thanks. yes I know we can use that way(/1 /2 ..etc). what I meant is, how to use these to actually do the compare in a vim ex command line? sth like :
:g#\(abc\d\+) bla bla \(abc\d\+\)#if /1 != /2 then echo "found a diff !" of course this doesn't work but just some fake code to clarify what I meant On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Marcin Szamotulski <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I am not sure if I understand you correctly but you can use \(...\) and and then reuse it with \1 (it matches the same string as what \(...\) have matched). Regards, Marcin On 00:44 Sat 10 Aug , ping song wrote: > hi guys: > I run into a scenario that , I need to compare 2 part of the regex string > in one line : > > "abc123456 bla bla bla abc1234" > > so I'm thinking, can we use the backreference, to compare the first abc\d\+ > with the second one and only print out a message in case we detect the > different ones ? preferably if this can be done with one command... > > 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. > > -- -- 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. -- -- 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.
