On May 3, 2008, at 10:05 AM, loveajax / gmail.com wrote: > In the above snippet how can I use the instance variables pre_match > and post_match? I tried calling these methods without any qualifiers > but I got a NoMethodError. Where does Ruby store the MatchData if the > matching is done in a case statement? $1, $2, etc. a @ http://codeforpeople.com/ -- we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that. h.h. the 14th dalai lama