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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: I can't believe: replace regexp in a string
Date: 14 Feb 2003 10:11:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <x5isvnkz0l.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 62ede926.0302140037.4db6c80a@posting.google.com

kamphausen@creativepharma.com (Stefan Kamphausen) writes:

> Dear elispWizards,
> 
> somehow I can't believe it. When I try to replace a regexp in a string
> I have to create a temporary buffer and use the usual buffer
> replacement commands or write a loop over the sequence. Is that
> true?

No.

(let (pos)
  (while (setq pos (string-match "???" string ... pos))
    (setq string (replace-match ...)))

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-02-14  9:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-02-14  8:37 I can't believe: replace regexp in a string Stefan Kamphausen
2003-02-14  9:04 ` Klaus Berndl
2003-02-14  9:11 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2003-02-14 15:55 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2003-02-15 15:07   ` Stefan Kamphausen
2003-02-15 17:48     ` Kai Großjohann
2003-02-17 11:24       ` Stefan Kamphausen

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