From: Kurt Euler Date: 2002-12-29T12:07:56+09:00 Subject: How to specify the period "." character when doing a gsub. All- Plz advise how to specify the period "." character when doing a gsub. eg, doing this: some_object.gsub(/123.456/, "some_string") seems to treat the "." as a wildcard of some kind. I'd like to hit on the actual character. Thanks! -ke