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1 *usr_27.txt* For Vim version 7.2. Last change: 2007 Nov 10
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3 VIM USER MANUAL - by Bram Moolenaar
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5 Search commands and patterns
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8 In chapter 3 a few simple search patterns were mentioned |03.9|. Vim can do
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9 much more complex searches. This chapter explains the most often used ones.
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10 A detailed specification can be found here: |pattern|
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12 |27.1| Ignoring case
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13 |27.2| Wrapping around the file end
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14 |27.3| Offsets
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15 |27.4| Matching multiple times
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16 |27.5| Alternatives
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17 |27.6| Character ranges
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18 |27.7| Character classes
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19 |27.8| Matching a line break
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20 |27.9| Examples
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22 Next chapter: |usr_28.txt| Folding
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23 Previous chapter: |usr_26.txt| Repeating
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24 Table of contents: |usr_toc.txt|
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26 ==============================================================================
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27 *27.1* Ignoring case
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29 By default, Vim's searches are case sensitive. Therefore, "include",
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30 "INCLUDE", and "Include" are three different words and a search will match
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31 only one of them.
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32 Now switch on the 'ignorecase' option: >
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33
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34 :set ignorecase
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35
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36 Search for "include" again, and now it will match "Include", "INCLUDE" and
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37 "InClUDe". (Set the 'hlsearch' option to quickly see where a pattern
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38 matches.)
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39 You can switch this off again with: >
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40
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41 :set noignorecase
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42
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43 But lets keep it set, and search for "INCLUDE". It will match exactly the
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44 same text as "include" did. Now set the 'smartcase' option: >
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45
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46 :set ignorecase smartcase
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48 If you have a pattern with at least one uppercase character, the search
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49 becomes case sensitive. The idea is that you didn't have to type that
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50 uppercase character, so you must have done it because you wanted case to
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51 match. That's smart!
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52 With these two options set you find the following matches:
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53
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54 pattern matches ~
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55 word word, Word, WORD, WoRd, etc.
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56 Word Word
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57 WORD WORD
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58 WoRd WoRd
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61 CASE IN ONE PATTERN
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62
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63 If you want to ignore case for one specific pattern, you can do this by
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64 prepending the "\c" string. Using "\C" will make the pattern to match case.
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65 This overrules the 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' options, when "\c" or "\C" is
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66 used their value doesn't matter.
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67
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68 pattern matches ~
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69 \Cword word
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70 \CWord Word
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71 \cword word, Word, WORD, WoRd, etc.
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72 \cWord word, Word, WORD, WoRd, etc.
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73
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74 A big advantage of using "\c" and "\C" is that it sticks with the pattern.
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75 Thus if you repeat a pattern from the search history, the same will happen, no
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76 matter if 'ignorecase' or 'smartcase' was changed.
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77
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78 Note:
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79 The use of "\" items in search patterns depends on the 'magic' option.
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80 In this chapters we will assume 'magic' is on, because that is the
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81 standard and recommended setting. If you would change 'magic', many
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82 search patterns would suddenly become invalid.
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83
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84 Note:
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85 If your search takes much longer than you expected, you can interrupt
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86 it with CTRL-C on Unix and CTRL-Break on MS-DOS and MS-Windows.
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88 ==============================================================================
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89 *27.2* Wrapping around the file end
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91 By default, a forward search starts searching for the given string at the
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92 current cursor location. It then proceeds to the end of the file. If it has
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93 not found the string by that time, it starts from the beginning and searches
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94 from the start of the file to the cursor location.
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95 Keep in mind that when repeating the "n" command to search for the next
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96 match, you eventually get back to the first match. If you don't notice this
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97 you keep searching forever! To give you a hint, Vim displays this message:
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99 search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP ~
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101 If you use the "?" command, to search in the other direction, you get this
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102 message:
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104 search hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM ~
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106 Still, you don't know when you are back at the first match. One way to see
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107 this is by switching on the 'ruler' option: >
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109 :set ruler
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111 Vim will display the cursor position in the lower righthand corner of the
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112 window (in the status line if there is one). It looks like this:
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113
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114 101,29 84% ~
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116 The first number is the line number of the cursor. Remember the line number
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117 where you started, so that you can check if you passed this position again.
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118
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119
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120 NOT WRAPPING
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122 To turn off search wrapping, use the following command: >
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124 :set nowrapscan
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125
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126 Now when the search hits the end of the file, an error message displays:
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128 E385: search hit BOTTOM without match for: forever ~
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130 Thus you can find all matches by going to the start of the file with "gg" and
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131 keep searching until you see this message.
