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Created January 11, 2012 14:37

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	# Can anybody explain why this happens?

	name = "John Doe"
	name.gsub(/John/, "\\'")
	# " Doe Doe"

rodrigoalvesvieira commented Jan 11, 2012

Oh, great. I'd have had no idea. ☺️

lailsonbm commented Jan 12, 2012

I never would say \' meant something special… #nicetoknow

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