select.with_index{|l, i| i%3 != 0}.join('') => "bcefhiklnoqrtuwxz" -- Matma Rex