Re: What does (looking-at "\\>") mean?

[weber]

>From the emacs info on regexps:

`\>'
     matches the empty string, but only at the end of a word.  `\>'
     matches at the end of the buffer only if the contents end with a
     word-constituent character.

HTH
Hugo

Wang Lei wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I copied a piece of code like this:
>
> (defun my-indent-or-complete ()
>   (interactive)
>   (if (looking-at "\\>")
>       (hippie-expand nil)
>     (indent-for-tab-command)))
>
> But, I can't figure out what this "\\>" means. Could someone give me a
> explanation ?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> --
> Regards
> Lei