converted to '\' instead of =?

[rosewcs345]

This seems unusual to me, but may not really be an issue, but I would appreciate some insight.

lines such as:
Rating:
<%= @movie.rating %>

are now being converted to:
Rating:
#{@movie.rating}

I would have expected this:
Rating:
= @movie.rating

could someone explain what the '' is doing and if that is correct?
If I don't want the '' notation, is there an option I can use?

The problem I'm having is that when I have a regular expression which spans multiple lines, it seems to upchuck on the ' \ '(????)
When I substitute the alternate way of converting it, the regular expression matches:
expect(page.body).to match(/.#{field.capitalize}:.#{field_value}/m)