Regexps in Emacs

To find all occurences of

CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
...
CHAPTER XXVI

and replace with

\chapter{}

do:

M-x replace-regexp [press enter here] CHAPTER [[:alnum:]]+ [press enter here] \\chapter{}

Notes

• "\" is a special character, thus it must be made normal, which you accidentally accomplish with "\", that's why there are two backlashes before "chapter"
• Neither { nor } is a special character in regexps.

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