"inspect" shows the string with escaped characters.. Tony Byrne wrote: > Hi Phil, > > On 6 May 2009, at 11:10, phil wrote: > > >> I cannot figure out how to get this into a string variable in ruby! >> > > display = "\\\\.\\DISPLAY3" > > puts display > > --> \\.\DISPLAY3 > > I think the reason you were having problems is that irb shows the > string complete with > escaping characters. You need to output the string to see what it > actually contains. > > Regards, > > Tony. > > > > >
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