On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 09:56:48PM EDT, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: > There's an example in the help for map() that reads: > > :let tlist = map(copy(mylist), ' & . "\t"') > > What is that ampersand doing there? Is the example incomplete? > Obsolete? Should it be v:val instead?
Yes. Looks like someone was making quick changes to the doc and used ‘&’ to recall the last match and somehow, a literal ampersand ended up in there instead... Now.. How's that for guesswork? :-) CJ -- Alex Perez is aliveeeeeeee!!! -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
