Hi, Am Dienstag, 18. Sep 2007, 06:15:05 +0900 schrieb Robert Klemme: > module WordIO > def each_word(&b) > each do |line| > line.scan(/\w+/, &b) Loath to criticize it, but irb(main):001:0> "trçÏenerströít".scan /\w+/ => ["tr", "nen", "berstr", "mt"] irb(main):002:0> Sigh! Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de