On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:35:20 +0100, Robert Klemme wrote: > "Koncept" <user / unknown.invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:120220041122469448%user / unknown.invalid... >> >> irb(main):001:0> result = '{ "robert","trey","adrian", "pat" }' >> => "{ \"robert\",\"trey\",\"adrian\", \"pat\" }" >> >> irb(main):002:0> result.scan(/"(.*?)"/).flatten >> => ["robert", "trey", "adrian", "pat"] Try result = result.scan(/"(.*?)"/).flatten >> irb(main):004:0> result.class >> => *String* >> -- Simon Strandgaard