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diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index 90a8bfbe8..4c43bc722 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*eval.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2006 Mar 04 +*eval.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2006 Mar 06 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -3371,7 +3371,7 @@ match({expr}, {pat}[, {start}[, {count}]]) *match()* If there is no match -1 is returned. Example: > :echo match("testing", "ing") " results in 4 - :echo match([1, 'x'], '\a') " results in 2 + :echo match([1, 'x'], '\a') " results in 1 < See |string-match| for how {pat} is used. *strpbrk()* Vim doesn't have a strpbrk() function. But you can do: > @@ -3728,6 +3728,9 @@ readfile({fname} [, {binary} [, {max}]]) remote_expr({server}, {string} [, {idvar}]) Send the {string} to {server}. The string is sent as an expression and the result is returned after evaluation. + The result must be a String or a |List|. A |List| is turned + into a String by joining the items with a line break in + between (not at the end), like with join(expr, "\n"). If {idvar} is present, it is taken as the name of a variable and a {serverid} for later use with remote_read() is stored there. @@ -3884,9 +3887,11 @@ search({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline}]]) *search()* If there is no match a 0 is returned and the cursor doesn't move. No error message is given. - When a match has been found its line number is returned. With - the 'p' flag the returned value is one more than the first - sub-match in \(\). One if there is none. + When a match has been found its line number is returned. + *search()-sub-match* + With the 'p' flag the returned value is one more than the + first sub-match in \(\). One if none of them matched but the + whole pattern did match. To get the column number too use |searchpos()|. The cursor will be positioned at the match, unless the 'n' @@ -4039,9 +4044,15 @@ searchpos({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline}]]) *searchpos()* is the line number and the second element is the byte index of the column position of the match. If no match is found, returns [0, 0]. -> - :let [lnum,col] = searchpos('mypattern', 'n') -< + Example: > + :let [lnum, col] = searchpos('mypattern', 'n') + +< When the 'p' flag is given then there is an extra item with + the sub-pattern match number |search()-sub-match|. Example: > + :let [lnum, col, submatch] = searchpos('\(\l\)\|\(\u\)', 'np') +< In this example "submatch" is 2 when a lowercase letter is + found |/\l|, 3 when an uppercase letter is found |/\u|. + server2client( {clientid}, {string}) *server2client()* Send a reply string to {clientid}. The most recent {clientid} that sent a string can be retrieved with expand("<client>"). |