thanks for the prompt reply! i really appreciate it. it worked perfectly, however it didnt require the "$" sign?
also, how would u do it so that its not case sensitive? so it will return a line with CaTs and DOGS further, how do you become better at using such an editor as vim? I only know some basic stuff for c programming and when i need to do something like search/replace, i just google it. is there a good guide to start with? I mean that statement u wrote just then was quite complex for me to even understand lol On Jun 3, 1:00 am, "Christian Brabandt" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, June 2, 2010 4:29 pm, rewar wrote: > > Hi, > > > I have looked around for a way to do this but just cant seem to find > > it. Basically, I have very large documents where I want to often > > search for a few words in a line, but they wont be all together. > > > For example, I want to be able to find the line below in a large text > > document by simply searching "cat dog" > > "cats are smaller than dogs" > > Try this: > /^\(.*cats.*\)\&\(.*dogs.*\)$ > > This finds any line which contains cats and dogs in any order. > > > All editors I come across only allows you to search for an exact match > > of that field "cat dog" in any line. > > There are probably several editors, that support regular expressions. > though probably not all of them have a that powerful RE-engine as Vim. > > regards, > Christian -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
