On 2022-03-09, LOSS PREVENTION <980beadvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have read, both http://www.vimregex.com/ -and- various sections of > http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/help.html. That said, I just can't > figure out what I'm doing incorrectly. Please follow the live examples > below: > > 1) Using \+ is not working for me in the following example - > Original 01 --> Theft Attempted or Completed Offense? Completed > Original 02 --> Theft Attempted or Completed Offense? Attempted > Broken --> %s/\v\s(Attempted or Completed Offense\?)\s(\u\w\+)\s/,\1,\2,/g
With \v, you should use + instead of \+. > I cannot find a written reason for this failure. I have taken a quick look at the help of \v and, in fact, I cannot find that difference explained in the table. Maybe, it should. > --Next-- > > %s/^M//g <--will work from the cmd-line, how do I do this from within a ><script>.vim? That is an ex command: it works in exactly the same way in a script. Life. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/t0kt03%241659%241%40ciao.gmane.io.