From: "John W. Long" <ng@...>
Date: 2004-01-31T14:13:01+09:00
Subject: Re: regex bug?

-----"Zach Dennis" wrote:-----
> command.gsub!( /\[#{key}\]/ , "#{attrib}" )

replace this line with:
command.gsub!( /\[#{key}\]/ , "#{Regexp::quote(attrib)}" )

> Any idea why it keeps stealing my \4?

Because in gsub terms \4 represents the forth grouping:

"123412341234".gsub(/(.)(.)(.)(.)/, '\4')
    => "444"

You don't have any groupings in your expression so '\4' is equivalent to ''.

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John