* Re: Regular expression match [not found] <mailman.10104.1257397298.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2009-11-05 5:23 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon 2009-11-05 14:22 ` Kevin Rodgers [not found] ` <mailman.10127.1257432106.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2009-11-05 5:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Qiang <mcknight0219@gmail.com> writes: > Hi > > I am trying to use regular expression in Emacs. And I have > question about how to return the matched item. For example, > I want to match and return '8' in the string 'Vol.8'. How > can I achieve that ? Using groups and match-string. For example: (when (re-search-forward "Vol.\(8\)") (match-string 1)) -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Regular expression match 2009-11-05 5:23 ` Regular expression match Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2009-11-05 14:22 ` Kevin Rodgers 2009-11-05 15:00 ` Timothy Schaeffer [not found] ` <mailman.10127.1257432106.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2009-11-05 14:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > Qiang <mcknight0219@gmail.com> writes: > >> Hi >> >> I am trying to use regular expression in Emacs. And I have >> question about how to return the matched item. For example, >> I want to match and return '8' in the string 'Vol.8'. How >> can I achieve that ? > > Using groups and match-string. For example: > > (when (re-search-forward "Vol.\(8\)") > (match-string 1)) The regexp string should be "Vol\\.\\(8\\)" -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* RE: Regular expression match 2009-11-05 14:22 ` Kevin Rodgers @ 2009-11-05 15:00 ` Timothy Schaeffer 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Timothy Schaeffer @ 2009-11-05 15:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs > Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > > Qiang <mcknight0219@gmail.com> writes: > > > >> I am trying to use regular expression in Emacs. And I have question > > Using groups and match-string. For example: > > > > (when (re-search-forward "Vol.\(8\)") > > (match-string 1)) > > The regexp string should be "Vol\\.\\(8\\)" And you can avoid emacs' regexp-in-strings hyperquoting with the rx macro. (rx "Vol." (group "8")) = "Vol\\.\\(8\\)" Tim S ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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* Re: Regular expression match [not found] ` <mailman.10127.1257432106.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2009-11-05 17:19 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2009-11-05 17:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> writes: > Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: >> Qiang <mcknight0219@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I am trying to use regular expression in Emacs. And I have >>> question about how to return the matched item. For example, >>> I want to match and return '8' in the string 'Vol.8'. How >>> can I achieve that ? >> Using groups and match-string. For example: >> (when (re-search-forward "Vol.\(8\)") >> (match-string 1)) > > The regexp string should be "Vol\\.\\(8\\)" Of course. Sorry. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Regular expression match @ 2009-11-05 5:02 Qiang 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Qiang @ 2009-11-05 5:02 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs Hi I am trying to use regular expression in Emacs. And I have question about how to return the matched item. For example, I want to match and return '8' in the string 'Vol.8'. How can I achieve that ? Thanks ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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