Hi, I encountered a nice question to transform some data, and are puzzled how to do this in Vim. Preferably with the least possible keystrokes, substitution above a macro. The complete set to transform is some 80k lines and the first word might differ per line.
Who can help here? The data to transform: ABBEEL;1872/253;1882/576;1886/1925;1887/603;1887/1813;1894/1444;1898/3449 ABBEELS;1888/1401;1889/562;1891/2371;1899/3088;1902/732;1903/1509;1904/1317 should become: ABBEEL;1872/253 ABBEEL;1882/576 ABBEEL;1886/1925 ABBEEL;1887/603 ABBEEL;1887/1813 ABBEEL;1894/1444 ABBEEL;1898/3449 ABBEELS;1888/1401 ABBEELS;1889/562 ABBEELS;1891/2371 ABBEELS;1899/3088 ABBEELS;1902/732 ABBEELS;1903/1509 ABBEELS;1904/1317 Regular substitution `:s/;/\rABBEEL;/g' only works for each line and the first word has to be typed by hand. I tried using wildcards like `\w\+' and `.*' but only got a messy result (source is here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10336609/is-it-possible-to-use-find-and-replace-on-a-wildcard-string-in-vim) TIA, //meine -- -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20200717091014.GA999%40trackstand.
