Hi Brian

thanks for your answer. as I stated to David, I just know about the
surrounding brackets not the bits between them.

Fritzek

On 18 Sep., 17:08, Brian Candler <b.cand... / pobox.com> wrote:
> > b = a.gsub(/\[b\]/,' ')
>
> Also possibly useful is for you:
>
> a = "aaa[b]bbb[b]ccc"
> bits = a.split(/\[b\]/)
>
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