On 23 March 2012 10:36, Aaron Schmitz <a.schmitz...@googlemail.com> wrote: > hi, > > im getting tired on this one. > i want to replace all forwardslashes with backwardslashes. > > irb: > r = "C:/RAILS/" > r.gsub("/", "\\") or r.gsub("/") {('\'} both give me: > "C:\\RAILS\\" > > how can i use gsub to display only one "\"?
It's escaping it to show in the console, the string does have only one backslash. => "\\".size >> 1 ;-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.