From: ts Date: 2005-01-21T01:32:22+09:00 Subject: Re: Yet another gsub question. >>>>> "m" == mss writes: m> data.gsub!(/\"/,'"') m> p data This is not a problem with #gsub but a problem with #inspect uln% ruby data = 'a quote here ==> "' p data puts data ^D "a quote here ==> \"" a quote here ==> " uln% See that #inspect add a \ before " use puts Guy Decoux