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VIM Relace all <a ...> and </a>?

Answer 1

+1 A:

If I understand what you're looking for it should be <\shref[^>]*>.

Shaun 2009-12-17 05:48:44

* is OK, but \+ is better.

David.Chu.ca 2009-12-17 06:05:25

Answer 2

A:

I think I got it:

/<a\shref[^>]+>

where [] is a set and ^ is not.

David.Chu.ca 2009-12-17 05:54:21

Answer 3

+1 A:

Another way would be to use non-greedy matching:

/<a\shref.\{-}>

Alok 2009-12-17 06:00:57

I am confused by your pattern. Can you explain "\{-}"? "\{" looks like escape or match '{', then '-'. '}' has not matched left one.

David.Chu.ca 2009-12-18 05:40:44

`\{-}` (or `\{-\}` has special meaning in vim: it's like `*`, but it's non-greedy. It only matches the least amount of data to make the whole pattern match. In vim, type `:h pattern` and then search for `{-}` for more information.

Alok 2009-12-18 07:04:26

Very cool! A very nice alternative to search. I like it. For multiple line case, "<a\_.\{-}>" will match <a cross lines. I found \_. is for matching any char including newline.

David.Chu.ca 2009-12-18 22:12:49

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