Supplying ~update_last_match:true
to a searching function causes Emacs to keep track
of the "last match", i.e. the start and end positions of the segments of text found
during the search. One can access parts of the last match via the Last_match
functions. subexp
is one based.
(Info-goto-node "(elisp)Match Data")
include sig ... end
val sexp_of_t : t ‑> Sexplib.Sexp.t
val save : (unit ‑> 'a) ‑> 'a
(describe-function 'save-match-data)
(Info-goto-node "(elisp)Saving Match Data")
val text_exn : ?subexp:int ‑> ?text_properties:bool ‑> unit ‑> Text.t
text_exn
returns the text of the last match, or the subexp
'th parenthesized
subexpression.
(describe-function 'match-string)
(Info-goto-node "(elisp)Simple Match Data")
val start_exn : ?subexp:int ‑> unit ‑> int
start_exn
returns the index of the start of the last match, or the subexp
'th
parenthesized subexpression.
(describe-function 'match-beginning)
(Info-goto-node "(elisp)Simple Match Data")
val end_exn : ?subexp:int ‑> unit ‑> int
end_exn
returns the index after the end of the last match, or the subexp
'th
parenthesized subexpression.
(describe-function 'match-end)
(Info-goto-node "(elisp)Simple Match Data")
module Private : sig ... end