[erlang-questions] RegExp Behaviour

[Johnny Billquist]

Well, youre not thinking big enough. :-)

How about

regexp:gsub("foobarquux","o","&x").

Ie. append an "x" after each "o". Just as a small, stupid example of 
when "&" might be used/useful.

	Johnny

Gordon Guthrie wrote:
> B
> 
> How embarrassing, I read the documentation for gsub, and read and 
> re-read the regexp character stuff elsewhere in the documentation, but 
> didn't read what was staring me in the face...
> 
> However, on reading it, the phrase:
> 
> "A & in the string New is replaced by the matched
> substring of String."
> 
> leaves me completely bemused. 'on doing a substitution, don't'.
> 
> I suppose it could have some 'flow of control use'?
> 
> G
> 
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Bernard Duggan <bernie@REDACTED 
> <mailto:bernie@REDACTED>> wrote:
> 
>     I'd say it's behaving just fine.  Check the documentation for
>     regexp:sub().  "A & in the string New is replaced by the matched
>     substring of String."
> 
>     Cheers,
> 
>     B
> 
>     Gordon Guthrie wrote:
>      > 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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