From: Craig Jolicoeur <cpjolicoeur@...>
Date: 2009-04-29T22:18:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Issue with regexp pattern matcher withing String#gsub

7stud -- wrote:
> ...and that means the error message you posted can't occur.   When I run 
> the code:
> 
>     str = %q{src="/foo/bar.png"}
> 
>     str.gsub!( /src=(["'])\S+\?\d*\1/ ) { |s| s.split('?').first + $1 }
> 
> there are no errors and no output.  So you must have done something 
> differently in your code.

you don't get an error because your initial quote doesnt make the match.

try it with this instead

    str = %q{src="/foo/bar.png?12345"}

you will get the error in that case since the regexp pattern is found. 
the pattern wasn't found in your test
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