Newbie Question: Escaping special characters in array of strings

[Gene Kahn]

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

 

[Florian Gross]

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"]

 

[Jamis Buck]

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

 

[Dave Burt]

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]

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"]

 

[Gene Kahn]

(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

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

 

[David N. Springer]

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"]