Re: Query replace regex with 2 alternatives

[Tassilo Horn]

Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> writes:

>> Or maybe this is what you mean:
>>
>> &lt;\|&gt;
>> Replace with:
>> \,(if (string-equal \& "&lt;" "[" "]"))
>
> This is what I was asking for.
> I pasted both values into emacs and the latter part gave me an
> error, (wrong-number-of-arguments if 1).

A paren is wrong.  It has to be

  \,(if (string-equal \&) "&lt;" "[" "]")

Bye,
Tassilo