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authorPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>1999-09-14 00:17:58 +0000
committerPaul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>1999-09-14 00:17:58 +0000
commit4121dea6a59367b4431cbe7a3c43d74fec9fd832 (patch)
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* Some configuration fixes.
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@@ -5568,10 +5568,10 @@ respectively. @xref{Testing Flags}, for a practical application of
@cindex filtering words
@cindex words, filtering
@item $(filter @var{pattern}@dots{},@var{text})
-Removes all whitespace-separated words in @var{text} that do
-@emph{not} match any of the @var{pattern} words, returning only
-matching words. The patterns are written using @samp{%}, just like
-the patterns used in the @code{patsubst} function above.@refill
+Returns all whitespace-separated words in @var{text} that @emph{do} match
+any of the @var{pattern} words, removing any words that @emph{do not}
+match. The patterns are written using @samp{%}, just like the patterns
+used in the @code{patsubst} function above.@refill
The @code{filter} function can be used to separate out different types
of strings (such as file names) in a variable. For example:
@@ -5592,6 +5592,11 @@ compiler.@refill
@findex filter-out
@cindex filtering out words
@cindex words, filtering out
+Returns all whitespace-separated words in @var{text} that @emph{do not}
+match any of the @var{pattern} words, removing the words that @emph{do}
+match one or more. This is the exact opposite of the @code{filter}
+function.@refill
+
Removes all whitespace-separated words in @var{text} that @emph{do}
match the @var{pattern} words, returning only the words that @emph{do
not} match. This is the exact opposite of the @code{filter}