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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libre.tex | 19 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex index cc92f13..766aab0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ result = re.match(pat, str) but the version using \function{compile()} is more efficient when the expression will be used several times in a single program. %(The compiled version of the last pattern passed to -%\function{regex.match()} or \function{regex.search()} is cached, so +%\function{re.match()} or \function{re.search()} is cached, so %programs that use only a single regular expression at a time needn't %worry about compiling regular expressions.) \end{funcdesc} @@ -514,9 +514,8 @@ replacement string. For example: 'pro--gram files' \end{verbatim} -The pattern may be a string or a -regex object; if you need to specify -regular expression flags, you must use a regex object, or use +The pattern may be a string or an RE object; if you need to specify +regular expression flags, you must use a RE object, or use embedded modifiers in a pattern; e.g. \samp{sub("(?i)b+", "x", "bbbb BBBB")} returns \code{'x x'}. @@ -623,7 +622,7 @@ Identical to the \function{subn()} function, using the compiled pattern. \begin{memberdesc}[RegexObject]{flags} -The flags argument used when the regex object was compiled, or +The flags argument used when the RE object was compiled, or \code{0} if no flags were provided. \end{memberdesc} @@ -634,7 +633,7 @@ symbolic groups were used in the pattern. \end{memberdesc} \begin{memberdesc}[RegexObject]{pattern} -The pattern string from which the regex object was compiled. +The pattern string from which the RE object was compiled. \end{memberdesc} @@ -732,14 +731,14 @@ Note that if \var{group} did not contribute to the match, this is \begin{memberdesc}[MatchObject]{pos} The value of \var{pos} which was passed to the -\function{search()} or \function{match()} function. This is the index into -the string at which the regex engine started looking for a match. +\function{search()} or \function{match()} function. This is the index +into the string at which the RE engine started looking for a match. \end{memberdesc} \begin{memberdesc}[MatchObject]{endpos} The value of \var{endpos} which was passed to the -\function{search()} or \function{match()} function. This is the index into -the string beyond which the regex engine will not go. +\function{search()} or \function{match()} function. This is the index +into the string beyond which the RE engine will not go. \end{memberdesc} \begin{memberdesc}[MatchObject]{lastgroup} |