Re: [TCLUG:9061] regex

[Dave Sherohman <esper@usinternet.com>]

Luke Francl said:
> Here's another question. I'm a bit confused by the /g aspect of regex
> replacing in vi. Supposedly, it stands for "global" right? But it only
> does the replace until the end of the line.

The /g makes it global for the line.  For instance, if I run

s/it/vi

on the line

> replacing in vi. Supposedly, it stands for "global" right? But it only

I get

> replacing in vi. Supposedly, vi stands for "global" right? But it only
                      replaced ^^                   not replaced ^^

while 

s/it/vi/g

produces

> replacing in vi. Supposedly, vi stands for "global" right? But vi only
                               ^^         both replaced          ^^