From: ts Date: 2002-08-12T19:29:47+09:00 Subject: Re: replacing values in some files: line endings etc >>>>> "t" == ts writes: regexp are stupid :-) t> string.gsub!(/\b(width|height)=(['"])\d+\\2/) { "#$1=#$2#{rep[$1]}#$2" } string.gsub!(/\b(width|height)=(['"])\d+\2/) { "#$1=#$2#{rep[$1]}#$2" } \2 rather than \\2 Guy Decoux