(Change <tt> to <code>, perhaps also minor tweak.)
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|created=February 25, 2002
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|created=2002
|complexity=intermediate
|complexity=intermediate
|author=Michael Geddes
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*<tt>\v</tt> Very magic
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*<code>\v</code> Very magic
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*<tt><</tt> Start-of-word
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*<code><</code> Start-of-word
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*<tt>(Foo>)</tt> The atom 'Foo' followed by end-of-word
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*<code>(Foo>)</code> The atom 'Foo' followed by end-of-word
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*<tt>@!</tt> Match (with zero length) when the previous atom doesn't match.
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*<code>@!</code> Match (with zero length) when the previous atom doesn't match.
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*<tt>\k+</tt> Match one or more Keywords
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*<code>\k+</code> Match one or more Keywords
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*<tt>></tt> Match end-of-word.
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*<code>></code> Match end-of-word.
The non-magic version is:
The non-magic version is:
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The use of <tt>\@!</tt> can be very tricky. According to the Vim help files, it is often easier to use <tt>\@<!</tt> instead. For example, to find all 'bar' strings unless they are part of 'foobar', use the following (non-magic):
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The use of <code>\@!</code> can be very tricky. According to the Vim help files, it is often easier to use <code>\@<!</code> instead. For example, to find all 'bar' strings unless they are part of 'foobar', use the following (non-magic):
created 2002 · complexity intermediate · author Michael Geddes · version 6.0
This is a regular expression that matches all words except 'foo'
\v<(foo>)@!\k+>
\v Very magic
< Start-of-word
(Foo>) The atom 'Foo' followed by end-of-word
@! Match (with zero length) when the previous atom doesn't match.
\k+ Match one or more Keywords
> Match end-of-word.
The non-magic version is:
\<\(foo\>\)\@!\k\+\>
The use of \@! can be very tricky. According to the Vim help files, it is often easier to use \@<! instead. For example, to find all 'bar' strings unless they are part of 'foobar', use the following (non-magic):
