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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/modules/lua/lua.luadoc b/modules/lua/lua.luadoc index a288c6c9..a3ed8b41 100644 --- a/modules/lua/lua.luadoc +++ b/modules/lua/lua.luadoc @@ -538,16 +538,17 @@ function string.gmatch(s, pattern) end -- If `repl` is a string, then its value is used for replacement. The character -- `%` works as an escape character: any sequence in `repl` of the form `%d`, -- with `d` between 1 and 9, stands for the value of the `d`-th captured --- substring (see below). The sequence `%0` stands for the whole match. The --- sequence `%%` stands for a single `%`. +-- substring. The sequence `%0` stands for the whole match. The sequence `%%` +-- stands for a single `%`. -- -- If `repl` is a table, then the table is queried for every match, using --- the first capture as the key; if the pattern specifies no captures, then --- the whole match is used as the key. +-- the first capture as the key. +-- -- If `repl` is a function, then this function is called every time a match --- occurs, with all captured substrings passed as arguments, in order; if --- the pattern specifies no captures, then the whole match is passed as a --- sole argument. +-- occurs, with all captured substrings passed as arguments, in order. +-- +-- In any case, if the pattern specifies no captures, then it behaves as if the +-- whole pattern was inside a capture. -- -- If the value returned by the table query or by the function call is a -- string or a number, then it is used as the replacement string; otherwise, |