From: Joel Pearson Date: 2012-10-17T20:58:12+09:00 Subject: Re: Drop 1st and last particular character > irb(main):010:0> s.gsub /\A#|#\z/, '' > => "aaaa\n#bbb#cc#\n" > irb(main):011:0> s == s.gsub(/\A#|#\z/, '') > => true > > Kind regards > > robert This looks like the best solution. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.