Problem with gSubing

Hi,       I am trying to this using gsub.

<- Variable_Name -> ==> <%= Variable_Name %>

Currently, I am doing it by changing the <- to <%= and -> to %> separately.... but I need to do it as whole... as gsub (<- some_text -

) ==>(<%= some_text %>)

I hope i am clear!

Thanks and regards, Mohit

string.gsub(/<-(.*?)->/,‘<%=’ + $1 + ‘%>’)