* Regexp for matching a symbol (identifier) in emacs-lisp
@ 2008-10-10 11:33 Nordlöw
2008-10-10 15:19 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-10-10 15:47 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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From: Nordlöw @ 2008-10-10 11:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Does Emacs provide a shorter way of matching an emacs-lisp symbol
(identifier) than the following:
"\\(" "\\(?:" "\\w\\|\\s_" "\\)+" "\\)"
Thanks in advance,
Nordlöw
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2008-10-10 11:33 Regexp for matching a symbol (identifier) in emacs-lisp Nordlöw
@ 2008-10-10 15:19 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-10-10 18:22 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-10-10 15:47 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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From: Lennart Borgman (gmail) @ 2008-10-10 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nordlöw; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Nordlöw wrote:
> Does Emacs provide a shorter way of matching an emacs-lisp symbol
> (identifier) than the following:
> "\\(" "\\(?:" "\\w\\|\\s_" "\\)+" "\\)"
You mean the concatenation of those strings? (BTW, if you want to make
it easier to read then rx is an alternative.)
You do not need two level of parenthesis. Use either the shy group or
the submatch group type parenthesis.
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2008-10-10 15:19 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
@ 2008-10-10 18:22 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-10-10 18:25 ` Lennart Borgman
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From: Nikolaj Schumacher @ 2008-10-10 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lennart Borgman (gmail); +Cc: help-gnu-emacs, Nordlöw
"Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nordlöw wrote:
>> Does Emacs provide a shorter way of matching an emacs-lisp symbol
>> (identifier) than the following:
>> "\\(" "\\(?:" "\\w\\|\\s_" "\\)+" "\\)"
>
>
> You do not need two level of parenthesis. Use either the shy group or
> the submatch group type parenthesis.
He needs two if he wants to match the entire symbol in a matching group,
though.
regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher
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2008-10-10 18:22 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
@ 2008-10-10 18:25 ` Lennart Borgman
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From: Lennart Borgman @ 2008-10-10 18:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nikolaj Schumacher; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs, Nordlöw
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de> wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Nordlöw wrote:
>>> Does Emacs provide a shorter way of matching an emacs-lisp symbol
>>> (identifier) than the following:
>>> "\\(" "\\(?:" "\\w\\|\\s_" "\\)+" "\\)"
>>
>>
>> You do not need two level of parenthesis. Use either the shy group or
>> the submatch group type parenthesis.
>
> He needs two if he wants to match the entire symbol in a matching group,
> though.
Yes, my bad.
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* Re: Regexp for matching a symbol (identifier) in emacs-lisp
2008-10-10 11:33 Regexp for matching a symbol (identifier) in emacs-lisp Nordlöw
2008-10-10 15:19 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
@ 2008-10-10 15:47 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
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From: Nikolaj Schumacher @ 2008-10-10 15:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nordlöw; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does Emacs provide a shorter way of matching an emacs-lisp symbol
> (identifier) than the following:
> "\\(" "\\(?:" "\\w\\|\\s_" "\\)+" "\\)"
I don't think so. In fact, you should also add \\_< and \\_>, so it
doesn't match half symbols.
regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher
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