From: Phrogz Date: 2007-11-02T13:00:04+09:00 Subject: Re: backslash sequences\1\2 in regexs (backreferences) On Nov 1, 7:47 pm, bbxx789_0...@yahoo.com wrote: > Is this behavior documented anywhere: Yes. In many Ruby books, in at least one Ruby FAQ, and many, many times on the ruby mailing list/forum/newsgroup.