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diff --git a/doc/regexp.n b/doc/regexp.n index d626e37..f7baefa 100644 --- a/doc/regexp.n +++ b/doc/regexp.n @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regexp.n,v 1.24 2007/10/28 14:17:40 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regexp.n,v 1.25 2007/10/29 01:42:19 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH regexp n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ regexp \- Match a regular expression against a string .SH DESCRIPTION .PP Determines whether the regular expression \fIexp\fR matches part or -all of \fIstring\fR and returns 1 if it does, 0 if it doesn't, unless +all of \fIstring\fR and returns 1 if it does, 0 if it does not, unless \fB-inline\fR is specified (see below). (Regular expression matching is described in the \fBre_syntax\fR reference page.) @@ -62,20 +62,37 @@ range of characters. \fB\-line\fR Enables newline-sensitive matching. By default, newline is a completely ordinary character with no special meaning. With this -flag, `[^' bracket expressions and `.' never match newline, `^' +flag, +.QW [^ +bracket expressions and +.QW . +never match newline, +.QW ^ matches an empty string after any newline in addition to its normal -function, and `$' matches an empty string before any newline in +function, and +.QW $ +matches an empty string before any newline in addition to its normal function. This flag is equivalent to specifying both \fB\-linestop\fR and \fB\-lineanchor\fR, or the \fB(?n)\fR embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR manual page). .TP 15 \fB\-linestop\fR -Changes the behavior of `[^' bracket expressions and `.' so that they +Changes the behavior of +.QW [^ +bracket expressions and +.QW . +so that they stop at newlines. This is the same as specifying the \fB(?p)\fR embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR manual page). .TP 15 \fB\-lineanchor\fR -Changes the behavior of `^' and `$' (the ``anchors'') so they match the +Changes the behavior of +.QW ^ +and +.QW $ +(the +.QW anchors ) +so they match the beginning and end of a line respectively. This is the same as specifying the \fB(?w)\fR embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR manual page). @@ -112,7 +129,8 @@ matching the regular expression at. The \fIindex\fR value is interpreted in the same manner as the \fIindex\fR argument to \fBstring index\fR. .VE 8.5 -When using this switch, `^' +When using this switch, +.QW ^ will not match the beginning of the line, and \eA will still match the start of the string at \fIindex\fR. If \fB\-indices\fR is specified, the indices will be indexed starting from the @@ -123,12 +141,13 @@ absolute beginning of the input string. Marks the end of switches. The argument following this one will be treated as \fIexp\fR even if it starts with a \fB\-\fR. .PP -If there are more \fIsubMatchVar\fR's than parenthesized +If there are more \fIsubMatchVar\fRs than parenthesized subexpressions within \fIexp\fR, or if a particular subexpression -in \fIexp\fR doesn't match the string (e.g. because it was in a -portion of the expression that wasn't matched), then the corresponding -\fIsubMatchVar\fR will be set to ``\fB\-1 \-1\fR'' if \fB\-indices\fR -has been specified or to an empty string otherwise. +in \fIexp\fR does not match the string (e.g. because it was in a +portion of the expression that was not matched), then the corresponding +\fIsubMatchVar\fR will be set to +.QW "\fB\-1 \-1\fR" +if \fB\-indices\fR has been specified or to an empty string otherwise. .SH EXAMPLES Find the first occurrence of a word starting with \fBfoo\fR in a string that is not actually an instance of \fBfoobar\fR, and get the |