hi
/.*<coordinates>(.*)<\/coordinates>.*/ The reg exp you gave works fine. I tested it with rubular probleme I can retrieve the substring I always get the whole string. Here is what i did: irb(main):001:0> st="<Point><coordinates>-0.954850,46.436960,0</ coordinates></Point>" => "<Point><coordinates>-0.954850,46.436960,0</coordinates></Point>" irb(main):002:0> sub=/.*<coordinates>(.*)<\/coordinates>.*/.match(st) => #<MatchData:0x7f2040045fd0> irb(main):003:0> sub.inspect => "#<MatchData:0x7f2040045fd0>" irb(main):004:0> sub.to_s => "<Point><coordinates>-0.954850,46.436960,0</coordinates></Point>" irb(main):005:0> sub.string => "<Point><coordinates>-0.954850,46.436960,0</coordinates></Point>" irb(main):006:0> st.match(/.*<coordinates>(.*)<\/coordinates>.*/) => #<MatchData:0x7f2040019fc0> irb(main):007:0> st.match(/.*<coordinates>(.*)<\/coordinates>.*/).to_s => "<Point><coordinates>-0.954850,46.436960,0</coordinates></Point>" thank you for your help : --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
