Andy Sipe wrote:
> You can also use interpolation to do it shorter:
>
> myvar = ....
> puts $ie.div(:text, /#{myvar}/)
>
> In either case, any regex reserved character will either have to be 
> stripped or escaped to avoid out right errors like with the ( or weird 
> matches.
>
> Some of those characters are:    ( ) [ ] * . - ^ $
>
> There are more and depending on where they occur in your search string 
> they may cause more or less or no damage.
$ie.div(:text, Regexp.escape(myvar))

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