[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/searching.texi

[Richard M. Stallman]

Index: emacs/lispref/searching.texi
diff -c emacs/lispref/searching.texi:1.42 emacs/lispref/searching.texi:1.43
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  @subsection Simple Match Data Access
  
    This section explains how to use the match data to find out what was
! matched by the last search or match operation.
  
    You can ask about the entire matching text, or about a particular
  parenthetical subexpression of a regular expression.  The @var{count}
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  @subsection Simple Match Data Access
  
    This section explains how to use the match data to find out what was
! matched by the last search or match operation, if it succeeded.
  
    You can ask about the entire matching text, or about a particular
  parenthetical subexpression of a regular expression.  The @var{count}
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    A search which fails may or may not alter the match data.  In the
  past, a failing search did not do this, but we may change it in the
! future.
  
  @defun match-string count &optional in-string
  This function returns, as a string, the text matched in the last search
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    A search which fails may or may not alter the match data.  In the
  past, a failing search did not do this, but we may change it in the
! future.  So don't try to rely on the value of the match data after
! a failing search.
  
  @defun match-string count &optional in-string
  This function returns, as a string, the text matched in the last search