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  1. s = "an example with 'one' word and 'two and three' words inside quotes"
  2. p s.gsub(/('[^']*')|and/) { $1 || '&' }
  3. p s.gsub(/('[^']*')|and/) { |m| m == $~[1] ? $~[1] : '&' }
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"an example with 'one' word & 'two and three' words inside quotes"
"an example with 'one' word & 'two and three' words inside quotes"
https://ideone.com/wgnKjg
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Ruby (ruby 2.5.5)
created:
6 years ago
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