From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-01-23T17:44:59+09:00
Subject: Re: gsub oddity?


"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@mail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:20040122155713.GC27950@mulan.thereeds.org...
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:15:35AM +0100, Robert Klemme wrote:
> >
> > "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@mail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:20040121221951.GD16733@mulan.thereeds.org...
> > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 06:57:22AM +0900, Ralph Mason wrote:
> > > > What am I missing here.  I am trying to replace a single quote
with
> > the
> > > > string \'
> > >
> > > You're missing an extra level of processing applied to the
replacement
> > > string for gsub in order to let you include parts of what you're
> > > replacing.
> >
> > No, in this case he's missing extra backslashes:
>
> Did you not read the rest of my post, when I pointed that out and
> supplied the solution?  I answered the original question in terms
> of what he was missing in the colloquial sense of being unaware of.

Apparently I misunderstood you here.  I'm sorry.

Kind regards

    robert