From: Jeff <jdonner0@...>
Date: 2002-02-17T13:02:00+09:00
Subject: string::literalize ? (Was, Hi this code)

> > Hi, this code:
> >
> > text0 = "One $BLAH Three"
> > text1 = "One @BLAH Three"
> > text0.sub!("$BLAH", "Two")
> > text1.sub!("@BLAH", "Two")
> > print text0,"\n"
> > print text1,"\n"
> >
> > produces this output:
> >
> > One $BLAH Three
> > One Two Three
...
> Yes, because the first arg to sub! is always used as a regex, even if
> it's in quotes.
> 
>  "foo".sub ".", "g"
>  # ==> "goo"
> 
> I've tripped up on that more times than I like to say ...

Thanks;  There isn't a string.deregexpify or literalize is there?  
I think that would be useful if not, for replacing arbitrary patterns 
that originate from outside a program.  If not, maybe I'll try...

JDonner