# File lib/css_parser/parser.rb, line 523
    def ignore_pattern(css, regex, options)
      # if we are capturing file offsets, replace the characters with spaces to retail the original positions
      return css.gsub(regex) { |m| ' ' * m.length } if options[:capture_offsets]

      # otherwise just strip it out
      css.gsub(regex, '')
    end