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@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
'\" 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 1.3 1999/06/24 21:15:13 jpeek Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regsub.n,v 1.4 1999/09/21 04:20:36 hobbs Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
-.TH regsub n 7.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
+.TH regsub n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ from the corresponding match.
Upper-case characters in \fIstring\fR will be converted to lower-case
before matching against \fIexp\fR; however, substitutions specified
by \fIsubSpec\fR use the original unconverted form of \fIstring\fR.
+.VS 8.3
+.TP 10
+\fB\-start\fR \fIindex\fR
+Specifies a character index offset into the string to start
+matching the regular expression at. When using this switch, `^'
+will not match the beginning of the line, and \\A 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
+absolute beginning of the input string.
+\fIindex\fR will be constrained to the bounds of the input string.
+.VE 8.3
.TP 10
\fB\-\|\-\fR
Marks the end of switches. The argument following this one will