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(explicitly numbered group): Precise the behavior.
| author | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
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| date | Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:49:14 +0000 |
| parents | 465e2d55267d |
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| 653 @item \(?@var{num}: @dots{} \) | 653 @item \(?@var{num}: @dots{} \) |
| 654 is the @dfn{explicitly numbered group} construct. Normal groups get | 654 is the @dfn{explicitly numbered group} construct. Normal groups get |
| 655 their number implicitly, based on their position, which can be | 655 their number implicitly, based on their position, which can be |
| 656 inconvenient. This construct allows you to force a particular group | 656 inconvenient. This construct allows you to force a particular group |
| 657 number. There is no particular restriction on the numbering, | 657 number. There is no particular restriction on the numbering, |
| 658 e.g.@: you can have several groups with the same number. | 658 e.g.@: you can have several groups with the same number in which case |
| 659 the last one to match (i.e.@: the rightmost match) will win. | |
| 659 Implicitly numbered groups always get the smallest integer larger than | 660 Implicitly numbered groups always get the smallest integer larger than |
| 660 the one of any previous group. | 661 the one of any previous group. |
| 661 | 662 |
| 662 @item \@var{digit} | 663 @item \@var{digit} |
| 663 matches the same text that matched the @var{digit}th occurrence of a | 664 matches the same text that matched the @var{digit}th occurrence of a |