From: matz@... Date: 2016-07-19T06:00:09+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:76411] [Ruby trunk Feature#12275] String unescape Issue #12275 has been updated by Yukihiro Matsumoto. String#undump sounds reasonable. If someone implement, it's OK to add. Matz. ---------------------------------------- Feature #12275: String unescape https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12275#change-59651 * Author: Andrew Bolshov * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ---------------------------------------- I think it will be usefull to have function that convert input string as it was written in prime qouted string or in double qouted string. It's part of metaprogramming. Example: ~~~ ruby class String # Create new string like it will be writed in qoutes. Optional argument define type of qouting used: true - prime qoute, false - double qoute. Default is double qoute. def unescape prime = false eval( prime ? "'#{self}'" : "\"#{self}\"" ) end end "\\\t".unescape # => "\t" ~~~ Other requests: http://www.rubydoc.info/github/ronin-ruby/ronin-support/String:unescape http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4265928/how-do-i-unescape-c-style-escape-sequences-from-ruby http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8639642/best-way-to-escape-and-unescape-strings-in-ruby Realized http://www.rubydoc.info/github/ronin-ruby/ronin-support/String:unescape -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: