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How do you use more than 9 regex capture groups in emacs?
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I'm trying to transform a rather long sequence of values to a different format, using emacs' replace-regex command. There are more than 9 values to extract, so the \1 - \9 back references are not enough. How can I back reference more than 9 capture groups in emacs? Can named groups be used? If so, …
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Since Emacs 23, you can include Lisp code in a regexp replacement text. This gives you a way of using more backreferences. The function returns the numbered backreferences. Since Emacs 22, if there's any parenthesized group in the regexp that you do…
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