On Di, 26 Mär 2019, Bram Moolenaar wrote:

> expand() wasn't made for expanding environment variables.  Why not use
> $PATH directly?

because I was trying to use an environment variable that is not know to 
Vim :)

> Not sure if $random works, might be something built into cmd.exe.  

Yes it is.

> You could try using system('echo %random%'), but it's likely slower.

This works at least. Still wondering, why expand() does not appear to be 
working for me correctly. Never noticed it and I believe in the past, it 
has worked for me. Hm..

Best,
Christian
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