What function can test if point is at the beginning of a word?

What function can test if point is at the beginning of a word?

[Leon]

Thanks

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Leon

Re: What function can test if point is at the beginning of a word?

[Eric Hanchrow]

(looking-at "\\b")
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Re: What function can test if point is at the beginning of a word?

[Eric Hanchrow]

Actually, (looking-at "\\b\\w") is better.
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Re: What function can test if point is at the beginning of a word?

[Leon]

Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net> writes:

> Actually, (looking-at "\\b\\w") is better.

Indeed, this works better than "\\b". Thanks a lot.

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Leon

Re: What function can test if point is at the beginning of a word?

[Harald Hanche-Olsen]

+ Leon <sdl.web@gmail.com>:

| Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net> writes:
|
|> Actually, (looking-at "\\b\\w") is better.
|
| Indeed, this works better than "\\b". Thanks a lot.

(looking-at "\\<")

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Re: What function can test if point is at the beginning of a word?

[Leon]

Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@math.ntnu.no> writes:

> + Leon <sdl.web@gmail.com>:
>
> | Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net> writes:
> |
> |> Actually, (looking-at "\\b\\w") is better.
> |
> | Indeed, this works better than "\\b". Thanks a lot.
>
> (looking-at "\\<")

This works well too. Thanks, Harald.

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Leon