2009/7/29 Nik <[email protected]>:
>
> Hey guys, thanks for your help!
>
> I found out about $`, $& and $', as well as $1 - $9. But here is still
> the problem. They do *find* the "abc" or "xxx" in front of "y"
>
> But I *cannot* act on them, I can only read them.
> I am saying, I can't do something like
>
> $` = " <#{$`}>"
new_string = " <#{$`}>y"
Colin
>
> these variables seem to be read-only
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks again!
> On Jul 28, 1:05 pm, coreypurcell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> str = "vvvyxxx"
>>
>> str =~ /y/
>>
>> $`
>> => "vvv"
>>
>> $'
>> => "xxx"
>>
>> Like spacecow said. It's $ Backtick
> >
>
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