From: Alia Amin <camin@...>
Date: 2002-10-29T19:13:17+09:00
Subject: Re: gsub and "\\"

Hello,

"a".gsub("a","\\\\8?")   >> "\\8?"

hth,
Alia

coma_killen@fastmail.fm wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm a bit confused on how to use gsub when the string I want
>to substitute for can contain "\\" and "?" etc.
>
>Examples:
>
>"a".gsub("a", "\\8") => "" (but I want "\\8")
>
>so I thought maybe I can use Regexp.escape
>
>"a".gsub("a", Regexp.escape("\\8")) => "\\8" (great!)
>
>but now if there is a question mark it won't work
>
>"a".gsub("a", Regexp.escape("\\8?")) => "\\8\\?" but I want
>it to be "\\8?"
>
>I guess there is a simple solution but I can't see it right
>now. Any help appreciated!
>
>Regards,
>
>Karsten Magnuauer
>
>
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