Hi -- Simon Strandgaard <neoneye / adslhome.dk> writes: > FYI: I have no idea when this wiping empty tail elements are useful. > Any ideas ? Maybe a case like: irb(main):006:0> "one two three ".split(" ") => ["one", "two", "three"] (though there you don't need an argument to split at all I guess) or something like: irb(main):016:0> "one!two!three!".split("!") => ["one", "two", "three"] David -- David A. Black dblack / wobblini.net