From 86cf000e8409952e492ed786102af11d4017fdd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:44:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (String Basics): Mention string-match; clarify. --- lispref/strings.texi | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispref/strings.texi b/lispref/strings.texi index 30802709311..bfe0f1f7e19 100644 --- a/lispref/strings.texi +++ b/lispref/strings.texi @@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ a key sequence, you must use a vector instead of a string. and other modifiers for keyboard input characters. Strings are useful for holding regular expressions. You can also -match regular expressions against strings (@pxref{Regexp Search}). The -functions @code{match-string} (@pxref{Simple Match Data}) and -@code{replace-match} (@pxref{Replacing Match}) are useful for -decomposing and modifying strings based on regular expression matching. +match regular expressions against strings with @code{string-match} +(@pxref{Regexp Search}). The functions @code{match-string} +(@pxref{Simple Match Data}) and @code{replace-match} (@pxref{Replacing +Match}) are useful for decomposing and modifying strings after +matching regular expressions against them. Like a buffer, a string can contain text properties for the characters in it, as well as the characters themselves. @xref{Text Properties}. -- 2.39.2