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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. |