given this string " <td valign=\"top\">message</td> <td valign=\"top\">the message to echo.</td> <td valign=\"top\" align=\"center\">Yes, unless data is included in a character section within this element.</td> </tr> " how can I get this result ["message", "the message to echo.", "Yes, unless data is included in a character section within this element."] ? I've tried scan + regexp, but the best I've got so far is [["message"]] with this r.scan(/\">(\w+\s*)<\/td>/) Thanks Kev