Search keywords in c function
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Tip 1530 Previous Next Created: November 12, 2007 Complexity: basic Author: Anon Version: 7.0
Often a programmer will want to search for something only within a certain program scope, for example, within a function. The following code provides that behavior.
" Search within top-level block for word at cursor.
nnoremap <Leader>[ "ayiw/<C-R>=ScopeSearch("[[")<CR><C-R>a<CR>
" Search within current block for word at cursor.
nnoremap <Leader>{ "ayiw/<C-R>=ScopeSearch("[{")<CR><C-R>a<CR>
" Search within current top-level block for user-entered text.
nnoremap <Leader>/ /<C-R>=ScopeSearch("[[")<CR>
" Return a string to place at the beginning of a search to limit
" the search to a certain scope.
" navigator is a command to jump to the beginning of the desired scope.
function! ScopeSearch(navigator)
exec 'normal ' . a:navigator
let l:s = line(".")
normal %
let l:e = line(".")
normal %
if l:s < l:e
return '\%>' . (l:s-1) . 'l\%<' . (l:e+1) . 'l'
endif
echo "Cannot find search scope with command " . a:navigator . " %"
return ""
endfunction
With the defaults, the <Leader> key is backslash. With the mappings suggested above, you would put the cursor on a word in a C function, then press:
- \[ to search for the word, but only within the current function.
- \{ to search for the word, but only within the current block ({...}).
- \/ to search for whatever text you enter, but only within the current block.
This procedure will work for any program, such as C or C++, where a code block starts with '{' and ends with '}', and where a function starts with '{' at the left margin.
[edit] References
- :help quote= for help on the expression register '='
- :help [{
- :help [[
