From: Joel Pearson Date: 2012-12-24T10:05:47+09:00 Subject: Re: trying to strip characters from a line Yes, my mistake, i was looking for that exact string instead of the group. It should be this: /[\["\],]/ that is / Start Regex [ Start group \ Escape next character [ look for open square bracket " Look for double quotes \ Escape next character ] Look for close square bracket , Look for comma ] End group / End Regex -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.