[erlang-questions] RegExp Behaviour

[Dale Harvey]

regexp:gsub("ab:de", ":", "\\&").

& replaces the match with the substring of the match, so it was just
replacing
c with c

regexp is deprecated though, and will probably be taken out the release
after
the one next week.

2009/4/18 Gordon Guthrie <gordon@REDACTED>

> Folks
> This looks like a bug to me, but after many years regexp still gives me the
> creeps :(
>
> > regexp:gsub("abcde", "c", "x").
> {ok, "abxde", 1}
>
> One substitution, new string, tickety-boo!
>
> > regexp:gsub("ab:de", ":", "&").
> {ok, "ab:de", 1}
>
> One substitution, but the old string, erk?
>
> Gordon
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