regexp-builder - no match with correct regexp. Why?

Question

In buffer I has text

"ADA-SGD"
"ADT-SGD"
"ADX-SGD"
"AID-SGD"
"AMP-SGD"
"ANT-SGD"
"ARDR-SGD"
"ARK-SGD"

M-x regexp-builder

Input regexp:

"\([A-Z]+\)-\([A-Z]+\)"

But I get message:

No match.

Why?

Try "\\\([A-Z]+\\\)-\\\([A-Z]+\\\)". Also take a look at this answer https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/5577/9970 — muffinmad, Jan 09 '19 at 16:39

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '19 at 17:45

2

Two (2) backslashes are sufficient to get the job done:

"\\([A-Z]+\\)-\\([A-Z]+\\)"

answered Jan 09 '19 at 17:45

lawlist

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 09 '19 at 20:23

2

Probably you want to select the string syntax.

  (setq reb-re-syntax 'string)

edited Jan 09 '19 at 20:23

phils

answered Jan 09 '19 at 20:04

gigiair

@Alexei see also the comments to your basically-a-duplicate question from a few days ago. – phils Jan 09 '19 at 20:25

2 Answers2