From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2000-11-02T23:00:05+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:5990] Re: Putting backslash before \1

>>>>> "J" == Jim Menard <jimm@eris.io.com> writes:

J>     puts str.gsub(/([\\\t])/, '\\\1') # Help! Want backslashes before
J>     \1.

    puts str.gsub(/([\\\t])/, '\\\\\1') # yes 5 !

J>     def makeSqlSafe(str)
J>     copy = str

 You probably want 

       copy = str.dup

 otherwise str is also modified

J>     copy.gsub!(/\t/, "\\\t")
J>     copy.gsub!(/\\/, "\\\\")
J>     return copy
J>     end


Guy Decoux