Re: Trouble with regexp

[Chris McMahan]

I would recommend that you use a macro instead of a regexp, if for no
other reason than I don't know the regexp to use :)


exits funnel <exitsfunnel@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I have a text file with hundres of lines of the form:
>
> %token FOO_Alter
>
> where 'FOO' is always 'FOO' but 'Alter' is variable. 
> I'd like to convert these lines to:
>
>   t_foo_Alter = 'Alter';
>
> using query-replace-regexp but I can't quite get it
> right.  Here's what I have so far:
>
> M-x query-replace-regexp RET
> %token XTAG_\(a-Z\) RET
>   t_xtag_\1 = '\1'; RET
>
> Sadly, I get 0 occurences replaced.  Can anyone set me
> straight?  Thanks in advance.
>
> -exits

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