From: ts Date: 2000-03-07T11:45:31+01:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:01776] control characters and sub() the notation \cX don't work when used in sub() with //, it's normal ? aestivum% cat b.rb #!/usr/bin/ruby a = "a" + 24.chr p a a.sub!(/\cX$/, '') p a a.sub!("\cX$", '') p a aestivum% b.rb "a\030" "a\030" "a" aestivum% Guy Decoux