How to print a string with a backward slash in Ruby

backslash, irb, ruby, ruby-1.9.2, string

Solution

UPDATED answer:

escape token '\' is always working in plain ruby code, but not always working in "ruby console". so I suggest you write a unit test:

# escape_token_test.rb 
require 'test/unit'
class EscapeTokenTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  def test_how_to_escape
    hi = "hi\\backslash"
    puts hi
  end 
end

and you will get result as:

hi\backslash

and see @pst's comment.

Problem

I have a string `str = "xyz\123"` and I want to print it as is. The IRB is giving me an unexpected output. Please find the same below:- ``` 1.9.2p290 :003 > str = "xyz\123" => "xyzS" 1.9.2p290 :004 > ``` Any ideas on how can I get IRB to print the original string i.e. "xyz\123". Thank you.. UPDATE : I tried escaping it , but it doesn't seem to be that simple for some reason. Please find below my trials with the same: ``` 1.9.2p290 :004 > str = "xyz'\'123" => "xyz''123" 1.9.2p290 :005 > str = "xyz'\\'123" => "xyz'\\'123" 1.9.2p290 :006 > str = "xyz'\\\'123" => "xyz'\\'123" 1.9.2p290 :007 > ```

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