From: "nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)" <nobu@...>
Date: 2013-03-31T06:35:20+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:53847] [ruby-trunk - Bug #8136][Closed] gsub strange behavior when substituting "\\'"


Issue #8136 has been updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada).

Category set to doc
Status changed from Open to Closed

This is one of most frequently asked questions.
Though I can't remember a pointer to good explanation, someone would know it.
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Bug #8136: gsub strange behavior when substituting "\\'"
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8136#change-38059

Author: alexeymuranov (Alexey Muranov)
Status: Closed
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: doc
Target version: 
ruby -v: 2.0.0


=begin
  s = "\\'"          # => "\\'"
  print s            # \' 
  "foo".gsub("f", s) # => "oooo"

Can anybody please explain to me why it works like this?  Is this a bug?
=end



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