From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: replace-match: end of the replacement text for strings
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:51:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vafr8ftd87p.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3znuh25dh.fsf@tfkp07.physik.uni-erlangen.de
Roland Winkler <Roland.Winkler@physik.uni-erlangen.de> writes:
> "Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>" <monnier+gnu.emacs.help/news/@flint.cs.yale.edu> writes:
>
>> >>>>> "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.
>
> In general, doesn't this work only when I know the replacement text
> -- which I don't know when I have LITERAL set to nil and I am using
> something like "\1" in the replacement?
You need to do some arithmetic to find out the value you want.
length of replaced text = new length of string
- old length of string
+ length of text to be replaced
kai
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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>
2002-09-16 17:47 ` Roland Winkler
2002-09-16 19:00 ` Stefan Monnier <foo@acm.com>
2002-09-16 19:51 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2002-09-16 20:09 ` Roland Winkler
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