Replace some things after point matching REGEXP with the result of TO-EXPR.
Interactive use of this function is deprecated in favor of the
`\,' feature of `query-replace-regexp'. For non-interactive use, a loop
using `search-forward-regexp' and `replace-match' is preferred.
As each match is found, the user must type a character saying
what to do with it. For directions, type C-h at that time.
TO-EXPR is a Lisp expression evaluated to compute each replacement. It may
reference `replace-count' to get the number of replacements already made.
If the result of TO-EXPR is not a string, it is converted to one using
`prin1-to-string' with the NOESCAPE argument (which see).
For convenience, when entering TO-EXPR interactively, you can use `\&' or
`\0' to stand for whatever matched the whole of REGEXP, and `\N' (where
N is a digit) to stand for whatever matched the Nth `\(...\)' in REGEXP.
Use `\#&' or `\#N' if you want a number instead of a string.
In interactive use, `\#' in itself stands for `replace-count'.
In Transient Mark mode, if the mark is active, operate on the contents
of the region. Otherwise, operate from point to the end of the buffer.
Use M-n to pull the last incremental search regexp to the minibuffer
that reads REGEXP.
Preserves case in each replacement if `case-replace' and `case-fold-search'
are non-nil and REGEXP has no uppercase letters.
If `replace-regexp-lax-whitespace' is non-nil, a space or spaces in the regexp
to be replaced will match a sequence of whitespace chars defined by the
regexp in `search-whitespace-regexp'.
Third arg DELIMITED (prefix arg if interactive), if non-nil, means replace
only matches that are surrounded by word boundaries.
Fourth and fifth arg START and END specify the region to operate on.