Alternatively you can reverse, sub, reverse, but I like Vince's way.

On 7/26/06, Vincent Fourmond <vincent.fourmond / 9online.fr> wrote:
>
>  Hello !
>
> > s.gsub(/XX\z/,'') solves the problem in a static way.
> > s.gsub(r,'') solves it too, but who can I specify, that only the last
> > occurence should be replaced.
>
>  Would
> s.gsub(/#{r}$/,'')
>  do what you want ?
>
>        Vince
>
>
>


-- 
Matt