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  <RefEntryTitle>match-substitute-sosofo</RefEntryTitle>
  <RefMiscInfo Role="file">dblib.dsl</RefMiscInfo>
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  <RefName>match-substitute-sosofo</RefName>
  <RefPurpose>Return matching sosofo from associative list</RefPurpose>
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<RefSynopsisDiv><Title>Synopsis</Title>
<Synopsis>
(match-substitute-sosofo string assoc-list)
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<RefSect1><Title>Description</Title>

<para>
Given a string and an associative list of strings and sosofos,
return the sosofo of the matching string, or return the literal
string as a sosofo.
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<para>
(This function is used for a particular task in the DocBook stylesheets.
It may not be particularly general, but it<literal>s in </literal>dblib.dsl' because
there is nothing DTD-specific about it.)</para>


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<RefSect1><Title>Author</Title>

<para>
Norman Walsh, &lt;ndw@nwalsh.com&gt;
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<RefSect1><Title>Source Code</Title>

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(define (match-substitute-sosofo string assoc-list)
  ;; Return matching sosofo from associative list
  (if (assoc string assoc-list)
      (car (cdr (assoc string assoc-list)))
      (literal string)))
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