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GNU Info (elisp)Saving Match DataSaving and Restoring the Match Data ----------------------------------- When you call a function that may do a search, you may need to save and restore the match data around that call, if you want to preserve the match data from an earlier search for later use. Here is an example that shows the problem that arises if you fail to save the match data: (re-search-forward "The \\(cat \\)") => 48 (foo) ; Perhaps `foo' does ; more searching. (match-end 0) => 61 ; Unexpected result--not 48! You can save and restore the match data with `save-match-data': - Macro: save-match-data body... This macro executes BODY, saving and restoring the match data around it. You could use `set-match-data' together with `match-data' to imitate the effect of the special form `save-match-data'. Here is how: (let ((data (match-data))) (unwind-protect ... ; Ok to change the original match data. (set-match-data data))) Emacs automatically saves and restores the match data when it runs process filter functions (Note: Filter Functions) and process sentinels (Note: Sentinels). automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |