From: "Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: replace-match: end of the replacement text for strings
Date: 16 Sep 2002 09:43:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5lwupmoxry.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3elbw2p6z.fsf@tfkp07.physik.uni-erlangen.de
>>>>> "Roland" == Roland Winkler <Roland.Winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de> writes:
> When I use replace-match to operate on a string, is there an easy
> way to find out the end of the replacement text in the string that
> is returned by replace-match (like point in a buffer)? I have in
> mind the situation when the optional arg LITERAL is nil, i.e., the
> replacement text is `derived' from the string that is passed to
> replace-match.
You should be able to get it by looking at the size of the string
before and after replacement as well as the size of the replaced text.
It's a bit round-about, but I can't think of any other way.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-16 13:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-14 22:15 replace-match: end of the replacement text for strings Roland Winkler
2002-09-16 13:43 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com> [this message]
2002-09-16 17:47 ` Roland Winkler
2002-09-16 19:00 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-09-16 19:51 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-16 20:09 ` Roland Winkler
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