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Subject: [PATCH v1 8/8] Clean up language in cf984672
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 03:42:35 -0500
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doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index df47ec2..32b23f3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -6399,19 +6399,19 @@ SELECT regexp_match('abc01234xyz', '(?:(.*?)(\d+)(.*)){1,1}');
exceeds the number of separators in the template.
</para>
<para>
- If <literal>FX</literal> is specified, separator in template string
- matches to exactly one character in input string. Notice we don't insist
- input string character to be the same as template string separator.
+ If <literal>FX</literal> is specified, a separator in the template string
+ matches exactly one character in the input string. But note that the
+ character in the input string is not required to be the same character in the template string.
For example, <literal>to_timestamp('2000/JUN', 'FXYYYY MON')</literal>
works, but <literal>to_timestamp('2000/JUN', 'FXYYYY MON')</literal>
- returns an error because a space second template string space consumed
- letter <literal>J</literal> from the input string.
+ returns an error because a space in its template string consumes
+ the letter <literal>J</literal> from the input string.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <literal>TZH</literal> template pattern can match a signed number.
+ The <literal>TZH</literal> template pattern can match a signed number.
Without the <literal>FX</literal> option, it may lead to ambiguity in
interpretation of the minus sign, which can also be interpreted as a separator.
This ambiguity is resolved as follows. If the number of separators before
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