Chapter 12: Matching Patterns and Literals

Chapter Overview

Part IV: Patterns | Tips 72-78

Understanding Vim’s regex flavor.

Tips in This Chapter

Tip Title Mastered

72

Tune the Case Sensitivity of Search Patterns

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73

Use the \v Pattern Switch for Regex Searches

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74

Use the \V Literal Switch for Verbatim Searches

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75

Use Parentheses to Capture Submatches

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76

Stake the Boundaries of a Word

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77

Stake the Boundaries of a Match

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78

Escape Problem Characters

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Pattern Switches

Switch Effect

\v

Very magic (regex-like)

\V

Very nomagic (literal)

\c

Case insensitive

\C

Case sensitive

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