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Re: I can't believe: replace regexp in a string
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: I can't believe: replace regexp in a string |
Date: |
14 Feb 2003 10:11:22 +0100 |
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kamphausen@creativepharma.com (Stefan Kamphausen) writes:
> Dear elispWizards,
>
> somehow I can't believe it. When I try to replace a regexp in a string
> I have to create a temporary buffer and use the usual buffer
> replacement commands or write a loop over the sequence. Is that
> true?
No.
(let (pos)
(while (setq pos (string-match "???" string ... pos))
(setq string (replace-match ...)))
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