From: "John W. Long" <ng@...>
Date: 2006-11-25T21:24:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem using #{...} in eval

Richard wrote:
> #3: Can't find the elements of the match
> show(%Q@require 'bigdecimal'
> require 'bigdecimal/math'
> include BigMath
> BigMath::PI(6).to_s =~ /.(.)(.)(.{5})/
> "result = " + "#{$2}#{$1}#{$3}"
> @)


You need to escape the # signs with a slash:

   show(%Q@require 'bigdecimal'
   require 'bigdecimal/math'
   include BigMath
   BigMath::PI(6).to_s =~ /.(.)(.)(.{5})/
   "result = " + "\#{$2}\#{$1}\#{$3}"
   @)

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