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authorBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2016-03-29 23:10:31 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2016-03-29 23:10:31 +0200
commit7fed5c18f8577b75404b80d8b9a9907b1bbd27e4 (patch)
tree9405e4b272b71b0c430e865a2d893ba80c13c7ef /runtime
parentd18cfb7dbfd32af729d3ac5136f77dcdbefe5dee (diff)
patch 7.4.1685v7.4.1685
Problem: There is no easy way to get all the information about a match. Solution: Add matchstrpos(). (Ozaki Kiichi)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/eval.txt20
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/usr_41.txt1
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index 79cf58cf96..80395ed45f 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -2020,6 +2020,8 @@ matchlist( {expr}, {pat}[, {start}[, {count}]])
List match and submatches of {pat} in {expr}
matchstr( {expr}, {pat}[, {start}[, {count}]])
String {count}'th match of {pat} in {expr}
+matchstrpos( {expr}, {pat}[, {start}[, {count}]])
+ List {count}'th match of {pat} in {expr}
max( {list}) Number maximum value of items in {list}
min( {list}) Number minimum value of items in {list}
mkdir( {name} [, {path} [, {prot}]])
@@ -5206,6 +5208,24 @@ matchstr({expr}, {pat}[, {start}[, {count}]]) *matchstr()*
When {expr} is a |List| then the matching item is returned.
The type isn't changed, it's not necessarily a String.
+matchstrpos({expr}, {pat}[, {start}[, {count}]]) *matchstrpos()*
+ Same as |matchstr()|, but return the matched string, the start
+ position and the end position of the match. Example: >
+ :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing")
+< results in ["ing", 4, 7].
+ When there is no match ["", -1, -1] is returned.
+ The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. >
+ :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing", 2)
+< results in ["ing", 4, 7]. >
+ :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing", 5)
+< result is ["", -1, -1].
+ When {expr} is a |List| then the matching item, the index
+ of first item where {pat} matches, the start position and the
+ end position of the match are returned. >
+ :echo matchstrpos([1, '__x'], '\a')
+< result is ["x", 1, 2, 3].
+ The type isn't changed, it's not necessarily a String.
+
*max()*
max({list}) Return the maximum value of all items in {list}.
If {list} is not a list or one of the items in {list} cannot
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
index 920be4aabe..140a8ad888 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ String manipulation: *string-functions*
match() position where a pattern matches in a string
matchend() position where a pattern match ends in a string
matchstr() match of a pattern in a string
+ matchstrpos() match and postions of a pattern in a string
matchlist() like matchstr() and also return submatches
stridx() first index of a short string in a long string
strridx() last index of a short string in a long string