2009/1/29 Newb Newb <revathy.p / angleritech.com>: > Is this possible to check for two strings. > i want to check whether these two params exits i want to proceed the > process > i get two strings through form > search_string_1 = params[:first_name] > search _string_2 = params[:second_name] > if folder_name.include?(search_string_1)(search_string_2) What kind of test do you want? Do you want both or at least one of them? [search_string_1,search_string_2].all? {|s| folder_name.include? s} [search_string_1,search_string_2].any? {|s| folder_name.include? s} Cheers robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end