From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: pocmatos@gmail.com (Paulo J. Matos) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Does word under cursor match pattern? Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:18:45 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282562720 1113 80.91.229.12 (23 Aug 2010 11:25:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:25:20 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 23 13:25:19 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnV9R-0005I8-Fq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:25:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54543 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OnV9Q-00063m-Ol for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:25:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36743 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OnV8b-0005ww-J6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:24:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnV4Q-0004gE-A0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:20:08 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:38606) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnV4Q-0004g7-3P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:20:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnV4O-0001sX-2V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:20:04 +0200 Original-Received: from 193.128.72.68 ([193.128.72.68]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:20:04 +0200 Original-Received: from pocmatos by 193.128.72.68 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:20:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.128.72.68 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aq8rYVd/k+4+kMSc0xRY7Yuk9Hw= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:74770 Archived-At: Hi, I am trying to know if a word under the cursor matched a pattern ([Bb]-?[0-9]+). My idea was: - Select region with word under cursor - Transform region into string - Apply regexp on string This has one problem: I can't seem to find a function to transform a region into a string. On the other hand maybe I can work with the region directly. Any tips on how to do this? Cheers, -- PMatos