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Subject: Re: Query replace regex with 2 alternatives
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Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:

> Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> writes:
>
>>> Or maybe this is what you mean:
>>>
>>> &lt;\|&gt;
>>> Replace with:
>>> \,(if (string-equal \& "&lt;" "[" "]"))
>>
>> This is what I was asking for.
>> I pasted both values into emacs and the latter part gave me an
>> error, (wrong-number-of-arguments if 1).
>
> A paren is wrong.  It has to be
>
>   \,(if (string-equal \&) "&lt;" "[" "]")

And now, all of a sudden it penetrates my thick head.

Thanks again.

-- 
Dan Espen