yermej wrote: > On Nov 6, 7:00 pm, Jeremy Woertink <jeremywoert... / gmail.com> wrote: >> second one I would expect it to return "\", instead it returns "\\" both >> the string that is returned is still wrong. >> >> ~Jeremy >> -- >> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > If you actually output the string: > >> puts '\\' > \ > => nil > > you should get the result you're expecting. Rock on. So basically I had to do \\\\ just to get \\ and \\ just to get \. Crazy, but it works so I'm happy. Thanks ~Jeremy -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.