From: Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@...>
Date: 2008-08-15T02:01:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Inconsistent regexp behavior

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On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Glen Holcomb <damnbigman@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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)
>

Oops.  Typo, I should probably copy and paste next time.  The second gsub is
actually:

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

-- 
"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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