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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2006-04-18 21:09:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2006-04-18 21:09:13 +0000 |
| commit | 50363cd8abab4ae76c1b15f8c98e23b566f7e277 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ddc7ec539596fc7bc80c9ffc7f2932437a6fb9d /lispref | |
| parent | c759f47bfdfd71680ff3b811835d9981bed0f137 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-50363cd8abab4ae76c1b15f8c98e23b566f7e277.tar.gz | |
(String Search): Clarify effect of NOERROR.
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| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/searching.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/searching.texi b/lispref/searching.texi index 9b80fdfd930..644376f5cdd 100644 --- a/lispref/searching.texi +++ b/lispref/searching.texi @@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ upper bound and returns @code{nil}. (It would be more consistent now to return the new position of point in that case, but some existing programs may depend on a value of @code{nil}.) +The argument @var{noerror} only affects valid searches which fail to +find a match. Invalid arguments cause errors regardless of +@var{noerror}. + If @var{repeat} is supplied (it must be a positive number), then the search is repeated that many times (each time starting at the end of the previous time's match). If these successive searches succeed, the |