On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Yakov Lerner wrote:
On 6/12/06, Gerald Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Gerald Lai wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, Yakov Lerner wrote:
>
>> On 6/12/06, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> > I need to match lines using g// (not v//); those lines having
>>> > 'foo' and NOT having /)\s*;/ anywhere in the line. How do I
>>> > write such regex.
>>>
>>> Well, there are several ways to go about it. One would be to use
>>> Dr. Chip's "logipat" script:
>>>
>>> http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=1290
>>
>> LogiPat does wonders. Thanks.
>>
>> For the record,
>> :echo LogiPat('"foo"&!"bar"')
>> produces:
>> \%(.*foo.*\&^\%(\%(bar\)[EMAIL PROTECTED])*$\)
>>
>> Yakov
>
> In addition to the regex above, you can also do:
>
> /^\%(.*)\s*;\)[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> It's a little shorter, and probably a little faster since the LogiPat
> regex does a \%(..\)* for every character position of the line. The
> speed is evident for a long line.
>
> It follows the general form of a negative line search for embedded
> <search>:
>
> /^\%(.*[<limit0>.*]<search>[.*<limit1>]\)[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> For example, to match a line that contains "foo" but does not contain
> "bar" between "big" and "tummy":
>
> /\%(.*big.*bar.*tummy\)[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sorry, I missed the ^ anchor:
/^\%(.*big.*bar.*tummy\)[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is the trailing .* necessary there ? Why ?
Nope, not necessary for :g//. I left it there for hlsearch appeal ;)
HTH.
--
Gerald
