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Re: How can I assign a regex to a variable?
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: How can I assign a regex to a variable? |
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Fri, 29 Jul 2016 03:08:39 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.2250.1469738663.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, July 28, 2016, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
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> > > Show a small but complete example that demonstrates the problem.
> > > Someone will be able to tell you whatâs wrong with it.
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> Okay, I'll try. But I do have the regexes that work great when I put it in
> double quotes directly in the function. However, I want to be able to
> define the regexes external to the function for better generality and
> documentation.
There's no difference between using a literal string and a variable
whose value is that string, and it doesn't matter where the value comes
from.
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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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