From: Luke Pearce Date: 2012-09-01T05:39:07+09:00 Subject: Re: Can someone explain this string substitution issue to me? 7stud -- wrote in post #1074118: > the regex engine sees \+ in a replacement string, > which is the syntax for referring to a matching > subgroup (backreference). Many thanks 7stud - I thought there would have to be a reason behind it - that makes sense now. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.