Re: replace deprecated function ?

[Joost Kremers]

On Tue, Feb 13 2018, B. T. Raven wrote:
> Thanks Emanuel but I need it to be more interactive. I want to 
> look at each
> number that the query finds and press either space bar or n. The 
> following
> produces argument "Args out of range" for no reason that I can 
> ascertain.
> query-replace-regex has 5 args rexexp string, string, nil, int 
> and int. Whence
> the error?

I suspect it's because you cannot use `match-string' to refer to 
the match data of the regexp search still being executed.

The doc string of `query-replace-regexp-eval' says that in 
non-interactive use, you should use a loop of 
`search-regexp-forward' plus `replace-match'. You may be able to 
wrap the `replace-match' call in y-or-n-p.

HTH

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Joost Kremers
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