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@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999
@c   Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@setfilename ../info/searching
@node Searching and Matching, Syntax Tables, Non-ASCII Characters, Top
@chapter Searching and Matching
@cindex searching

If a range starts with a unibyte character @var{c} and ends with a
multibyte character @var{c2}, the range is divided into two parts: one
is @samp{@var{c}..?\377}, the other is @samp{@var{c1}..@var{c2}}, where
@var{c1} is the first character of the charset to which @var{c2}
belongs.
 
You cannot always match all non-@sc{ascii} characters with the regular
expression @code{"[\200-\377]"}.  This works when searching a unibyte
buffer or string (@pxref{Text Representations}), but not in a multibyte
buffer or string, because many non-@sc{ascii} characters have codes
above octal 0377.  However, the regular expression @code{"[^\000-\177]"}

@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@subsection Complex Regexp Example

  Here is a complicated regexp, used by Emacs to recognize the end of a
sentence together with any whitespace that follows.  It is the value of
the variable @code{sentence-end}.  

  First, we show the regexp as a string in Lisp syntax to distinguish
spaces from tab characters.  The string constant begins and ends with a
double-quote.  @samp{\"} stands for a double-quote as part of the
string, @samp{\\} for a backslash as part of the string, @samp{\t} for a

will see the following:

@example
@group
sentence-end
     @result{} "[.?!][]\"')@}]*\\($\\| $\\|  \\|  \\)[       
]*"
@end group
@end example

@noindent

@example
@group
(string-match "\\(qu\\)\\(ick\\)"
              "The quick fox jumped quickly.")
              ;0123456789      
     @result{} 4
@end group

@group
(match-string 0 "The quick fox jumped quickly.")

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@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
@c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999
@c   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
@setfilename ../info/searching
@node Searching and Matching, Syntax Tables, Non-ASCII Characters, Top
@chapter Searching and Matching
@cindex searching

If a range starts with a unibyte character @var{c} and ends with a
multibyte character @var{c2}, the range is divided into two parts: one
is @samp{@var{c}..?\377}, the other is @samp{@var{c1}..@var{c2}}, where
@var{c1} is the first character of the charset to which @var{c2}
belongs.

You cannot always match all non-@sc{ascii} characters with the regular
expression @code{"[\200-\377]"}.  This works when searching a unibyte
buffer or string (@pxref{Text Representations}), but not in a multibyte
buffer or string, because many non-@sc{ascii} characters have codes
above octal 0377.  However, the regular expression @code{"[^\000-\177]"}

@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@subsection Complex Regexp Example

  Here is a complicated regexp, used by Emacs to recognize the end of a
sentence together with any whitespace that follows.  It is the value of
the variable @code{sentence-end}.

  First, we show the regexp as a string in Lisp syntax to distinguish
spaces from tab characters.  The string constant begins and ends with a
double-quote.  @samp{\"} stands for a double-quote as part of the
string, @samp{\\} for a backslash as part of the string, @samp{\t} for a

will see the following:

@example
@group
sentence-end
     @result{} "[.?!][]\"')@}]*\\($\\| $\\|  \\|  \\)[
]*"
@end group
@end example

@noindent

@example
@group
(string-match "\\(qu\\)\\(ick\\)"
              "The quick fox jumped quickly.")
              ;0123456789
     @result{} 4
@end group

@group
(match-string 0 "The quick fox jumped quickly.")