On Monday, 25 November 2002 at 11:24:40 +0900, Jim Freeze wrote: > Would this be better if you changed split to: > > key, value = line.strip.split(/=/,2) Oops, should read... > key, value = line.strip.split(/\s*=\s*/,2) -- Jim Freeze ---------- One way to make your old car run better is to look up the price of a new model.