Never mind. I was using split() incorrectly, I now see. (Note to self: Do not attempt this sort of thing without having finished your coffee.)
My mistake. Feel free to ignore this. :) Ben On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Ben Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > The docs for getline() say that when it's called without an 'end', it > returns the text of the given line as a String (and that given an 'end', it > returns a List). > > This is text. > This is also text. > > " Now, from the command line... > :echo getline(1) > This is text. > " That should be a String. So... > :echo getline(1).split(' ') > E730: using List as a String > E15: Invalid expression: getline(1).split(' ') > " Huh. So even asked for just one line, it's returning a List? > :echo join(getline(1)) > E714: List required > 0 > > Am I misunderstanding something? > > Ben > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
