[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #50329] ${cmd} replacement operator in regexprep

[Guillaume]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50329>

                 Summary: ${cmd} replacement operator in regexprep
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: gyom
            Submitted on: Thu 16 Feb 2017 03:24:31 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Guillaume
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

With Matlab, regexprep has an option to use ${cmd} in the replacement string
to execute command cmd for each match:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/regexprep.html#inputarg_replace


regexprep('aabb','ab','${fliplr($&)}')


Output should be 'abab' but Octave returns 'a${fliplr($&)}b'.




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