On 2006-06-06, Salman Mohsin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a long list of city names (more than 2,000 of them) in a file, each
> name on a separate line. I'd like to modify each line so that:
>
> ABERFOYLE
> .
> .
> ZURICH
>
> Becomes:
>
> cities[0] = "ABERFOYLE"
> .
> .
> cities[2039] = "ZURICH"
>
> Is there a way I could issue a command (or some commands) and achieve the
> above?
:%s/.*/\='cities['.line(".").'] = "'.submatch(0).'"'
The key here is the "\=<expression>" in the replacement string. See
:help sub-replace-expression
You can't mix replacement expressions with other forms of
replacement string. That is, the replacement must start with \= and
everything that follows must be part of that expression.
Using an expression allows the use of functions such as line() to
interpolate the current line number. "submatch(0)" returns the
entire string matched by the pattern. See
:help line()
:help submatch()
HTH,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
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| Spokane, Washington, USA
