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changeset 12805:6bf9976041ca
Add subexp arg to replace-match.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 08 Aug 1995 20:08:09 +0000 |
| parents | 1619fcabdb99 |
| children | 826ee893ebdf |
| files | lispref/searching.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/searching.texi Tue Aug 08 08:12:07 1995 +0000 +++ b/lispref/searching.texi Tue Aug 08 20:08:09 1995 +0000 @@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ @var{replacement}. @cindex case in replacements -@defun replace-match replacement &optional fixedcase literal string +@defun replace-match replacement &optional fixedcase literal string subexp This function replaces the text in the buffer (or in @var{string}) that was matched by the last search. It replaces that text with @var{replacement}. @@ -1127,6 +1127,12 @@ @cindex @samp{\} in replacement @samp{\\} stands for a single @samp{\} in the replacement text. @end table + +If @var{subexp} is non-@code{nil}, that says to replace just +subexpression number @var{subexp} of the regexp that was matched, not +the entire match. For example, after matching @samp{foo \(ba*r\)}, +calling @code{replace-match} with 1 as @var{subexp} means to replace +just the text that matched @samp{\(ba*r\)}. @end defun @node Entire Match Data