From: Wybo Dekker <wybo@...>
Date: 2008-04-03T05:12:16+09:00
Subject: confused by 'test'.gsub(/.*/,'x')

Why do I get "xx" instead of "x" in the following:

$ irb
 >> 'test'.gsub(/.*/,'x')
=> "xx"

and even more confusing (to me):

 >> "x\n".gsub(/.*/,'y')
=> "yy\ny"

(I expected "y\n")
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Wybo