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132 If you search in the other direction, using "?", you get:
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134 E384: search hit TOP without match for: forever ~
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136 ==============================================================================
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137 *27.3* Offsets
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139 By default, the search command leaves the cursor positioned on the beginning
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140 of the pattern. You can tell Vim to leave it some other place by specifying
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141 an offset. For the forward search command "/", the offset is specified by
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142 appending a slash (/) and the offset: >
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143
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144 /default/2
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146 This command searches for the pattern "default" and then moves to the
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147 beginning of the second line past the pattern. Using this command on the
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148 paragraph above, Vim finds the word "default" in the first line. Then the
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149 cursor is moved two lines down and lands on "an offset".
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150
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151 If the offset is a simple number, the cursor will be placed at the beginning
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152 of the line that many lines from the match. The offset number can be positive
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153 or negative. If it is positive, the cursor moves down that many lines; if
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154 negative, it moves up.
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156
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157 CHARACTER OFFSETS
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159 The "e" offset indicates an offset from the end of the match. It moves the
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160 cursor onto the last character of the match. The command: >
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161
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162 /const/e
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164 puts the cursor on the "t" of "const".
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165 From that position, adding a number moves forward that many characters.
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166 This command moves to the character just after the match: >
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168 /const/e+1
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170 A positive number moves the cursor to the right, a negative number moves it to
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171 the left. For example: >
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173 /const/e-1
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175 moves the cursor to the "s" of "const".
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176
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177 If the offset begins with "b", the cursor moves to the beginning of the
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178 pattern. That's not very useful, since leaving out the "b" does the same
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179 thing. It does get useful when a number is added or subtracted. The cursor
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180 then goes forward or backward that many characters. For example: >
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182 /const/b+2
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184 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the match and then two characters to the
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185 right. Thus it lands on the "n".
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186
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187
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188 REPEATING
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190 To repeat searching for the previously used search pattern, but with a
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191 different offset, leave out the pattern: >
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193 /that
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194 //e
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196 Is equal to: >
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198 /that/e
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200 To repeat with the same offset: >
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202 /
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204 "n" does the same thing. To repeat while removing a previously used offset: >
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206 //
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209 SEARCHING BACKWARDS
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211 The "?" command uses offsets in the same way, but you must use "?" to separate
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212 the offset from the pattern, instead of "/": >
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214 ?const?e-2
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216 The "b" and "e" keep their meaning, they don't change direction with the use
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217 of "?".
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220 START POSITION
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222 When starting a search, it normally starts at the cursor position. When you
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223 specify a line offset, this can cause trouble. For example: >
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225 /const/-2
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227 This finds the next word "const" and then moves two lines up. If you
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228 use "n" to search again, Vim could start at the current position and find the same
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229 "const" match. Then using the offset again, you would be back where you started.
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230 You would be stuck!
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231 It could be worse: Suppose there is another match with "const" in the next
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232 line. Then repeating the forward search would find this match and move two
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233 lines up. Thus you would actually move the cursor back!
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234
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235 When you specify a character offset, Vim will compensate for this. Thus the
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236 search starts a few characters forward or backward, so that the same match
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237 isn't found again.
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238
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239 ==============================================================================
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240 *27.4* Matching multiple times
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242 The "*" item specifies that the item before it can match any number of times.
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245 /a*
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247 matches "a", "aa", "aaa", etc. But also "" (the empty string), because zero
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248 times is included.
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249 The "*" only applies to the item directly before it. Thus "ab*" matches
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250 "a", "ab", "abb", "abbb", etc. To match a whole string multiple times, it
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251 must be grouped into one item. This is done by putting "\(" before it and
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252 "\)" after it. Thus this command: >
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254 /\(ab\)*
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256 Matches: "ab", "abab", "ababab", etc. And also "".
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258 To avoid matching the empty string, use "\+". This makes the previous item
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259 match one or more times. >
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261 /ab\+
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263 Matches "ab", "abb", "abbb", etc. It does not match "a" when no "b" follows.
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264
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265 To match an optional item, use "\=". Example: >
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267 /folders\=
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269 Matches "folder" and "folders".
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272 SPECIFIC COUNTS
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274 To match a specific number of items use the form "\{n,m}". "n" and "m" are
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275 numbers. The item before it will be matched "n" to "m" times |inclusive|.
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276 Example: >
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278 /ab\{3,5}
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280 matches "abbb", "abbbb" and "abbbbb".
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281 When "n" is omitted, it defaults to zero. When "m" is omitted it defaults
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282 to infinity. When ",m" is omitted, it matches exactly "n" times.
