; * doc/lispref/searching.texi (Search and Replace): Rephrase

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Mattias Engdegård 2020-09-28 12:04:10 +02:00
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@ -2567,10 +2567,10 @@ of matching @var{regexp} against a substring of @var{string}.
@end defun
@defun string-replace fromstring tostring instring
This function returns a string equal to @var{instring} where any
occurrences of @var{fromstring} have been replaced with
@var{tostring}. It may return one of its arguments.
Case is significant, and text properties are ignored.
This function replaces all occurrences of @var{fromstring} with
@var{tostring} in @var{instring} and returns the result. It may
return one of its arguments unchanged, a constant string or a new
string. Case is significant, and text properties are ignored.
@end defun
If you want to write a command along the lines of @code{query-replace},