Hi, Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam wrote: > > I have to replace every occurrence of % in a file with > % |. I have been effectively replacing text using the > following construct: > > :%s/\<text\>/replacement/g > > However when I try to do the following: > > :%s/\<%\>/% |/g > > I am greeted by an error message. Obviously, the % > character needs to be treated differently for being > replaced. Escap sequence? I cannot figure out how to > do it. May be trivial for the gurus here. I will be > thankful for a hint.
normally % is not included in the 'iskeyword' option so it is not considered part of a word. Therefore there can not be the beginning of a word right in front of %. The same is for true for the end of a word immediately after a %. You either have to include % in the 'iskeyword' option by issuing a :set iskeyword+=% before executing your substitute command or use :%s/%/% |/g without '\<' and '\>', respectively. Regards, Jürgen -- Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. (Calvin)
