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authorHenrik Nord <[email protected]>2012-10-01 10:02:39 +0200
committerHenrik Nord <[email protected]>2012-10-01 10:05:45 +0200
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Merge branch 'vs/re_back_reference'
* vs/re_back_reference: extend re back reference syntax with \g escape sequence OTP-10455
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml
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@@ -490,8 +490,8 @@ This option makes it possible to include comments inside complicated patterns. N
<p>The replacement string can contain the special character
<c>&amp;</c>, which inserts the whole matching expression in the
- result, and the special sequence <c>\</c>N (where N is an
- integer &gt; 0), resulting in the subexpression number N will be
+ result, and the special sequence <c>\</c>N (where N is an integer &gt; 0),
+ <c>\g</c>N or <c>\g{</c>N<c>}</c> resulting in the subexpression number N will be
inserted in the result. If no subexpression with that number is
generated by the regular expression, nothing is inserted.</p>
<p>To insert an <c>&amp;</c> or <c>\</c> in the result, precede it