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Pedro Sa da Costa <op132650c@mail.telepac.pt> writes:

> Hi,
>
> 1 -
> I have this text: "and the android goes away."
> I want to replace the word "and" to "or", but i don't want to replace
> the word " [and]roid".  How should i do this in emacs? The M-%
> doesn't work in this case.

The simplest way should be to replace "and " by "or ".

> Thanks,
> Pedro

Greetings
Malte