From: Carlos <angus@...>
Date: 2006-08-03T11:51:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Using gsub to remove embedded newlines in HTML file

Wes Gamble wrote:

> Wes Gamble wrote:
> 
>>Something like:
>>
>>    @html.scan(/~\^LNK:.*?\^~/mi).each do |link_line|
>>      new_link_line = link_line.gsub(/[\s\r\n]/, '')
>>      @html.gsub!(/#{link_line}/mi, new_link_line)
>>    end
> 
> 
> This seems to work well:
> 
> @html.scan(/~\^LNK:.*?\^~/mi).each do |link_line|
>   new_link_line = link_line.gsub(/[\t\r\n]/, '')
>   @html.gsub!(/#{Regexp.escape(link_line)}/mi, new_link_line) if 
> link_line != new_link_line
> end

You can use a block with gsub:
   @html.gsub!(/~\^LNK:.*?~/mi) { |s| s.gsub /\s/, '' }

or something like that.

Good luck.
--