comparison lispref/searching.texi @ 16736:981e116b4ac6

Minor cleanups for overfull hboxes.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 20 Dec 1996 00:09:23 +0000
parents 6bf9976041ca
children aa0b21b54684
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368 @cindex regexp grouping 368 @cindex regexp grouping
369 is a grouping construct that serves three purposes: 369 is a grouping construct that serves three purposes:
370 370
371 @enumerate 371 @enumerate
372 @item 372 @item
373 To enclose a set of @samp{\|} alternatives for other operations. 373 To enclose a set of @samp{\|} alternatives for other operations. Thus,
374 Thus, @samp{\(foo\|bar\)x} matches either @samp{foox} or @samp{barx}. 374 the regular expression @samp{\(foo\|bar\)x} matches either @samp{foox}
375 or @samp{barx}.
375 376
376 @item 377 @item
377 To enclose an expression for a suffix operator such as @samp{*} to act 378 To enclose an expression for a suffix operator such as @samp{*} to act
378 on. Thus, @samp{ba\(na\)*} matches @samp{bananana}, etc., with any 379 on. Thus, @samp{ba\(na\)*} matches @samp{bananana}, etc., with any
379 (zero or more) number of @samp{na} strings.@refill 380 (zero or more) number of @samp{na} strings.@refill