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Re: regexp bug?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: regexp bug? |
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Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:29:27 +0100 |
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David Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:
> If I put point on a letter, like this "x", (looking-at " *") returns t
> but (looking-at "\s *") returns nil.
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> Is that intended? Is it documented?
Yes. But in
(info "(elisp) Syntax for Strings")
instead of
(info "(elisp) Syntax of Regexps")
since
(looking-at "\s *") is the same as (looking-at "s *"),
You probably want (looking-at "\\s *") instead.
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum