From: Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...>
Date: 2008-08-15T01:40:29+09:00
Subject: Inconsistent regexp behavior

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I have a script with two lines:

puts "toads suck".gsub(/(\s)/, "\\#{$1}")

puts " a ".gsub(/(\s), "\\#{$1}")


I get broken output for the first:

toads\suck

\ a\

Can anyone explain why this is happening.  I'm convinced it shouldn't ever
happen.

-- 
"Hey brother Christian with your high and mighty errand, Your actions speak
so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying."

-Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)

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