From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 1999-09-29T12:29:44+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:00829] Re: feature request Hi, In message "[ruby-talk:00828] Re: feature request" on 99/09/29, OZAWA Sakuro writes: | x.gsub!(/(\w)\.(\w)/) { |match| print "#$1/#$2\n" } How about: | x.gsub!(/(\w)\.(\w)/) { i, j = $~; ... }