[llvm] [FileCheck][Docs] Fix regex for FileCheck variable names (PR #97301)
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Author: Anton Lydike (AntonLydike)
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This fixes a minor oversight in the FileCheck documentation on what is considered a valid variable name.
Global variables are prefixed with a `$`, which is explained two paragraphs below, but this was omitted in the presented regex in this paragraph.
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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/97301.diff
1 Files Affected:
- (modified) llvm/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.rst (+1-1)
``````````diff
diff --git a/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.rst b/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.rst
index 432dafa100bfd..af4930409da1a 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/CommandGuide/FileCheck.rst
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ The first check line matches a regex ``%[a-z]+`` and captures it into the
string variable ``REGISTER``. The second line verifies that whatever is in
``REGISTER`` occurs later in the file after an "``andw``". :program:`FileCheck`
string substitution blocks are always contained in ``[[ ]]`` pairs, and string
-variable names can be formed with the regex ``[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*``. If a
+variable names can be formed with the regex ``\$[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*``. If a
colon follows the name, then it is a definition of the variable; otherwise, it
is a substitution.
``````````
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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/97301
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