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Re: newb rexeg question


From: Kevin Rodgers
Subject: Re: newb rexeg question
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:08:26 -0600
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Steve Throckmorton wrote:

I know this is going to end up with me looking stupid, but why does this:

...
(re-search-forward "^[a-z]...$")
...

insist on matching the word "Abba" in this word list:

...
abates
abating
Abba
abbe
abbey
...

I would think it would find "abbe".

I'm trying to match non-capitalized, four-letter words, and this is ticking me off. Please tell me what I'm missing.

C-h v case-fold-search


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Kevin Rodgers



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