GNU bug report logs - #50718
28.0.50; `split-string` fails on certain unicode strings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: dalanicolai <dalanicolai <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: dalanicolai <dalanicolai <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 50718 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50718: 28.0.50; `split-string` fails on certain unicode strings
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:51:44 +0200

On Sep 21 2021, dalanicolai wrote:

> Evaluate: (split-string "१०.३" ".")
> It wrongly returns a list with only empty string.

You have specified all characters as separators, since "." matches any
character.  If you want to match only the period you need to use "\\."
has the regexp.

Andreas.

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