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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libregex.tex b/Doc/lib/libregex.tex index dae6666..1b18679 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libregex.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libregex.tex @@ -44,12 +44,13 @@ The module defines these functions, and an exception: \begin{funcdesc}{compile}{pattern\optional{\, translate}} Compile a regular expression pattern into a regular expression object, which can be used for matching using its \code{match} and - \code{search} methods, described below. The optional + \code{search} methods, described below. The optional argument \var{translate}, if present, must be a 256-character string indicating how characters (both of the pattern and of the strings to be matched) are translated before comparing them; the \code{i}-th element of the string gives the translation for the character with - ASCII code \code{i}. + \ASCII{} code \code{i}. This can be used to implement + case-insensitive matching; see the \code{casefold} data item below. The sequence |