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| -rw-r--r-- | Source/cmStringCommand.h | 15 |
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diff --git a/Source/cmStringCommand.h b/Source/cmStringCommand.h index e323707064..2d0881c3ad 100644 --- a/Source/cmStringCommand.h +++ b/Source/cmStringCommand.h @@ -119,7 +119,20 @@ public: "RANDOM will return a random string of given length consisting of " "characters from the given alphabet. Default length is 5 " "characters and default alphabet is all numbers and upper and " - "lower case letters."; + "lower case letters.\n" + "The following characters have special meaning in regular expressions:\n" + " ^ Matches at beginning of a line\n" + " $ Matches at end of a line\n" + " . Matches any single character\n" + " [ ] Matches any character(s) inside the brackets\n" + " [^ ] Matches any character(s) not inside the brackets\n" + " - Matches any character in range on either side of a dash\n" + " * Matches preceding pattern zero or more times\n" + " + Matches preceding pattern one or more times\n" + " ? Matches preceding pattern zero or once only\n" + " () Saves a matched subexpression, which can be referenced in " + "the REGEX REPLACE operation. Additionally it is saved in the special " + "CMake variables CMAKE_MATCH_(0..9)."; } cmTypeMacro(cmStringCommand, cmCommand); |