bug#12622: replace-regexp-in-string

[Andreas Schwab]

Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> writes:

> (setq mystring "[.A foobar] [.B baz]")
> (replace-regexp-in-string "\\_<\\w+\\_>" (concat "\\\\" 
> (match-string-no-properties 0)) mystring) ==>
>
>  "[.A \\ext in that fi] [.B \\ext in that fi]"
>
> for example,
>
> Docstring says:
>
> "If it is a function, it is called with the actual text of each
> match, and its value is used as the replacement text."
>
> Which is not the case AFAIS.

You are not passing a function.

Andreas.

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