On Thursday, April 19, 2012 1:09:10 PM UTC+2, jott...@googlemail.com wrote: > Hi, > > rameo wrote: > > My file - first line: > > an 91.010 &System.-sep010- <Nop> > > > > I want to copy all numbers after -sep > > echo match(getline(1), 'sep\zs\d\+\ze-') > > gives 23 as output. > > All ok. > > > > but > > echo matchend(getline(1), 'sep\zs\d\+\ze-', 23) > > gives -1 as output. > > Why? > > because the 23 that was returned from match() is the position of the > first digit, not the position of 'sep'. Thus you try to find > 'sep\zs\d\+\ze-' in a string that for matchend() seems to consist only > of > > 010- <Nop> > > > Regards, > J�rgen > > -- > 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)
Thanks Jurgen, I use match() and matchend() to copy search matches to the clipboard or remove them out of the text. What can I do to make match() and matchend() work in order to copy p.e. the numbers after -sep? Regards, Raimond -- 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
