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authorArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2018-05-31 17:34:46 +0300
committerArnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>2018-05-31 17:34:46 +0300
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@@ -17227,11 +17227,12 @@ a[3] = "middle"
@cindex substitute in string
Search the target string @var{target} for matches of the regular
expression @var{regexp}. If @var{how} is a string beginning with
-@samp{g} or @samp{G} (short for ``global''), then replace all matches of @var{regexp} with
-@var{replacement}. Otherwise, @var{how} is treated as a number indicating
-which match of @var{regexp} to replace. If no @var{target} is supplied,
-use @code{$0}. It returns the modified string as the result
-of the function and the original target string is @emph{not} changed.
+@samp{g} or @samp{G} (short for ``global''), then replace all matches
+of @var{regexp} with @var{replacement}. Otherwise, treat @var{how}
+as a number indicating which match of @var{regexp} to replace. Treat
+numeric values less than one as if they were one. If no @var{target}
+is supplied, use @code{$0}. Return the modified string as the result
+of the function. The original target string is @emph{not} changed.
@code{gensub()} is a general substitution function. Its purpose is
to provide more features than the standard @code{sub()} and @code{gsub()}