Have a look at the gsub method on the String class. http://www.rubycentral.com/ref/ref_c_string.html#gsub Chad --- Jens Luedicke <jens / irs-net.com> wrote: > Hi there ... > > My problem is that I want to replace every occurance > > of a pattern in an array... > > for i in file > i =~ # substitution here > end > > A Perl-Style substitution like: > > s/old/new/g; > > doesn't work and Ruby's Reference/Tutorial > wasn't helpful at all to me. > > -- > with friendly regards.... > jens luedicke <jens / irs-net.com> > > PMC - Perl/Gtk/Gnome Mail Client > http://www.irs-net.com/ > > >> President BU-ll-SH-it ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/