<body> <p>

From: "John W. Long" Date: 2004-01-11T15:54:54+09:00 Subject: Re: Converting a string to an array of tokens This is quick and dirty, but it demonstrates what I am looking for:


tokens = %w{    <body> <p>    
 }

string = <<-HERE

 
  test
 
 
  wow it worked
 

HERE

class String
 def tokenize(tokens)
  tokens.each { |t| self.gsub!(/#{t}/, "<>#{t}<>") }
  self.gsub!(/\A<>/, '')
  split('<>')
 end
end

p string.tokenize(tokens)

this should output: ["", "\n ", "", "\n ", "", "test", "", "\n ", "", "\n ", "", "\n ", "

", "wow it worked", "

", "\n ", "", "\n", "", "\n"] Is there a better way? ___________________ John Long www.wiseheartdesign.com