Andy Wokula wrote: > Strange: one can't write a collection with range [X-Y] where Y is the > character ']'. > > I thought the following should work, but it doesn't: > /[@-\]] > > Problem: the range is '@' to '\', and ']' ends the collection; the next ']' > matches itself. > > (It's surprising that '\]' within '[]' not always means ']' literally!) > > Ok, so the char directly after '-' ends the range? > /[@-]] > > No, the collection is '[@-]' followed by ']' which matches itself. The > help says it: > | For '-' you can also make it the first or last character: "[-xyz]", > | "[^-xyz]" or "[xyz-]". > > Ok, this works: > /[@-\\]] > > but it matches the range '@-\' plus the char ']'.
Well, that's correct, ] is right after \. > A range where \] is the first character works: > /[w\]-a]\C > > matches ] ^ _ ` a w > > > Is it a bug that '\' after '-' in a collection is taken literally? It's indeed stange. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 238. You think faxes are old-fashioned. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" 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
