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Re: Difference between \\w and [:word:]?
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Robert Pluim |
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Re: Difference between \\w and [:word:]? |
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Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:24:04 +0200 |
Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
> Can someone explain to me what's happening here? What's the difference
> between \\w and [:word:], inside and outside of a bracket construction?
>
> (setq case-fold-search nil)
> (string-match-p "[:word:]" "P") => nil
> (string-match-p "[[:word:]]" "P") => 0
> (string-match-p "\\w" "P") => 0
> (string-match-p "[\\w]" "P") = nil
Consider
(string-match-p "[\\w]" "w") => ?
Robert
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