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283 Examples:
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285 pattern match count ~
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286 \{,4} 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4
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287 \{3,} 3, 4, 5, etc.
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288 \{0,1} 0 or 1, same as \=
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289 \{0,} 0 or more, same as *
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290 \{1,} 1 or more, same as \+
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291 \{3} 3
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292
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293
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294 MATCHING AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE
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295
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296 The items so far match as many characters as they can find. To match as few
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297 as possible, use "\{-n,m}". It works the same as "\{n,m}", except that the
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298 minimal amount possible is used.
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299 For example, use: >
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300
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301 /ab\{-1,3}
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303 Will match "ab" in "abbb". Actually, it will never match more than one b,
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304 because there is no reason to match more. It requires something else to force
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305 it to match more than the lower limit.
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306 The same rules apply to removing "n" and "m". It's even possible to remove
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307 both of the numbers, resulting in "\{-}". This matches the item before it
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308 zero or more times, as few as possible. The item by itself always matches
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309 zero times. It is useful when combined with something else. Example: >
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311 /a.\{-}b
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312
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313 This matches "axb" in "axbxb". If this pattern would be used: >
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314
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315 /a.*b
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316
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317 It would try to match as many characters as possible with ".*", thus it
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318 matches "axbxb" as a whole.
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319
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320 ==============================================================================
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321 *27.5* Alternatives
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322
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323 The "or" operator in a pattern is "\|". Example: >
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324
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325 /foo\|bar
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326
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327 This matches "foo" or "bar". More alternatives can be concatenated: >
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329 /one\|two\|three
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330
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331 Matches "one", "two" and "three".
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332 To match multiple times, the whole thing must be placed in "\(" and "\)": >
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333
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334 /\(foo\|bar\)\+
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335
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336 This matches "foo", "foobar", "foofoo", "barfoobar", etc.
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337 Another example: >
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338
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339 /end\(if\|while\|for\)
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340
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341 This matches "endif", "endwhile" and "endfor".
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342
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343 A related item is "\&". This requires that both alternatives match in the
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344 same place. The resulting match uses the last alternative. Example: >
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345
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346 /forever\&...
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347
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348 This matches "for" in "forever". It will not match "fortuin", for example.
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349
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350 ==============================================================================
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351 *27.6* Character ranges
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352
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353 To match "a", "b" or "c" you could use "/a\|b\|c". When you want to match all
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354 letters from "a" to "z" this gets very long. There is a shorter method: >
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355
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356 /[a-z]
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357
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358 The [] construct matches a single character. Inside you specify which
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359 characters to match. You can include a list of characters, like this: >
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360
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361 /[0123456789abcdef]
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362
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363 This will match any of the characters included. For consecutive characters
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364 you can specify the range. "0-3" stands for "0123". "w-z" stands for "wxyz".
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365 Thus the same command as above can be shortened to: >
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366
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367 /[0-9a-f]
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368
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369 To match the "-" character itself make it the first or last one in the range.
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370 These special characters are accepted to make it easier to use them inside a
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371 [] range (they can actually be used anywhere in the search pattern):
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372
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373 \e <Esc>
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374 \t <Tab>
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375 \r <CR>
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376 \b <BS>
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377
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378 There are a few more special cases for [] ranges, see |/[]| for the whole
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379 story.
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380
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381
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382 COMPLEMENTED RANGE
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383
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384 To avoid matching a specific character, use "^" at the start of the range.
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385 The [] item then matches everything but the characters included. Example: >
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386
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387 /"[^"]*"
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388 <
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389 " a double quote
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390 [^"] any character that is not a double quote
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391 * as many as possible
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392 " a double quote again
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393
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394 This matches "foo" and "3!x", including the double quotes.
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395
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396
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397 PREDEFINED RANGES
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398
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399 A number of ranges are used very often. Vim provides a shortcut for these.
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400 For example: >
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401
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402 /\a
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404 Finds alphabetic characters. This is equal to using "/[a-zA-Z]". Here are a
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405 few more of these:
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406
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407 item matches equivalent ~
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408 \d digit [0-9]
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409 \D non-digit [^0-9]
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410 \x hex digit [0-9a-fA-F]
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411 \X non-hex digit [^0-9a-fA-F]
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412 \s white space [ ] (<Tab> and <Space>)
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413 \S non-white characters [^ ] (not <Tab> and <Space>)
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414 \l lowercase alpha [a-z]
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415 \L non-lowercase alpha [^a-z]
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416 \u uppercase alpha [A-Z]
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417 \U non-uppercase alpha [^A-Z]
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418
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419 Note:
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420 Using these predefined ranges works a lot faster than the character
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422 These items can not be used inside []. Thus "[\d\l]" does NOT work to
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423 match a digit or lowercase alpha. Use "\(\d\|\l\)" instead.
