> On 03/02/2011 02:30 PM, Raleigh Rinehart wrote: > > > Now what I would like to do is to replace each occurrence of MODULEX in > > file1 with the corresponding word in file 2. > > > By corresponding I mean if the lines (from file 1) and the words (from file > > 2) were both well ordered sets then the match is determined by the index > > into the set, or in other words a one-to-one correspondence. > > This is a bit confusing without a clearer picture of what files 1 > & 2 contain, as well as the desired output given those files. If > I understand what you want, file1.txt looks something like > > ... > <Folder><![CDATA[C:\work\sources\foo\bar\baz\MODULEX\lib]]></Folder> > ... > <Folder><![CDATA[C:\work\sources\foo\bar\baz\MODULEX\lib]]></Folder> > ... > > and you have file2.txt which looks something like > > ... > spatula > kumquat > ... > > and you'd like the output to look something like > > ... > <Folder><![CDATA[C:\work\sources\foo\bar\baz\spatula\lib]]></Folder> > ... > <Folder><![CDATA[C:\work\sources\foo\bar\baz\kumquat\lib]]></Folder> > ... > > such that the first instance of MODULEX gets replaced with the > first item in file2.txt, the second instance of MODULEX gets > replaced with the second item from file2.txt, etc until you run > out of matches in either file1.txt or file2.txt > > If you could reply with either "yes, that understanding is > correct" or "oh, here's a better, clearer example of before & > after" it would help in formulating a solution. > > -tim
You've hit the nail on the head. This is a perfect understanding of what I'm after, sorry for the confusing explanation. -raleigh -- 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
