Re: regex @vim, negating a group

[Charles E Campbell Jr]

o1792 wrote:

Hi vimmers,
When searching through text files using regex, I am
trying 
unsuccessfully to negated a complicated pattern
without success.
 

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May I suggest that you look into LogiPat,

 http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1290

which is useful for searching with boolean-logic patterns.  In particular,
with it you can try

  :echo LogiPat('"!ion"')

The result is a regex pattern for matching any lines that don't contain 
"ion".

Regards,
Chip Campbell