From: Mike Bowler <mbowler@...>
Date: 2001-03-06T21:04:51+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:12120] Re: String.gsub()

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> if you use " around the \1 you need to escape the \ with another \.
>
> so... change the gsub line to either
> puts inputString.gsub(/'(.+)'/, "\"\\1\"")
> or
> puts inputStrng.gsub(/'(+)'/, '"\1"')

Thanks!  That works beautifully!

I'm a little confused about the solution.  Why would we need the extra \
before the \1 just because an escaped quote was nearby?  Is this just
wierdness in the ruby parser or is there an actual reason for this?  Now,
I'm just curious :-)

Mike
mbowler@GargoyleSoftware.com


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