From: Max Williams <toastkid.williams@...>
Date: 2008-11-13T21:52:33+09:00
Subject: Re: '#' characters are breaking my regexp

Michael Libby wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:21 AM, Max Williams
> <toastkid.williams@gmail.com> wrote:
>> it thinking that the part after the first hash is a comment for example?
> The # must be confusing the parser into thinking some #{} style
> interpolation is going to happen.
> 
> Substitute \# for # and see if that helps. Either way works the same
> for me in 1.8.7.
> 
> -Michael Libby

I tried that already, no joy :(

>> string = "abc#def"
=> "abc#def"
>> /#{string}/
=> abc
>> string = "abc\#def"
=> "abc#def"
>> /#{string}/
=> abc
>> Regexp.new(string)
=> abc
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