From: Peter Bailey <pbailey@...>
Date: 2007-08-14T03:59:38+09:00
Subject: confused by back refs in gsub

Can someone tell me why, in my code below, I'm getting part of the
original search in my substitution in my result, when, I'm not asking
for it, or at least, I don't think I'm asking for it.

Thanks,
Peter


Original line:
<registrantName>Normandy Group LLC</registrantName>

My Code:
xmlfile.gsub!(/<registrantName>(.*)<\/registrantName>/,
'<SUB.HEAD4>\&</SUB.HEAD4>')
I've tried "\1" instead of "\&," too. Same result. I've also tried
putting in "?" marks to make it non-greedy. Same result.

Yields:
<SUB.HEAD4><registrantName>Normandy Group
LLC</registrantName></SUB.HEAD4>

What I want:
<SUB.HEAD4>Normandy Group LLC(/SUB.HEAD4>
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