[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #37092] backslash escape character in regexp

[Guillaume]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?37092>

                 Summary: backslash escape character in regexp
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: gyom
            Submitted on: Tue 14 Aug 2012 12:08:02 PM GMT
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Guillaume
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Using the backslash escape character returns an error in regexprep and Octave
dev with this call:

octave> regexprep('\','\\','backslash')
error: regexprep: \ at end of pattern at position 1 of expression


while it does not return the correct answer here:

octave> regexprep('\b','\\b','backslash')
ans = \b


It is fine with Octave 3.6.2.




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