From: Shashank Date Date: 2002-11-14T16:19:17+09:00 Subject: Re: regex help "Shashank Date" wrote in message news:PTHA9.17397$jj5.446958@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com... > Answering my own post .. should have tried harder b4 posting. Again ! > m = /\'.*\'\'.*?\'/.match(%Q{This is a 'single ''quoted'' string' with > 'two' matches}) > puts m[0] This solution is flawed (time to take some sleep) ... please see solution by "why the lucky stiff"