* bug#21995: Documentation omission for regular expressions
@ 2015-11-23 12:16 jan
2015-11-23 17:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: jan @ 2015-11-23 12:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 21995
Hi,
\& used as a replacement will substitute in the entire matched
pattern. For example, given text
hello
and search regexp \(.\) with replacement \&\& you get
hheelloo
I have not been able to find this \& option in the regular expression
part of the emacs manual.
jan
(Emacs 24.5.1 running on Windows 2008 R2)
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* bug#21995: Documentation omission for regular expressions
2015-11-23 12:16 bug#21995: Documentation omission for regular expressions jan
@ 2015-11-23 17:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2015-11-23 17:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jan; +Cc: 21995-done
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:16:59 +0000
> From: jan <rtm443x@googlemail.com>
>
> \& used as a replacement will substitute in the entire matched
> pattern. For example, given text
>
> hello
>
> and search regexp \(.\) with replacement \&\& you get
>
> hheelloo
>
> I have not been able to find this \& option in the regular expression
> part of the emacs manual.
It's described in the node "Regexp Replace" (since it's only relevant
to replacing a matched regexp). Quote:
`M-x replace-regexp <RET> REGEXP <RET> NEWSTRING <RET>'
Replace every match for REGEXP with NEWSTRING.
In `replace-regexp', the NEWSTRING need not be constant: it can
refer to all or part of what is matched by the REGEXP. `\&' in
NEWSTRING stands for the entire match being replaced. `\D' in
NEWSTRING, where D is a digit, stands for whatever matched the Dth
parenthesized grouping in REGEXP. (This is called a "back reference".)
`\#' refers to the count of replacements already made in this command,
as a decimal number. In the first replacement, `\#' stands for `0'; in
the second, for `1'; and so on. For example,
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