How can you count the number of matches in Vim?
For instance, for the text
<?
I get the error message "Trailing characters". I tried the code with ":set report=0" too.
Masi
2009-03-15 01:46:32
I would try it again, the help for Trailing Characters describes "An argument has been added to an Ex command that does not permit one."
Cannonade
2009-03-15 01:55:41
@Cannonade: The same error again with the code E488.
Masi
2009-03-15 02:00:59
Hrmm .. Sorry Masi, don't know what is going on for you. I just double check this in a vim buffer on my machine, and it worked ok.
Cannonade
2009-03-15 02:04:56
If you copy/paste the code from a web browser you may pick up a trailing newline (^M). Try typing it in manually.
Brian Carper
2009-03-15 02:21:11
@Brian: I found the source of the problem. The Vim at my server is version 6.3. The code works great when I run it on Vim 7.2. Thank you for your help!
Masi
2009-03-15 03:06:53
+7
A:
Count-items describes what you are after.
:%s/<?/whatever/ng
This is the substitution command, but the n flag avoids the actual substitution.
Cannonade
2009-03-15 01:21:32