Stefan Lang wrote: > James Britt wrote: > > >>You might do better to leave the hard work to ruby: >> >>IO.readlines( 'filename' ).each{ |line| >>ary_values=¥Ä line.split(,) > > ^^^ > Shouldn't there be quotes around the comma? > line.split(',') Or regexp slashes, which is what I used, and which is what appears when I view my post in my E-mail reader (Thunderbird). line.split(/,/) Odd. James