Dan German wrote: > One problem, the substring contains a ?, and is left in the resultant > string > > It would help if you'd show an actual string you have and what you'd like it to become. If you have two examples, even better. -- RMagick OS X Installer [http://rubyforge.org/projects/rmagick/] RMagick Hints & Tips [http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=1618] RMagick Installation FAQ [http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/install-faq.html]