eggie5 wrote:
> I have a symbol that I need to name with a number as the first
> character, but that's invalid ruby syntax. e.g.:
> 
> t.column :_3g2, :integer
> 
> How can I somehow escape the '3' so I don't have the use the '_' in
> the variable name?

As far as I know there is no way to begin a variable name with a number 
(I assume simply because it would be PITA with all the exceptions to it, 
as what would be Integer literals, such as 0xff).
A symbol however can, using the :"" syntax: :"1-2-3 mine".class # => 
Symbol

Regards
Stefan
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