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@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ pattern instead substring as first argument: $(pcre_find PATTERN,IN) $(m PATTERN,IN) -It searches IN for matching PATTERN. If it occurs, the matched substring is -returned; otherwise returned string is empty. Note that normally PATTERN is -not expanded, but IN is expanded before search. +It searches *IN* for matching *PATTERN*. If it occurs, the matched substring is +returned; otherwise returned string is empty. Note that normally *PATTERN* is +not expanded, but *IN* is expanded before search. ### `pcre_subst` function ### @@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ instead substring as first argument: $(pcre_subst PATTERN,REPLACEMENT,TEXT) $(s PATTERN,REPLACEMENT,TEXT) -It searches TEXT for matching PATTERN. If it occurs, the matched substring is -replaced with REPLACEMENT, and the resulting string is returned. If pattern -does not match, TEXT is returned unchanged. +It searches *TEXT* for matching *PATTERN*. If it occurs, the matched substring +is replaced with *REPLACEMENT*, and the resulting string is returned. If pattern +does not match, *TEXT* is returned unchanged. *PATTERN* is not expanded by default, +*TEXT* is expanded before search, and *REPLACEMENT* string is expanded just before +substitution. Capturing strings ----------------- |