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-rw-r--r--doc/string.n8
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dbc31f7..1d5939a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
2004-10-25 Donal K. Fellows <donal.k.fellows@man.ac.uk>
+ * doc/string.n (map): Rewrote to clarify that we don't just map
+ single characters. [Bug 1048005]
* doc/info.n (procs): Clarified that the pattern argument may have
namespace separators in it. [Bug 1047928]
diff --git a/doc/string.n b/doc/string.n
index ff331b4..0bfe19b 100644
--- a/doc/string.n
+++ b/doc/string.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: string.n,v 1.21 2004/08/24 08:59:54 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: string.n,v 1.22 2004/10/25 22:11:11 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH string n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ number of bytes used to store the string. If the object is a
ByteArray object (such as those returned from reading a binary encoded
channel), then this will return the actual byte length of the object.
.TP
-\fBstring map\fR ?\fB\-nocase\fR? \fIcharMap string\fR
-Replaces characters in \fIstring\fR based on the key-value pairs in
-\fIcharMap\fR. \fIcharMap\fR is a list of \fIkey value key value ...\fR
+\fBstring map\fR ?\fB\-nocase\fR? \fImapping string\fR
+Replaces substrings in \fIstring\fR based on the key-value pairs in
+\fImapping\fR. \fImapping\fR is a list of \fIkey value key value ...\fR
as in the form returned by \fBarray get\fR. Each instance of a
key in the string will be replaced with its corresponding value. If
\fB\-nocase\fR is specified, then matching is done without regard to