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From: gildea@ALEXANDER.BBN.COM (Stephen Gildea)
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Subject: Re: Aborting a search nicely
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Date: 8 Nov 90 16:15:11 GMT
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    (re-search-forward "String")

    If "String" does not exist in my buffer then the search-forward command
    bombs out.  There must be a way to stop the search-forward from bombing
    out and to do something if the string is not found.


RTFM: a quick look at "C-h f re-search-forward" shows you how to supply
the extra arguments to do this:

(if (re-search-forward "String" nil t)
    (progn
      success commands here...)
    not found commands here...)


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   gildea@bbn.com			Cambridge, Massachusetts