From: "Derrick B." Date: 2012-12-20T09:38:04+09:00 Subject: Re: Perl to Ruby: regex captures to assignment. First of all, thanks for the fast responses! Secondly, I swear I tried bracketing the false side of the conditional (pg 98, section 4.5.5.3 - "The Ruby Programming Language" book), but I remember it assigning the array to the first variable - w. In Perl, there are times when "those brackety thingies" are not necessary, but as a programmer, I like readabiliy (yes, still talking about Perl :) ) and will include them when it just makes sense. Thanks all! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.