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List:       vim
Subject:    Re: [vim] Line truncation substitution() regexp
From:       "Charles E. Campbell" <cec () gryphon ! gsfc ! nasa ! gov>
Date:       2002-12-10 19:26:25
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 08:06:40AM -0500, Steve Hall wrote:
> Srinath Avadhanula wrote:
>  > echo substitute(str, "\\(.\\{8}\\)[^\n]*\n", '\=submatch(1)."\n"', 'g')
> 
> Thanks, all work for me! (I am now 100% convinced the only difficult
> part of regexps is the escaping part... to quote or to double-quote,
> that is the question.)
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IMHO its best to avoid the question -- use single quotes instead of
double-quotes.

    echo substitute(str, '\(.\{8}\)[^\n]*\n', '\=submatch(1).'\n'', 'g')

Regards,
C Campbell

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