From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Corneli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: multiple alternatives regexp question Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 10:57:45 -0600 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073495930 9135 80.91.224.253 (7 Jan 2004 17:18:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:18:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 07 18:18:43 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AeHKN-0003I0-00 for ; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:18:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AeIBs-0001IA-Mk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 13:14:00 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AeI3o-0007Tv-Qg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 13:05:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AeHxc-0005ff-RA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 12:59:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [146.6.139.124] (helo=dell3.ma.utexas.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AeHxc-0005fJ-5u for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 12:59:16 -0500 Original-Received: from lab45.ma.utexas.edu (mail@lab45.ma.utexas.edu [128.83.133.159]) by dell3.ma.utexas.edu (8.11.0.Beta3/8.10.2) with ESMTP id i07GvjB22681; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:57:46 -0600 Original-Received: from jcorneli by lab45.ma.utexas.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AeH05-0001At-00; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 10:57:45 -0600 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: (help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org) X-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us: You are on the way to destruction. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15781 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15781 > You mean "\\([[:lower:][:digit:]A]\\)\\([[:upper:]]\\)" ? I suppose that's equivalent to what I wrote, though I didn't know could do that... Anyway, I see why the replacement doesn't work the first time & consequently why it does work the second time, so thanks for the help!