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diff --git a/doc/string.n b/doc/string.n index 26d1b10..ff331b4 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 1.20 2004/06/30 12:34:35 dkf Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: string.n,v 1.21 2004/08/24 08:59:54 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH string n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" @@ -194,6 +194,14 @@ will have no affect for later key matches. For example, \fBstring map {abc 1 ab 2 a 3 1 0} 1abcaababcabababc\fR .CE will return the string \fB01321221\fR. +.PP +Note that if an earlier \fIkey\fR is a prefix of a later one, it will +completely mask the later one. So if the previous example is +reordered like this, +.CS +\fBstring map {1 0 ab 2 a 3 abc 1} 1abcaababcabababc\fR +.CE +it will return the string \fB02c322c222c\fR. .RE .TP \fBstring match\fR ?\fB\-nocase\fR? \fIpattern\fR \fIstring\fR |