From: jenjhiz@... (Gene Kahn) Date: 2004-11-22T08:33:05+09:00 Subject: Newbie Question: Escaping special characters in array of strings Hello, Because of the embedded single quote, this statement does not work. %w[it's you're they're] Escaping it with the backslash does not work either: %w[it\'s you\'re they\'re] How do I escape the single quote and other special characters in this instance? Thanks! gk