From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-07-05T01:43:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Using eval() to create a Regexp object from a string

On Jul 4, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Ivan V. wrote:

> Suppose some_function() returns the string '/home/test'

I see you already have your answer, but another thing you may want to  
be aware of is Regexp.escape():

def some_function; '/home/test' end

re = /#{Regexp.escape(some_function)}/ # => /\/home\/test/
re.source                              # => "/home/test"

James Edward Gray II