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Re: how to use a variable inside Emacs regex features ?
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Budi |
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Re: how to use a variable inside Emacs regex features ? |
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Thu, 23 May 2019 11:46:29 +0700 |
(setq ntimes 7)
re-search-forward "hello\\{ntimes\\}"
How is above supposed to work ?
On 5/23/19, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> how to use a variable inside Emacs' regex features such as
>> re-search-forward, looking-at, and all the rest ?
>
> Use it inside how? where?
>
> Maybe tell us what you really want to do.
>
> Give an example, perhaps, to show what you're asking about. In any case,
> `C-h f re-search-forward' should tell you what you need to know about its
> arguments.
>