I have a few hundred lines of the following form: _x(MP188 | 103 God is our strength and refuge (Richard Bewes) _x(0 | 110 In God will I trust, though my counsellors say (The Psalter, 1912) _x(0 | 113 O Father you are sovereign in all the worlds you made (Margaret Clarkson)
I want to replace '103 God' by '103 | God' in the first line and '110 In' by '110 | In' in the second, etc. Supposing the lines above to be 40-42, I was able to select the appropriate places in the lines with '/\d\s[A-Z]' and the spots became highlighted. However, I still want '3' for the digit and 'G' for the letter in the first substitution so I tried '40,42 s/(d)\s([A-Z])/\1 | \2/g' and it complained about '(d)\s([A-Z])' not being recognized. I'm now beginning to think it cannot be done so if anyone can help I'd be most grateful. It shouldn't be needed but, just in case, I'm on a Snow Leopard iMac. Barrie. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" 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_mac" 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.
