On Jun 29, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Shashank Agarwal wrote: > Try this > > x = {1=>2,"ABC" => {"a"=>"A","b"=>"B"}}.to_yaml > x = x[5...x.length] Which can be, simply: {1=>2,"ABC" => {"a"=>"A","b"=>"B"}}.to_yaml[5..-1] It may even be slightly more efficient to use String#sub {1=>2,"ABC" => {"a"=>"A","b"=>"B"}}.to_yaml.sub("--- \n", '')