All,
I am puzzled by a slightly more complicated version:
how to match a '%' character following the 2nd occurrence of "home"?
--Matt
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 09:09:17AM -0500, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote:
> Peter Hodge wrote:
>
> >Try:
> >
> > /^.\{-}home.\{-}\zshome
> >
> >
> >for your reference:
> >
> > \{-} makes the '.' match as little as possible
> > \zs makes the search match begin at this point in the pattern
> >
> >
> >
> To generalize to the n-th occurrence: (put the qty of skipped matches in N)
>
> /^.\{-}\%(home.\{-1,}\)\{N}\zshome
>
> So, for the 2nd home: let N=1.
>
> Regards,
> Chip Campbell
>
