[PhillyOnRails] Ruby gsub question

[Chris <theechief@comcast.net>]

I am trying to escape ( ) and \ in strings for an FDF file...

So if the string is "(hello)" I would like output of "\(hello\)" ... I 
know, I know.. thats easy right???

Using gsub you get two backslashes...

For just the (
"(hello)".gsub(/\(/,'\\\(')

However that doesn't work! Anyone???

Chris Lorenzo
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