From: Hugh Sasse <hgs@...>
Date: 2006-11-24T01:53:41+09:00
Subject: Re: double-slashes in input causing trouble

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006, Jeremy Wells wrote:

        [...]
> The problem is that if the section contains "\\" which mine does in places,
> ruby replaces these with a single "\" without my asking it to.
> 
> Here is the basics of the program:
> body = ""
> File.open(input, 'r') do |file|
>    body = file.read
> end
> 
> if body =~ /^section\sheader(.*)section\sfooter/mi
>    original_section = $1
>    new_section = bit_at_top + original_section
>    new_body = body.sub(original_section, new_section)
     new_body = body.sub(Regexp.new(Regexp.quote(original_section)),
                                           new_section)
> 
>    File.open(input,'w') do |file|
>       file.write new_body
>    end
> end

        # Hugh