Re: Determining existence of text following point

[Jean Louis]

* Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2021-05-18 14:27]:
> > > (setq sa (string-match "[^[:blank:]]" "     "))

> I find the description different from what string-match actually
> returns.

The symbol ^ means "not following", and that regular expression means
match non-blanks.

(string-match "[^[:blank:]]" "     ") ⇒ nil
(string-match "[[:blank:]]" "     ") ⇒ 0

-- 
Jean

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