From: ts Date: 2001-03-06T20:55:14+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:12117] Re: String.gsub() >>>>> "M" == Mike Bowler writes: Write it like this : M> def replaceSingleQuotesWithDouble( inputString ) M> puts "original="+inputString M> puts inputString.gsub(/'(.+)'/, "\"\1\"") puts inputString.gsub(/'(.+)'/, '"\1"') M> end Single quote '' rather than double quote "" Guy Decoux