regexp-builder - no match with correct regexp. Why? [duplicate]

Question

In buffer I has text

"ADA-SGD"
"ADT-SGD"
"ADX-SGD"
"AID-SGD"
"AMP-SGD"
"ANT-SGD"
"ARDR-SGD"
"ARK-SGD"

M-x regexp-builder

Input regexp:

"\([A-Z]+\)-\([A-Z]+\)"

But I get message:

No match.

Why?

Try "\\\([A-Z]+\\\)-\\\([A-Z]+\\\)". Also take a look at this answer emacs.stackexchange.com/a/5577/9970 — muffinmad, Jan 9, 2019 at 16:39

lawlist · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-09 17:45:20Z

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Two (2) backslashes are sufficient to get the job done:

"\\([A-Z]+\\)-\\([A-Z]+\\)"

answered Jan 9, 2019 at 17:45

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phils · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-09 20:23:19Z

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Probably you want to select the string syntax.

  (setq reb-re-syntax 'string)

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answered Jan 9, 2019 at 20:04

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@Alexei see also the comments to your basically-a-duplicate question from a few days ago.
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Jan 9, 2019 at 20:25

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