From: Ernest Ellingson <erne@...>
Date: 2001-07-16T21:16:41+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17917] Re: regular expressions and string#sub!

At 20:55 7/16/2001 +0900, you wrote:
> >>>>> "E" == Ernest Ellingson <erne@powernav.com> writes:
>
>E> Thanks matz.  However, I'm still stuck with the question.  How does one 
>use
>E> string#sub! to go from aren't to aren\'t?
>
>
>pigeon% cat b.rb
>#!/usr/bin/ruby
>s = %q{aren't}
>s.sub!(/'/, %q{\\\'})
>puts s
>pigeon%
>
>pigeon% b.rb
>aren\'t
>pigeon%
>
>
>Guy Decoux

Thanks to everyone that commented.  Page 52 of the Pickaxe book has an 
excellent description of %q{} etc.  Although I read the book some months 
ago, I'm sure, during my reading, I skimmed over this part thinking, "I'll 
never encounter a problem where this would apply."  Another forecast gone bad!

Ernie