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Re: return of replace-match
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Phillip Lord |
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Re: return of replace-match |
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Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:33:15 +0000 |
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Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
> phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) writes:
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>> (progn
>> (re-search-forward "bob")
>> (replace-match "fred"))
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>> bob
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>> point gets moved to the end of "bob" (now "fred") but "nil" is returned.
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>> Am I doing something wrong?
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> I think the manual is just lying. If nobody disagrees, please make a
> bug report.
Was my impression!
Phil