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@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ Grouping is done with parentheses. No surprises here. Example: >
:echo (10 + 5) * 2
< 30 ~
-Strings can be concatenated with ".". Example: >
+Strings can be concatenated with ".." (see |expr6|). Example: >
- :echo "foo" . "bar"
+ :echo "foo" .. "bar"
< foobar ~
When the ":echo" command gets multiple arguments, it separates them with a
@@ -496,9 +496,9 @@ So far the commands in the script were executed by Vim directly. The
very powerful way to build commands and execute them.
An example is to jump to a tag, which is contained in a variable: >
- :execute "tag " . tag_name
+ :execute "tag " .. tag_name
-The "." is used to concatenate the string "tag " with the value of variable
+The ".." is used to concatenate the string "tag " with the value of variable
"tag_name". Suppose "tag_name" has the value "get_cmd", then the command that
will be executed is: >
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ This jumps to the first line and formats all lines with the "=" operator.
To make ":normal" work with an expression, combine ":execute" with it.
Example: >
- :execute "normal " . normal_commands
+ :execute "normal " .. normal_commands
The variable "normal_commands" must contain the Normal mode commands.
Make sure that the argument for ":normal" is a complete command. Otherwise
@@ -531,12 +531,12 @@ If you don't want to execute a string but evaluate it to get its expression
value, you can use the eval() function: >
:let optname = "path"
- :let optval = eval('&' . optname)
+ :let optval = eval('&' .. optname)
A "&" character is prepended to "path", thus the argument to eval() is
"&path". The result will then be the value of the 'path' option.
The same thing can be done with: >
- :exe 'let optval = &' . optname
+ :exe 'let optval = &' .. optname
==============================================================================
*41.6* Using functions
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ Example: >
: let n = n + len(split(getline(lnum)))
: let lnum = lnum + 1
: endwhile
- : echo "found " . n . " words"
+ : echo "found " .. n .. " words"
:endfunction
You can call this function with: >
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ It will be executed once and echo the number of words.
range, with the cursor in that line. Example: >
:function Number()
- : echo "line " . line(".") . " contains: " . getline(".")
+ : echo "line " .. line(".") .. " contains: " .. getline(".")
:endfunction
If you call this function with: >
@@ -1325,11 +1325,11 @@ so on. The variable "a:0" contains the number of extra arguments.
:function Show(start, ...)
: echohl Title
- : echo "start is " . a:start
+ : echo "start is " .. a:start
: echohl None
: let index = 1
: while index <= a:0
- : echo " Arg " . index . " is " . a:{index}
+ : echo " Arg " .. index .. " is " .. a:{index}
: let index = index + 1
: endwhile
: echo ""
@@ -1737,10 +1737,10 @@ Another useful mechanism is the ":finally" command: >
:let tmp = tempname()
:try
- : exe ".,$write " . tmp
- : exe "!filter " . tmp
+ : exe ".,$write " .. tmp
+ : exe "!filter " .. tmp
: .,$delete
- : exe "$read " . tmp
+ : exe "$read " .. tmp
:finally
: call delete(tmp)
:endtry
@@ -2091,8 +2091,8 @@ prepending it with "s:".
We will define a function that adds a new typing correction: >
30 function s:Add(from, correct)
- 31 let to = input("type the correction for " . a:from . ": ")
- 32 exe ":iabbrev " . a:from . " " . to
+ 31 let to = input("type the correction for " .. a:from .. ": ")
+ 32 exe ":iabbrev " .. a:from .. " " .. to
..
36 endfunction
@@ -2197,7 +2197,7 @@ a few lines to count the number of corrections: >
30 function s:Add(from, correct)
..
34 let s:count = s:count + 1
- 35 echo s:count . " corrections now"
+ 35 echo s:count .. " corrections now"
36 endfunction
First s:count is initialized to 4 in the script itself. When later the
@@ -2240,11 +2240,11 @@ Here is the resulting complete example: >
28 noremap <SID>Add :call <SID>Add(expand("<cword>"), 1)<CR>
29
30 function s:Add(from, correct)
- 31 let to = input("type the correction for " . a:from . ": ")
- 32 exe ":iabbrev " . a:from . " " . to
+ 31 let to = input("type the correction for " .. a:from .. ": ")
+ 32 exe ":iabbrev " .. a:from .. " " .. to
33 if a:correct | exe "normal viws\<C-R>\" \b\e" | endif
34 let s:count = s:count + 1
- 35 echo s:count . " corrections now"
+ 35 echo s:count .. " corrections now"
36 endfunction
37
38 if !exists(":Correct")
@@ -2492,7 +2492,7 @@ should be undone. Set the b:undo_ftplugin variable to the commands that will
undo the settings in your filetype plugin. Example: >
let b:undo_ftplugin = "setlocal fo< com< tw< commentstring<"
- \ . "| unlet b:match_ignorecase b:match_words b:match_skip"
+ \ .. "| unlet b:match_ignorecase b:match_words b:match_skip"
Using ":setlocal" with "<" after the option name resets the option to its
global value. That is mostly the best way to reset the option value.
@@ -2613,17 +2613,17 @@ The following example shows how it's done: >
map <F19> :call BufNetWrite('something')<CR>
let s:did_load = 1
- exe 'au FuncUndefined BufNet* source ' . expand('<sfile>')
+ exe 'au FuncUndefined BufNet* source ' .. expand('<sfile>')
finish
endif
function BufNetRead(...)
- echo 'BufNetRead(' . string(a:000) . ')'
+ echo 'BufNetRead(' .. string(a:000) .. ')'
" read functionality here
endfunction
function BufNetWrite(...)
- echo 'BufNetWrite(' . string(a:000) . ')'
+ echo 'BufNetWrite(' .. string(a:000) .. ')'
" write functionality here
endfunction