On Mar 11, 4:48 pm, Gary Johnson wrote: >On 2013-03-11, Paul wrote: >> After much reading, I found that I can match ^@ with \%x00 in the >> search string, but I haven't found a way to specify control >> characters in the substitution string. Is there a way? > > You can use the nr2char() function as a replacement expression, > e.g., > > :%s/\^D/\=nr2char(4)/g > > See > > :help sub-replace-expression > :help nr2char()
This is great! I learn about nr2char as well as \= at the same time! As Ben said, however, ^@ seems special and nr2char(0) doesn't seem to stick a ^@ in the substitution. However, his trick of using \n in the substitution string gets around that. Thanks! -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" 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.
