Newbie Question: Escaping special characters in array of strings

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1

Hello,

Because of the embedded single quote, this statement does not work.

%w[it's you're they're]

Escaping it with the backslash does not work either:

%w[it\'s you\'re they\'re]

How do I escape the single quote and other special characters in this instance?

Thanks!
gk

2

Gene Kahn wrote:

Because of the embedded single quote, this statement does not work.

%w[it's you're they're]

I don't understand. It seems to work fine for me:

irb(main):001:0> %w[it's you're they're]
=> ["it's", "you're", "they're"]

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Gene Kahn wrote:

Hello,

Because of the embedded single quote, this statement does not work.

%w[it's you're they're]

Escaping it with the backslash does not work either:

%w[it\'s you\'re they\'re]

How do I escape the single quote and other special characters in this instance?

Thanks!
gk

.

Maybe I don't understand what you mean by "does not work":

irb(main):002:0> %w[it's you they're]
=> ["it's", "you", "they're"]

It seems to work for me...

- Jamis

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4

What version of Ruby are you using?

ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [i386-mswin32]

irb(main):001:0> %w[it's you're they're]
=> ["it's", "you're", "they're"]
irb(main):002:0> %w[it\'s you\'re they\'re]
=> ["it\\'s", "you\\'re", "they\\'re"]

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"Gene Kahn" <jenjhiz@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello,

Because of the embedded single quote, this statement does not work.

%w[it's you're they're]

Escaping it with the backslash does not work either:

%w[it\'s you\'re they\'re]

5

Gene Kahn wrote:

Hello,

Because of the embedded single quote, this statement does not work.

%w[it's you're they're]

Escaping it with the backslash does not work either:

%w[it\'s you\'re they\'re]

How do I escape the single quote and other special characters in this instance?

Thanks!
gk

Maybe what you need to do is escape the spaces.

irb(main):001:0> %w[it's\ you're\ they're]
=> ["it's you're they're"]

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(blushing) I don't understand ... I was using SciTe, and I couldn't
get it to work. But now it works.

Sorry for the wasted time on your part. And thanks!

Cheers!
gk

Jamis Buck <jgb3@email.byu.edu> wrote in message news:<41A128B9.5000206@email.byu.edu>...

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Gene Kahn wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Because of the embedded single quote, this statement does not work.
>
> %w[it's you're they're]
>
> Escaping it with the backslash does not work either:
>
> %w[it\'s you\'re they\'re]
>
> How do I escape the single quote and other special characters in this instance?
>
> Thanks!
> gk
>
> .
>

Maybe I don't understand what you mean by "does not work":

irb(main):002:0> %w[it's you they're]
=> ["it's", "you", "they're"]

It seems to work for me...

- Jamis