> I am trying to put together a regexp to find pieces of text within one line, > but I do not know their order. > > So far, > /^.*sample1\|sample2.*sample2\|sample1
Given the lower priority of "\|" in parsing this is 1) any line containing "sample1" 2) or any line containing "sample2" twice 3) or (redundant to #1) any line containing "sample1" It looks like you want to prioritize your pairings, something like /^.*\%(\%(sample1.*sample2\)\|\%(sample2.*sample1\)\) > > is my best bet but I am still not there. > Also, best if it would be flexible enough to support arbitrary number of > samples without much typing. I don't think there's a natively nice way to do this, but Dr. Chip has created LogiPat.vim[1] which might simplify some of these sorts of things. If you have to do this sort of thing frequently, that would be my first stop. -tim [1] stable at http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1290 bleeding edge at http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/ index.html#LOGIPAT -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
