On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 10:34:14AM -0500, Charles E Campbell Jr wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >I am puzzled by a slightly more complicated version:
> > how to match a '%' character following the 2nd occurrence of "home"?
> >
> >
> /^.\{-}\%(home.\{-1,}\)\{N}home.\{-}\zs%
This pattern doesn't work. Try it on this line:
"home home home home home home% home"
It should match nothing on that line, because the '%' doesn't follow the
2nd occurrence as desired.
--Matt
>
> where N is 1 for the "2nd occurrence" (N is 2 for the third occurrence,
> etc).
>
> This pattern matches up to and including the 2nd home, extends past a
> minimal amount of anything up to but not including a %, whereupon the
> pattern matching starts.
>
> Regards,
> Chip Campbell
>
