I wanna replace string title from “T8/2024” to “T9/2024” from topic How to replace a string/character in topic title? - #11 by pfaffman Topic.where("title LIKE '%T8/2024%'").find_each do |topic| topic.title.gsub!(/T8/2024/,"T9/2024") topic.fancy_title.gsub!(/T8/2024/,"T9/2024") topic.slug.gs…

[image] Sora &\: If the word you want to replace has the character “/”, how should we handle it? Escape it with \: [1] pry(main)> 'A title covering T8/2024'.gsub(/T8\/2024/, 'T9/2024') => "A title covering T9/2024"

Escaping a backslash in a regex

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supermathie (Michael Brown) September 3, 2024, 7:41pm 4

Escape it with \:

[1] pry(main)> 'A title covering T8/2024'.gsub(/T8\/2024/, 'T9/2024')
=> "A title covering T9/2024"

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