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(Regexps): Ref to Lisp manual for more regexp features.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Wed, 16 Apr 2003 05:06:35 +0000 |
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| 382 Search}. | 382 Search}. |
| 383 | 383 |
| 384 @node Regexps, Search Case, Regexp Search, Search | 384 @node Regexps, Search Case, Regexp Search, Search |
| 385 @section Syntax of Regular Expressions | 385 @section Syntax of Regular Expressions |
| 386 @cindex syntax of regexps | 386 @cindex syntax of regexps |
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| 388 This manual describes regular expression features that users | |
| 389 typically want to use. There are additional features that are | |
| 390 mainly used in Lisp programs; see @ref{Regular Expressions,,, | |
| 391 elisp, the same manual}. | |
| 387 | 392 |
| 388 Regular expressions have a syntax in which a few characters are | 393 Regular expressions have a syntax in which a few characters are |
| 389 special constructs and the rest are @dfn{ordinary}. An ordinary | 394 special constructs and the rest are @dfn{ordinary}. An ordinary |
| 390 character is a simple regular expression which matches that same | 395 character is a simple regular expression which matches that same |
| 391 character and nothing else. The special characters are @samp{$}, | 396 character and nothing else. The special characters are @samp{$}, |