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<f3f72811-6305-4f62-98af-3a86d6646e9f@e20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>,
 Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't get the following example to work programmatically.
> 
>   M-x replace-regexp
>   Replace regexp:  \(\w+\)
>   Replace regexp with:  \,(capitalize \1)
> 
> Is this only possible in interactive query-replace?
> If so should I use a combination of while(), looking-at(), re-search-
> forward(), replace-match(), match-string() etc.

Yes.  Notice that the documentation of replace-regexp says:

In interactive calls, the replacement text may contain `\,'

It's a special extension just for interactive use.  I'm not sure why it 
was restricted this way.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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