GNU bug report logs - #12622
replace-regexp-in-string

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 12622 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12622: replace-regexp-in-string
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:52:46 +0200

Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de> writes:

> (setq mystring "[.A foobar] [.B baz]")
> (replace-regexp-in-string "\\_<\\w+\\_>" (concat "\\\\" (match-string-no-properties 0)) mystring) ==>
>
>  "[.A \\ext in that fi] [.B \\ext in that fi]"
>
> for example,
>
> Docstring says:
>
> "If it is a function, it is called with the actual text of each
> match, and its value is used as the replacement text."
>
> Which is not the case AFAIS.

You are not passing a function.

Andreas.

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