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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-08-20 21:48:51 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-08-20 21:48:51 +0000 |
commit | 23bb94bb4a9edf0fede53274990c1e39f6dd6545 (patch) | |
tree | 79ba141a1b8f301a7732c4f24bbacd7ebb8a2bc9 /lisp | |
parent | 3c24b4e4a5f36bf7c57d495332a73b7d00127bc6 (diff) | |
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(replace-regexp-in-string): Doc fix.
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diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el index fba837212d3..bc97a367217 100644 --- a/lisp/subr.el +++ b/lisp/subr.el @@ -2167,9 +2167,10 @@ arguments with the same names of function `replace-match'. If START is non-nil, start replacements at that index in STRING. REP is either a string used as the NEWTEXT arg of `replace-match' or a -function. If it is a function it is applied to each match to generate -the replacement passed to `replace-match'; the match-data at this -point are such that match 0 is the function's argument. +function. If it is a function, it is called with the actual text of each +match, and its value is used as the replacement text. When REP is called, +the match-data are the result of matching REGEXP against a substring +of STRING. To replace only the first match (if any), make REGEXP match up to \\' and replace a sub-expression, e.g. |