vim search and replace command to replace `(*,*)` with nothing
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I'm reworking some Fortran code. I need to remove the pattern (*,*) using vim's search and replace function. The following does not work
%s/<(*,*)>//gc
%s/<(*,*)>//gc
%s/(*,*)//gc
the last one only removes the contents between the parentheses and not the parentheses themselves
regular-expression vim search fortran
edited Dec 20 '18 at 7:07
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked Sep 19 '17 at 9:59
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I'm reworking some Fortran code. I need to remove the pattern (*,*) using vim's search and replace function. The following does not work
%s/<(*,*)>//gc
%s/<(*,*)>//gc
%s/(*,*)//gc
the last one only removes the contents between the parentheses and not the parentheses themselves
regular-expression vim search fortran
edited Dec 20 '18 at 7:07
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
asked Sep 19 '17 at 9:59
user121392
85
Did this answer work. If so the tick the ✓.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Dec 29 '17 at 16:08
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I'm reworking some Fortran code. I need to remove the pattern (*,*) using vim's search and replace function. The following does not work
%s/<(*,*)>//gc
%s/<(*,*)>//gc
%s/(*,*)//gc
the last one only removes the contents between the parentheses and not the parentheses themselves
regular-expression vim search fortran
edited Dec 20 '18 at 7:07
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
asked Sep 19 '17 at 9:59
user121392
85
I'm reworking some Fortran code. I need to remove the pattern (*,*) using vim's search and replace function. The following does not work
%s/<(*,*)>//gc
%s/<(*,*)>//gc
%s/(*,*)//gc
the last one only removes the contents between the parentheses and not the parentheses themselves
regular-expression vim search fortran
regular-expression vim search fortran
edited Dec 20 '18 at 7:07
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
asked Sep 19 '17 at 9:59
user121392
85
edited Dec 20 '18 at 7:07
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
asked Sep 19 '17 at 9:59
user121392
85
edited Dec 20 '18 at 7:07
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
edited Dec 20 '18 at 7:07
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
edited Dec 20 '18 at 7:07
Rui F Ribeiro
39k1479130
39k1479130
asked Sep 19 '17 at 9:59
user121392
85
asked Sep 19 '17 at 9:59
user121392
85
asked Sep 19 '17 at 9:59
user121392
85
85
Did this answer work. If so the tick the ✓.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Dec 29 '17 at 16:08
add a comment |
Did this answer work. If so the tick the ✓.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Dec 29 '17 at 16:08
Did this answer work. If so the tick the ✓.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Dec 29 '17 at 16:08
Did this answer work. If so the tick the ✓.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Dec 29 '17 at 16:08
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You will have to escape the * as *. The * is special in regular expressions and means match the previous thing zero or more times.
The substitution in Vim would be
:%s/(*,*)//g
If you unset the magic option in Vim, with
:set nomagic
then only the ^ ("start of line") and $ ("end of line") characters have special meaning in regular expressions.
This means that the substitution
:%s/(*,*)//g
would do what you'd like it to do.
Most people do want to have the magic option set though (and it is set by default in Vim).
answered Sep 19 '17 at 10:04
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You will have to escape the * as *. The * is special in regular expressions and means match the previous thing zero or more times.
The substitution in Vim would be
:%s/(*,*)//g
If you unset the magic option in Vim, with
:set nomagic
then only the ^ ("start of line") and $ ("end of line") characters have special meaning in regular expressions.
This means that the substitution
:%s/(*,*)//g
would do what you'd like it to do.
Most people do want to have the magic option set though (and it is set by default in Vim).
answered Sep 19 '17 at 10:04
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You will have to escape the * as *. The * is special in regular expressions and means match the previous thing zero or more times.
The substitution in Vim would be
:%s/(*,*)//g
If you unset the magic option in Vim, with
:set nomagic
then only the ^ ("start of line") and $ ("end of line") characters have special meaning in regular expressions.
This means that the substitution
:%s/(*,*)//g
would do what you'd like it to do.
Most people do want to have the magic option set though (and it is set by default in Vim).
answered Sep 19 '17 at 10:04
Kusalananda
121k16229372
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You will have to escape the * as *. The * is special in regular expressions and means match the previous thing zero or more times.
The substitution in Vim would be
:%s/(*,*)//g
If you unset the magic option in Vim, with
:set nomagic
then only the ^ ("start of line") and $ ("end of line") characters have special meaning in regular expressions.
This means that the substitution
:%s/(*,*)//g
would do what you'd like it to do.
Most people do want to have the magic option set though (and it is set by default in Vim).
answered Sep 19 '17 at 10:04
Kusalananda
121k16229372
You will have to escape the * as *. The * is special in regular expressions and means match the previous thing zero or more times.
The substitution in Vim would be
:%s/(*,*)//g
If you unset the magic option in Vim, with
:set nomagic
then only the ^ ("start of line") and $ ("end of line") characters have special meaning in regular expressions.
This means that the substitution
:%s/(*,*)//g
would do what you'd like it to do.
Most people do want to have the magic option set though (and it is set by default in Vim).
answered Sep 19 '17 at 10:04
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