From: Harry <list.push@...>
Date: 2007-04-30T12:09:45+09:00
Subject: Re: problem replacing newlines in regexp

On 4/30/07, Dan Zwell <dzwell@gmail.com> wrote:
> Harry wrote:
> > On 4/30/07, Mike Steiner <mikejaysteiner@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'm trying to do a gsub ( "\n" , " " ) but none of the newlines are
> >> replaced. Is there something special I have to do for newlines? (If it
> >> makes
> >> a difference, I'm running under Windows.)
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Try gsub!( "\n" , " " )
> >
> > Harry
> >
>
> You've probably gotta specify the multiline match option (the /m at the
> end):
> line.gsub!(/\n/m, " ")
>
> Dan
>
>
I just noticed the subject said regexp, not string. oops.
Mike, would you post some code?
It will make it easier to understand what you are trying to do.

Harry

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