[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #49451] matching beginning/end of a word does not work

[Francesco Potortì]

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                 Summary: matching beginning/end of a word does not work
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: pot
            Submitted on: Thu 27 Oct 2016 03:43:01 AM CEST
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.0.3
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

The following two expressions should give the same result, but they don't: the
second is incorrect


> regexprep("_   aaaa   _", "\\w{4}", "b")
ans = _   b   _

> regexprep("_   aaaa   _", "\\<\\w{4}", "b")
ans = _   aaaa   _






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