On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 07:00:00AM +0900, Mauricio FernáÏdez wrote: > "foo".match(/foo/) # => #<MatchData:0xb7d1f220> > $& # => nil > RUBY_VERSION # => "1.6.8" sorry, I meant "foo".match(/foo/){} # => #<MatchData:0xb7cc21e4> $& # => "foo" RUBY_VERSION # => "1.6.8" -- Mauricio Fernandez