Try this: :%s/\v\s\|\s(\d+)\s(\w+)\s/ | \1 | \2 /g
-- Cássio Marques On Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Barrie Stott wrote: > 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] > (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- 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.
