Index: emacs/lispref/searching.texi
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@section Search and Replace
@cindex replacement
+ @defun replace-regexp-in-string regexp rep string &optional fixedcase literal
subexp start
+ This function copies @var{string} and searches it for matches for
+ @var{regexp}, and replaces them with @var{rep}. It returns the
+ modified copy. If @var{start} is [EMAIL PROTECTED], the search for
+ matches starts at that index in @var{string}, so matches starting
+ before that index are not changed.
+
+ This function uses @code{replace-match} to do the replacement, and it
+ passes the optional arguments @var{fixedcase}, @var{literal} and
+ @var{subexp} along to @code{replace-match}.
+
+ Instead of a string, @var{rep} can be a function. In that case,
+ @code{replace-regexp-in-string} calls @var{rep} for each match,
+ passing the text of the match as its sole argument. It collects the
+ value @var{rep} returns and passes that to @code{replace-match} as the
+ replacement string. The match-data at this point are the result
+ of matching @var{regexp} against a substring of @var{string}.
+ @end defun
+
@defun perform-replace from-string replacements query-flag regexp-flag
delimited-flag &optional repeat-count map start end
This function is the guts of @code{query-replace} and related
commands. It searches for occurrences of @var{from-string} in the
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