On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > I want to globally replace a digit followed by a single quotation mark by > the digit alone. Using emacs's regex I set the search term as [0-9]' and the > replace term as \&. The replace term replaces the single quote, too. I > cannot do a regular search-and-replace for single quotes because there are > strings defined. >
You need to define a group around the digit, then reference that digit as the replace pattern, using query-replace-regexp. Match on: \([0-9]\)' and replace with: \1 (to refer to the first group) http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find_html/emacs-regular-expression-syntax.html --Rogan > How do I write the replacement term so only the digit is written and the > single quote eliminated? > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
