In article <e687c32c13a9405b60030d9ee570ba6f / ruby-forum.com>, Stuart Clarke <stuart.clarke1986 / gmail.com> wrote: >I am trying to parse data from a file where the values are common >seperated, however there is slightly more to the file than just commas, >see below > >for >(;;);{"t":"msg","c":"p_114000000","ms":[{"type":"msg","msg":{"text":"you >around"}]} It looks more JSON than CSV, try using a JSON parser instead. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- EEC/RIF/SEU -=- Systems Engineering Unit