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25.2; count-matches ^$

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From: Bruce Mardle <marblypup <at> yahoo.co.uk>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 25.2; count-matches ^$
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:15:33 +0000 (UTC)

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I've got a file with 909-lines, 358 of which are blank. To my surprise,
count-matches, given a patten of ^$ says there are 10 matches. It turns
out those are the number of *runs* of blank lines (including 1 at the
end). isearch-forward-regexp given ^$ treats the blank lines separately,
as expected.



In GNU Emacs 25.2.1 (x86_64-unknown-cygwin)
 of 2017-04-21 built on moufang
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
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Message #8 received at 27359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bruce Mardle <marblypup <at> yahoo.co.uk>
To: "27359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <27359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: count-matches vs. ^$
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:32:58 +0000 (UTC)

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Someone on comp.emacs has posted a fix.

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Message #11 received at 27359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Bruce Mardle <marblypup <at> yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: "27359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <27359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#27359: count-matches vs. ^$
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2017 20:41:27 -0400

Bruce Mardle <marblypup <at> yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> Someone on comp.emacs has posted a fix.

Perhaps they'd like to contribute it to Emacs?

Message #14 received at 27359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Bruce Mardle <marblypup <at> yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: 27359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27359: 25.2; count-matches ^$
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:31:02 +0200

Bruce Mardle <marblypup <at> yahoo.co.uk> writes:

>  I've got a file with 909-lines, 358 of which are blank. To my surprise,
> count-matches, given a patten of ^$ says there are 10 matches. It turns
> out those are the number of *runs* of blank lines (including 1 at the
> end). isearch-forward-regexp given ^$ treats the blank lines separately,
> as expected.

This should now be fixed in Emacs 28.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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