numResults = /d+/.match(ie.div(:id, 'results_label').text)
puts "Results found: "+numResults.to_s

while(numResults > 0)
.
. some more code
.

Exception: undefined method `>' for #<MatchData:0x424c6d4>

while(numResults.to_s.to_i > 0)

while( !numResults.nil? ){

}

numResults.to_s.to_i

while(numResults.to_i > 0)