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425 See |/\s| for the whole list of these ranges.
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428 *27.7* Character classes
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430 The character range matches a fixed set of characters. A character class is
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431 similar, but with an essential difference: The set of characters can be
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432 redefined without changing the search pattern.
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433 For example, search for this pattern: >
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435 /\f\+
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437 The "\f" items stands for file name characters. Thus this matches a sequence
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438 of characters that can be a file name.
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439 Which characters can be part of a file name depends on the system you are
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440 using. On MS-Windows, the backslash is included, on Unix it is not. This is
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441 specified with the 'isfname' option. The default value for Unix is: >
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446 For other systems the default value is different. Thus you can make a search
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447 pattern with "\f" to match a file name, and it will automatically adjust to
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448 the system you are using it on.
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450 Note:
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451 Actually, Unix allows using just about any character in a file name,
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452 including white space. Including these characters in 'isfname' would
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453 be theoretically correct. But it would make it impossible to find the
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454 end of a file name in text. Thus the default value of 'isfname' is a
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455 compromise.
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457 The character classes are:
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460 \i identifier characters 'isident'
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461 \I like \i, excluding digits
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462 \k keyword characters 'iskeyword'
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463 \K like \k, excluding digits
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464 \p printable characters 'isprint'
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465 \P like \p, excluding digits
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466 \f file name characters 'isfname'
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467 \F like \f, excluding digits
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470 *27.8* Matching a line break
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472 Vim can find a pattern that includes a line break. You need to specify where
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473 the line break happens, because all items mentioned so far don't match a line
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474 break.
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475 To check for a line break in a specific place, use the "\n" item: >
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477 /the\nword
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479 This will match at a line that ends in "the" and the next line starts with
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480 "word". To match "the word" as well, you need to match a space or a line
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481 break. The item to use for it is "\_s": >
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483 /the\_sword
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485 To allow any amount of white space: >
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487 /the\_s\+word
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489 This also matches when "the " is at the end of a line and " word" at the
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490 start of the next one.
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491
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492 "\s" matches white space, "\_s" matches white space or a line break.
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493 Similarly, "\a" matches an alphabetic character, and "\_a" matches an
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494 alphabetic character or a line break. The other character classes and ranges
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495 can be modified in the same way by inserting a "_".
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496
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497 Many other items can be made to match a line break by prepending "\_". For
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498 example: "\_." matches any character or a line break.
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500 Note:
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501 "\_.*" matches everything until the end of the file. Be careful with
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502 this, it can make a search command very slow.
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503
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504 Another example is "\_[]", a character range that includes a line break: >
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505
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506 /"\_[^"]*"
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507
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508 This finds a text in double quotes that may be split up in several lines.
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511 *27.9* Examples
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512
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513 Here are a few search patterns you might find useful. This shows how the
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514 items mentioned above can be combined.
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516
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517 FINDING A CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE
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518
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519 A sample license plate number is "1MGU103". It has one digit, three uppercase
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520 letters and three digits. Directly putting this into a search pattern: >
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522 /\d\u\u\u\d\d\d
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524 Another way is to specify that there are three digits and letters with a
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525 count: >
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527 /\d\u\{3}\d\{3}
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529 Using [] ranges instead: >
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531 /[0-9][A-Z]\{3}[0-9]\{3}
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532
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533 Which one of these you should use? Whichever one you can remember. The
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534 simple way you can remember is much faster than the fancy way that you can't.
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535 If you can remember them all, then avoid the last one, because it's both more
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536 typing and slower to execute.
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537
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538
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539 FINDING AN IDENTIFIER
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540
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541 In C programs (and many other computer languages) an identifier starts with a
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542 letter and further consists of letters and digits. Underscores can be used
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543 too. This can be found with: >
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544
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545 /\<\h\w*\>
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546
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547 "\<" and "\>" are used to find only whole words. "\h" stands for "[A-Za-z_]"
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548 and "\w" for "[0-9A-Za-z_]".
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549
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550 Note:
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551 "\<" and "\>" depend on the 'iskeyword' option. If it includes "-",
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552 for example, then "ident-" is not matched. In this situation use: >
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553
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554 /\w\@<!\h\w*\w\@!
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555 <
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556 This checks if "\w" does not match before or after the identifier.
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557 See |/\@<!| and |/\@!|.
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558
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559 ==============================================================================
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560
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561 Next chapter: |usr_28.txt| Folding
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562
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563 Copyright: see |manual-copyright| vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
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