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diff --git a/doc/regexp.rdoc b/doc/regexp.rdoc index a6421a5e80..06c730058d 100644 --- a/doc/regexp.rdoc +++ b/doc/regexp.rdoc @@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ The following are <i>metacharacters</i> <tt>(</tt>, <tt>)</tt>, <tt>[</tt>, <tt>]</tt>, <tt>{</tt>, <tt>}</tt>, <tt>.</tt>, <tt>?</tt>, <tt>+</tt>, <tt>*</tt>. They have a specific meaning when appearing in a pattern. To match them literally they must be backslash-escaped. To match -a backslash literally backslash-escape that: <tt>\\\\\\</tt>. +a backslash literally, backslash-escape it: <tt>\\\\</tt>. /1 \+ 2 = 3\?/.match('Does 1 + 2 = 3?') #=> #<MatchData "1 + 2 = 3?"> + /a\\\\b/.match('a\\\\b') #=> #<MatchData "a\\b"> Patterns behave like double-quoted strings so can contain the same backslash escapes. |