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oprogfrogo
oprogfrogo

Reputation: 2074

Ruby - Making a newline within usage of gsub

I'm a bit stuck on this issue. I'm trying to make a newline using '\n'. I'm opening a file, then replacing the text, then writing it back as an html file:

replace = text.gsub(/aaa/, 'aaa\nbbb')

But this results in:
aaa\nbbb

I'm trying to make do:
aaa
bbb

Upvotes: 0

Views: 470

Answers (2)

the Tin Man
the Tin Man

Reputation: 160571

You'll want to read:Backslashes in Single quoted strings vs. Double quoted strings in Ruby?.

Upvotes: 0

steenslag
steenslag

Reputation: 80075

In single-quoted strings a backslash is just a backslash (except if it precedes another backslash or a quote). Use double quotes: "aaa\nbbb" .

Upvotes: 4

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