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| -rw-r--r-- | manual/pattern.texi | 10 |
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diff --git a/manual/pattern.texi b/manual/pattern.texi index d4f287dcf2..872fde05fb 100644 --- a/manual/pattern.texi +++ b/manual/pattern.texi @@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ variable any portion at the end that matches the pattern @var{suffix}. If there is more than one alternative for how to match against @var{suffix}, this construct uses the shortest possible alternative. -Thus, @samp{$@{foo%%r*@}} substitutes @samp{tracto}, because the shortest +Thus, @samp{$@{foo%r*@}} substitutes @samp{tracto}, because the shortest match for @samp{r*} at the end of @samp{tractor} is just @samp{r}. @item $@{@var{variable}##@var{prefix}@} @@ -1519,8 +1519,8 @@ variable any portion at the beginning that matches the pattern @var{prefix}. If there is more than one alternative for how to match against @var{prefix}, this construct uses the longest possible match. -Thus, @samp{$@{foo%%r*@}} substitutes @samp{t}, because the largest -match for @samp{r*} at the end of @samp{tractor} is @samp{ractor}. +Thus, @samp{$@{foo##*t@}} substitutes @samp{or}, because the largest +match for @samp{*t} at the beginning of @samp{tractor} is @samp{tract}. @item $@{@var{variable}#@var{prefix}@} Substitute the value of @var{variable}, but first discard from that @@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ variable any portion at the beginning that matches the pattern @var{prefix}. If there is more than one alternative for how to match against @var{prefix}, this construct uses the shortest possible alternative. -Thus, @samp{$@{foo%%r*@}} substitutes @samp{tracto}, because the shortest -match for @samp{r*} at the end of @samp{tractor} is just @samp{r}. +Thus, @samp{$@{foo#*t@}} substitutes @samp{ractor}, because the shortest +match for @samp{*t} at the beginning of @samp{tractor} is just @samp{t}. @end table |