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| author | jpeek <jpeek> | 1999-06-24 21:15:13 (GMT) |
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| committer | jpeek <jpeek> | 1999-06-24 21:15:13 (GMT) |
| commit | 9f6f5c519abd3e4640e5fed701205a348b0bf006 (patch) | |
| tree | eefaa1eee86447d2b23facd48fa29800b023a37d /doc/regsub.n | |
| parent | 79d36b8166d773a6f2740a59820c30748c102226 (diff) | |
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Moved description of regular expression syntax from regexp.n into a
new re_syntax.n page. Modified other pages' references to regexp(n).
Added a few new "see also" entries pointing to re_syntax(n).
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/regsub.n b/doc/regsub.n index 516a417..65c22a6 100644 --- a/doc/regsub.n +++ b/doc/regsub.n @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regsub.n,v 1.2 1998/09/14 18:39:54 stanton Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regsub.n,v 1.3 1999/06/24 21:15:13 jpeek Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH regsub n 7.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ This command matches the regular expression \fIexp\fR against \fIstring\fR, and it copies \fIstring\fR to the variable whose name is given by \fIvarName\fR. +(Regular expression matching is described in the \fBre_syntax\fR +reference page.) If there is a match, then while copying \fIstring\fR to \fIvarName\fR the portion of \fIstring\fR that matched \fIexp\fR is replaced with \fIsubSpec\fR. |