From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-12-17T04:47:39+09:00
Subject: Re: substituting apostrphe's

Backspace the apostrophe.

>> a =  "'"
=> "'"
>> a.gsub!(/\'/, "***")
=> "***"

Cheers,
Daniel.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:44:36AM +0900, Daniel Bretoi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a bit of a problem, I can't seem to substitute an apostrphe
> successfully
> 
> a =  "'"
> a.gsub!(/'/,'\\\'')
> puts a
> 
> gives me nothing.
> 
> two backslash gives me syntax error.
> 
> one backslash gives me just the apostrophy.
> 
> How do I do this?
> 
> db
> 
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