automatically quote its values. Literal sregex clauses must be
explicitly quoted like so:
- (sregex '(or \"Bob\" \"Robert\")) => \"Bob\\\\|Robert\"
+ (sregex \\='(or \"Bob\" \"Robert\")) => \"Bob\\\\|Robert\"
but computed clauses can be included easily, allowing for the reuse
of common clauses:
- (let ((dotstar '(0+ any))
- (whitespace '(1+ (syntax ?-)))
- (digits '(1+ (char (?0 . ?9)))))
- (sregex 'bol dotstar \":\" whitespace digits)) => \"^.*:\\\\s-+[0-9]+\"
+ (let ((dotstar \\='(0+ any))
+ (whitespace \\='(1+ (syntax ?-)))
+ (digits \\='(1+ (char (?0 . ?9)))))
+ (sregex \\='bol dotstar \":\" whitespace digits)) => \"^.*:\\\\s-+[0-9]+\"
Here are the clauses allowed in an `sregex' or `sregexq' expression: