How do I replace a group of reserved chars into " " in Ruby on Rails?

Question

I want to replace the following reserved chars into spaces: ``` + - & | ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \ ``` This is my code, but it doesn't work. Did I miss anything? ``` keyword = keyword.gsub(/\+-&\|!\{\}\^"~\*\?:\\/, ' ') ```

Accepted Answer

This is what `tr` is for:

```
keyword.tr '-+&|!(){}[]^"~*?:\', " "
#=> "                                   "
```

How do I replace a group of reserved chars into " " in Ruby on Rails?

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