From 264e667b86381528131c45c9b6e8f54ad168c73f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vance Shipley <vances@motivity.ca>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:17:33 +0530
Subject: extend re back reference syntax with \g escape sequence

Add the \gN and \g{N} syntax for back references in re:replace/3,4
to allow use with numeric replacement strings.
---
 lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src')

diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml
index 6d5336796c..224b4b2771 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/re.xml
@@ -524,8 +524,8 @@ 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
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