Hi Jerin, Use the following reg exp,
:%s/\(\[\d\+:\d\+] \)\(.*\.\)\(\i\+\);/\2\3 \1\3;/ :h \( ~VIshnu > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerin Joy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:29 PM > To: vim@vim.org > Subject: regexp select and place elsewhere > > Hi, > > I have data that looks like this > > input [4:0] a.b.c.d; > which I need to replace with > input a.b.c.d [4:0] d; > > ie. I want to copy a.b.c.d and place it after input and replace it > with d after [4:0]. > > I'm fairly comfortable with regexp but I'm not sure how to select and > copy the text to another place on the line. > Could someone help me out here. > > thanks, > Jerin > > -- > http://jerinj.blogspot.com/ > --
