From: lalawawa <usenet@...>
Date: 2010-01-26T02:50:06+09:00
Subject: Re: gsub problem

Seebs wrote:
> On 2010-01-25, lalawawa <usenet@ccjj.info> wrote:
>> irb(main):005:0> a.gsub(/([\'\?])/, '\\\\\1')
>> => "Can\\'t we\\?"
> 
> This is probably what you want -- keep in mind that irb will show
> you escaped backslashes if there's a single backslash in the string.
> 
> -s

You're right.

irb(main):009:0> puts a.gsub(/([\'\?])/, '\\\\\1')
Can\'t we\?
=> nil
irb(main):010:0>

Thanks