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changeset 86020:a2d2fe78ace5
(Replacing Match): Describe new `match-substitute-replacement'.
| author | Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> |
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| date | Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:50:41 +0000 |
| parents | a673ba5311a4 |
| children | 03836e9a888b |
| files | doc/lispref/searching.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/lispref/searching.texi Sat Nov 10 21:49:19 2007 +0000 +++ b/doc/lispref/searching.texi Sat Nov 10 21:50:41 2007 +0000 @@ -1260,6 +1260,16 @@ just the text that matched @samp{\(ba*r\)}. @end defun +@defun match-substitute-replacement replacement &optional fixedcase literal string subexp +This function returns the text that would be inserted into the buffer +by @code{replace-match}, but without modifying the buffer. It is +useful if you want to present the user with actual replacement result, +with constructs like @samp{\@var{n}} or @samp{\&} substituted with +matched groups. Arguments @var{replacement} and optional +@var{fixedcase}, @var{literal}, @var{string} and @var{subexp} have the +same meaning as for @code{replace-match}. +@end defun + @node Simple Match Data @subsection Simple Match Data Access