From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-01-30T03:01:15+09:00
Subject: Re: problems with string interpolation

>>>>> "a" == ara howard <ahoward@fsl.noaa.gov> writes:

a> i understand the faq, but *why* would a string be *completely*
a> reinterpolated?

 Well you have 2 steps with this construct 

    s.gsub(%r{([^A-Za-z])}, '\\\\\1')

  1) when ruby compile the script, it create a String with the second
     argument at this step the string created is

      '\\\1'

    it has interpreted \\ as \

 2) the String is given to the regexp engine and it's interpreted
    again. This is the regexp engine which replace \1 by the value, this is
    why it must re-interpret the string. 


Guy Decoux

a> ps.  you are all over this group, don't you work!? :-)

 never, but don't repeat it :-)