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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/searching.texi
From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/searching.texi |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:27:40 -0500 |
Index: emacs/lispref/searching.texi
diff -c emacs/lispref/searching.texi:1.42 emacs/lispref/searching.texi:1.43
*** emacs/lispref/searching.texi:1.42 Tue Feb 4 09:47:54 2003
--- emacs/lispref/searching.texi Sat Feb 15 14:27:40 2003
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@subsection Simple Match Data Access
This section explains how to use the match data to find out what was
! matched by the last search or match operation.
You can ask about the entire matching text, or about a particular
parenthetical subexpression of a regular expression. The @var{count}
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@subsection Simple Match Data Access
This section explains how to use the match data to find out what was
! matched by the last search or match operation, if it succeeded.
You can ask about the entire matching text, or about a particular
parenthetical subexpression of a regular expression. The @var{count}
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A search which fails may or may not alter the match data. In the
past, a failing search did not do this, but we may change it in the
! future.
@defun match-string count &optional in-string
This function returns, as a string, the text matched in the last search
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A search which fails may or may not alter the match data. In the
past, a failing search did not do this, but we may change it in the
! future. So don't try to rely on the value of the match data after
! a failing search.
@defun match-string count &optional in-string
This function returns, as a string, the text matched in the last search