putting "\m" or "\M" at the start of the pattern.
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4. Overview of pattern items *pattern-overview*
*E865* *E866* *E867* *E869*
Overview of multi items. */multi* *E61* *E62*
More explanation and examples below, follow the links. *E64* *E871*
multi ~
'magic' 'nomagic' matches of the preceding atom ~
|/star| * \* 0 or more as many as possible
|/\+| \+ \+ 1 or more as many as possible
|/\=| \= \= 0 or 1 as many as possible
|/\?| \? \? 0 or 1 as many as possible
|/\{| \{n,m} \{n,m} n to m as many as possible
\{n} \{n} n exactly
\{n,} \{n,} at least n as many as possible
\{,m} \{,m} 0 to m as many as possible
\{} \{} 0 or more as many as possible (same as "*")
|/\{-| \{-n,m} \{-n,m} n to m as few as possible
\{-n} \{-n} n exactly
\{-n,} \{-n,} at least n as few as possible
\{-,m} \{-,m} 0 to m as few as possible
\{-} \{-} 0 or more as few as possible
*E59*
|/\@>| \@> \@> 1, like matching a whole pattern
|/\@=| \@= \@= nothing, requires a match |/zero-width|
|/\@!| \@! \@! nothing, requires NO match |/zero-width|
|/\@<=| \@<= \@<= nothing, requires a match behind |/zero-width|
|/\@<!| \@<! \@<! nothing, requires NO match behind |/zero-width|
Overview of ordinary atoms. */ordinary-atom*
More explanation and examples below, follow the links.
ordinary atom ~
magic nomagic matches ~
|/^| ^ ^ start-of-line (at start of pattern) |/zero-width|
|/\^| \^ \^ literal '^'
|/\_^| \_^ \_^ start-of-line (used anywhere) |/zero-width|
|/$| $ $ end-of-line (at end of pattern) |/zero-width|
|/\$| \$ \$ literal '$'
|/\_$| \_$ \_$ end-of-line (used anywhere) |/zero-width|
|/.| . \. any single character (not an end-of-line)
|/\_.| \_. \_. any single character or end-of-line
|/\<| \< \< beginning of a word |/zero-width|
|/\>| \> \> end of a word |/zero-width|
|/\zs| \zs \zs anything, sets start of match
|/\ze| \ze \ze anything, sets end of match
|/\%^| \%^ \%^ beginning of file |/zero-width| *E71*
|/\%$| \%$ \%$ end of file |/zero-width|
|/\%V| \%V \%V inside Visual area |/zero-width|
|/\%#| \%# \%# cursor position |/zero-width|
|/\%'m| \%'m \%'m mark m position |/zero-width|
|/\%l| \%23l \%23l in line 23 |/zero-width|
|/\%c| \%23c \%23c in column 23 |/zero-width|
|/\%v| \%23v \%23v in virtual column 23 |/zero-width|
Character classes: */character-classes*
magic nomagic matches ~
|/\i| \i \i identifier character (see 'isident' option)
|/\I| \I \I like "\i", but excluding digits
|/\k| \k \k keyword character (see 'iskeyword' option)
|/\K| \K \K like "\k", but excluding digits
|/\f| \f \f file name character (see 'isfname' option)
|/\F| \F \F like "\f", but excluding digits
|/\p| \p \p printable character (see 'isprint' option)
|/\P| \P \P like "\p", but excluding digits
|/\s| \s \s whitespace character: <Space> and <Tab>
|/\S| \S \S non-whitespace character; opposite of \s
|/\d| \d \d digit: [0-9]
|/\D| \D \D non-digit: [^0-9]
|/\x| \x \x hex digit: [0-9A-Fa-f]
|/\X| \X \X non-hex digit: [^0-9A-Fa-f]
|/\o| \o \o octal digit: [0-7]
|/\O| \O \O non-octal digit: [^0-7]
|/\w| \w \w word character: [0-9A-Za-z_]
|/\W| \W \W non-word character: [^0-9A-Za-z_]
|/\h| \h \h head of word character: [A-Za-z_]
|/\H| \H \H non-head of word character: [^A-Za-z_]
|/\a| \a \a alphabetic character: [A-Za-z]
|/\A| \A \A non-alphabetic character: [^A-Za-z]
|/\l| \l \l lowercase character: [a-z]
|/\L| \L \L non-lowercase character: [^a-z]
|/\u| \u \u uppercase character: [A-Z]
|/\U| \U \U non-uppercase character [^A-Z]
|/\_| \_x \_x where x is any of the characters above: character
class with end-of-line included
(end of character classes)
magic nomagic matches ~
|/\e| \e \e <Esc>
|/\t| \t \t <Tab>
|/\r| \r \r <CR>
|/\b| \b \b <BS>
|/\n| \n \n end-of-line
|/~| ~ \~ last given substitute string
|/\1| \1 \1 same string as matched by first \(\)
|/\2| \2 \2 Like "\1", but uses second \(\)