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Asked: 2026-05-23T12:54:29+00:00

I want to replace all & characters into \& with String.gsub (or a other

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I want to replace all & characters into \& with String.gsub (or a other method). I’ve tried several combinations and read another question here, but nothing is gonna work.

  "asdf & asdf".gsub("&", "\\\&") => "asdf & asdf"
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  1. Editorial Team

    Your linked question provides a solution – use the block form of gsub:

    irb(main):009:0> puts "asdf & asdf".gsub("&"){'\&'}
asdf \& asdf
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