On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 01:26:12PM +0200, Christopher Dimech wrote:

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> > On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 12:08:42PM +0200, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> > > How is it that the following returns nil?
> > >
> > > (setq sa (string-match "[^[:blank:]]" "     "))
> >
> > Because you stated to match any non-blank character and there
> > are only blank characters to match.
> 
> The docstring for string-match is
> 
> "Return index of start of first match for REGEXP in STRING, or nil."
> 
> I find the description different from what string-match actually returns.

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Cheers
 - t