# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1075179129 0
# Node ID 824b5057fbcacc808f0b8664f2e2d71dacd99067
# Parent  2a5b1c27f1a595c975cda2c338ba95c1d4a734b6
(Freplace_match): Handle nonexistent back-references properly.

diff -r 2a5b1c27f1a5 -r 824b5057fbca src/search.c
--- a/src/search.c	Tue Jan 27 04:52:02 2004 +0000
+++ b/src/search.c	Tue Jan 27 04:52:09 2004 +0000
@@ -2366,13 +2366,21 @@
 		      substart = search_regs.start[sub];
 		      subend = search_regs.end[sub];
 		    }
-		  else if (c >= '1' && c <= '9' && c <= search_regs.num_regs + '0')
+		  else if (c >= '1' && c <= '9')
 		    {
-		      if (search_regs.start[c - '0'] >= 0)
+		      if (search_regs.start[c - '0'] >= 0
+			  && c <= search_regs.num_regs + '0')
 			{
 			  substart = search_regs.start[c - '0'];
 			  subend = search_regs.end[c - '0'];
 			}
+		      else
+			{
+			  /* If that subexp did not match,
+			     replace \\N with nothing.  */
+			  substart = 0;
+			  subend = 0;
+			}
 		    }
 		  else if (c == '\\')
 		    delbackslash = 1;