From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2010-08-31T01:50:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby v1.91 won't match literal plus sign


On Aug 30, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Paul Taylor wrote:

> text = "++"
> puts "matched plus sign" if text.index(/\+\+/, 0)
>
> Prints nothing. Using Regex.quote produces the same behavior.
>
> A forum registration quiz, "puts (('11' * 2).to_i)/2" also prints
> nothing but v1.86 prints 555.

1.9.1 and 1.9.2 both work fine.  Perhaps you have a particular bug in  
the exact version you have.  What does your `ruby -v` say?

-Rob

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