[Rd] Named backreference in gsub()?

Hi, I'm running out of the *numbered* backreferences \\1, \\2, ..., \\9 for gsub(). Does R support *named* backreferences, and if so, what is the syntax? Thanks Henrik __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list

Re: [Rd] Named backreference in gsub()?

strapply in the gsubfn package matches a regular expression and passes each back reference as a separate argument to the indicated function, in this case paste. Any number of back references may be used. Here is an example where there are more than 9: # pass each back reference in regular