From: Jason Perkins <jperkins@...>
Date: 2006-03-31T10:32:32+09:00
Subject: turning off interpolation in a regex

I need to be able to find a run of characters (like *count*) in a  
string and substitute in the value #{object.count} so that I'm left  
with a string that can itself be interpolated. The method for doing  
this that jumped out was to use the string's gsub method like this:

	original_string.gsub(/\*count\*/, /count of #{object\.count}/

(Old hands at Ruby are now chuckling, and rightly so) How do I go  
about getting the literal text in the substitution portion without  
getting an, "NameError: undefined local variable or method `object'  
for main:Object"?

Any assistance, pointers or suggestions appreciated.

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Jason Perkins
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