From: James Gray Date: 2008-11-13T22:47:16+09:00 Subject: Re: '#' characters are breaking my regexp On Nov 13, 2008, at 5:34 AM, Peter Szinek wrote: > as far as I can remember, # should have no special meaning (unless > followed by a { when it is an interpolation ) # also becomes a comment character inside a Regexp if the /x (EXTENDED) mode is used. James Edward Gray II