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process backslash string escapes in regexp pattern and regexprep replacement (bug #35911) * regexp.cc (do_regexp_string_escapes): New function. (octregexp, octregexprep): Process backslash string escapes in single-quoted pattern string. (octregexprep): Process backslash string escapes in single-quoted replacement string.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:14:24 -0400
parents 6d5c951ec520
children be18c9e359bf
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     where the pattern is actually the assertion '^' or start-of-line.
 
+ ** For compatibility with Matlab, the regexp, regexpi, and regexprep
+    functions now process backslash escapes in single-quoted pattern
+    strings.  The regexprep function now processes backslash escapes in
+    single-quoted replacement strings.
+
  ** Redundant terminal comma accepted by parser
 
     A redundant terminal comma is now accepted in matrix