From: Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...>
Date: 2011-02-03T04:05:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Need "=" to look like a strint

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Bob Hatch <roberth@monavie.com> wrote:
> I have the following variable. Ruby looks at the = sign as a regex
> literal and I need it to be recognized as text.
>
> search_text =! %r{
>  =
> }x

ruby-1.8.7-p302 > pattern = %r{=}
 =>
ruby-1.8.7-p302 > pattern.inspect
 => "/=/"
ruby-1.8.7-p302 > "abc=xyz" =~ pattern
 => 3

Maybe I'm not understanding your issue?

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