From: Sebastian Hungerecker Date: 2008-03-07T03:06:12+09:00 Subject: Re: duplicating characters in a string Robert Klemme wrote: > You do not need groups: > > irb(main):003:0> "abc".gsub /./, '\\&\\&' > => "aabbcc" You do not need double backslashes either: >> "abc".gsub /./, '\&\&' => "aabbcc" -- NP: Katatonia - Quiet World Jabber: sepp2k@jabber.org ICQ: 205544826