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| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 1998-06-22 15:02:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 1998-06-22 15:02:42 (GMT) |
| commit | 65b7863efc55a284bb16d4c4a25f774dcbe21776 (patch) | |
| tree | 9fe6be999df2b1da2dd67534a7c005aab886cca6 /Doc/lib/libre.tex | |
| parent | a8a1b9bc65ad81a75d2b9352531bf7580ca3d83f (diff) | |
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Fix unclear wording pointed out by Tim Peters, about the interaction between
^ and the pos argument to re.match().
Also, fixed a typo in libregex.tex.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex index a47723f..a1bcf06 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex @@ -476,9 +476,11 @@ attributes: match. The optional second parameter \var{pos} gives an index in the string - where the search is to start; it defaults to \code{0}. The - \character{\^} pattern character will not match at the index where the - search is to start. + where the search is to start; it defaults to \code{0}. This is not + completely equivalent to slicing the string; the \code{'\^'} pattern + character matches at the real beginning of the string and at positions + just after a newline, but not necessarily at the index where the search + is to start. The optional parameter \var{endpos} limits how far the string will be searched; it will be as if the string is \var{endpos} characters |