From: "Andrew Simmons" <andrew@mbmnz.co.nz>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Sam / text search query
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 09:06:08 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D104980.16646.51DF597@localhost> (raw)
> this is the easiest way
>
> ,x g/sprintf/ .,/.*msgprint.*\n/ p
>
>it seems easy to me, almost a transcription of what you're asking to
>do.
>
>if you have multiple sprintfs before msgprint, though, you might
>prefer this:
>
> ,x g/msgprint/ ?.*sprintf.*\n?,.p
>
>subtler but maybe more correct; your specification was ambiguous.
Brilliant, thanks. Your second method is exactly what I wanted, your
first the best I was expecting. Would that it seemed as easy to me,
but my brain locks up and turns to custard when faced with regular
expressions beyond a minimal level of complexity.
next reply other threads:[~2002-06-18 21:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-18 21:06 Andrew Simmons [this message]
2002-06-19 15:37 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
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2002-06-20 18:58 David Gordon Hogan
2002-06-21 15:00 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2002-06-20 16:21 rog
2002-06-19 16:08 rog
2002-06-20 15:47 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2002-06-18 17:31 Gerry Tomlinson
2002-06-18 5:07 rob pike, esq.
2002-06-18 5:03 Andrew Simmons
2002-06-18 15:03 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
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