Re: vim | cut & paste in ex mode

[A.J.Mechelynck]

Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos wrote:

Hi,

is there a way to yank in ex-mode? I want to find all \d\d\d\d  in my file and put them in the end of their containing line.

Thanks in advance,
Nikos

That looks like stuff for a substitute:

a) if the pattern appears at most once per line:

        :1,$s/^\(.\{-}\)\(\d\d\d\d \)(.*\)$/\1\3\2

b) if the pattern can appear any number of times per line:

        " *** UNTESTED ***
        " clobbers register x
        function Rearrange()
                let @x = ""
                normal 0
                while search('\d\d\d\d ', 'c', line('.') != 0
                        " delete the 10 characters of the match
                        " and append to register x
                        normal "X10x
                endwhile
                " paste at the end of the lline
                normal $"xp
        endfunction
        1,$g/\d\d\d\d&nbsp/call Rearrange()

Notes:
- You can do anything in ex-mode, see ":help :normal"
- To yank linewise, see also
        * :help :yank
        * :help getline()


Best regards,
Tony.