Re: Feature request: plain option for gsub

[Oliver Kroth <oliver.kroth@...>]

HI,

possibly reading page 215 in PiL3 could help you...the trick is to use 
gsub() three times:

match = match:gsub("(%W)", "%%%1")
replace = replace:gsub( "%%", "%%%%")
changed = original:gsub( match, replace)

--
Oliver

> Alternatively, I'm also happy for easier solutions to get this
> behavior of gsub if this is already possible in an easier way that I
> haven't seen.
>
> Regards,
> Jonas Thiem