confused by replace ?

[winger]

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> (setf str {abc1111abc222})
"abc1111abc222"
> (replace {a(bc)} str (push  $1 lst -1) 0)
"abc1111abc222"
;why ?
;(push  $1 lst -1)  will return lst then  lst replace {a(bc)}    ???
;
> (setf lst nil)
nil
> (replace {a(bc)} str (println (push  $1 lst -1)) 0)
("bc")
("bc" "bc")
"abc1111abc222"

> (replace {a(bc)} str $1  0)
"bc1111bc222"

[cormullion]

I think it's because your first replace expression is trying to replace the found string with a list:

If all arguments are strings, replace replaces all occurrences of str-key in str-data with the evaluated exp-replacement, returning the changed string. (newLISP Reference Manual)

So this won't do anything:

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(replace "(a)bc" "abcabc" (list $1) 0)
;-> abcabc

whereas this will:

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(replace "(a)bc" "abcabc" (upper-case $1) 0)
;-> AA

[winger]

OMG

If all arguments are strings

include exp-replacement evaluated !!!!!!