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+" Vim syntax file
+" Language:	R (GNU S)
+" Maintainer:	Tom Payne <tom@tompayne.org>
+" Last Change:  2003 May 11
+" Filenames:	*.r
+" URL:		http://www.tompayne.org/vim/syntax/r.vim
+
+" For version 5.x: Clear all syntax items
+" For version 6.x: Quit when a syntax file was already loaded
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+if version >= 600
+  setlocal iskeyword=@,48-57,_,.
+else
+  set iskeyword=@,48-57,_,.
+endif
+
+syn case match
+
+" Comment
+syn match rComment /\#.*/
+
+" Constant
+" string enclosed in double quotes
+syn region rString start=/"/ skip=/\\\\\|\\"/ end=/"/
+" string enclosed in single quotes
+syn region rString start=/'/ skip=/\\\\\|\\'/ end=/'/
+" number with no fractional part or exponent
+syn match rNumber /\d\+/
+" floating point number with integer and fractional parts and optional exponent
+syn match rFloat /\d\+\.\d*\([Ee][-+]\=\d\+\)\=/
+" floating point number with no integer part and optional exponent
+syn match rFloat /\.\d\+\([Ee][-+]\=\d\+\)\=/
+" floating point number with no fractional part and optional exponent
+syn match rFloat /\d\+[Ee][-+]\=\d\+/
+
+" Identifier
+" identifier with leading letter and optional following keyword characters
+syn match rIdentifier /\a\k*/
+" identifier with leading period, one or more digits, and at least one non-digit keyword character
+syn match rIdentifier /\.\d*\K\k*/
+
+" Statement
+syn keyword rStatement   break next return
+syn keyword rConditional if else
+syn keyword rRepeat      for in repeat while
+
+" Constant
+syn keyword rConstant LETTERS letters month.ab month.name pi
+syn keyword rConstant NULL
+syn keyword rBoolean  FALSE TRUE
+syn keyword rNumber   NA
+
+" Type
+syn keyword rType array category character complex double function integer list logical matrix numeric vector
+
+" Special
+syn match rDelimiter /[,;:]/
+
+" Error
+syn region rRegion matchgroup=Delimiter start=/(/ matchgroup=Delimiter end=/)/ transparent contains=ALLBUT,rError,rBraceError,rCurlyError
+syn region rRegion matchgroup=Delimiter start=/{/ matchgroup=Delimiter end=/}/ transparent contains=ALLBUT,rError,rBraceError,rParenError
+syn region rRegion matchgroup=Delimiter start=/\[/ matchgroup=Delimiter end=/]/ transparent contains=ALLBUT,rError,rCurlyError,rParenError
+syn match rError      /[)\]}]/
+syn match rBraceError /[)}]/ contained
+syn match rCurlyError /[)\]]/ contained
+syn match rParenError /[\]}]/ contained
+
+" Define the default highlighting.
+" For version 5.7 and earlier: only when not done already
+" For version 5.8 and later: only when an item doesn't have highlighting yet
+if version >= 508 || !exists("did_r_syn_inits")
+  if version < 508
+    let did_r_syn_inits = 1
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi link <args>
+  else
+    command -nargs=+ HiLink hi def link <args>
+  endif
+  HiLink rComment     Comment
+  HiLink rConstant    Constant
+  HiLink rString      String
+  HiLink rNumber      Number
+  HiLink rBoolean     Boolean
+  HiLink rFloat       Float
+  HiLink rStatement   Statement
+  HiLink rConditional Conditional
+  HiLink rRepeat      Repeat
+  HiLink rIdentifier  Identifier
+  HiLink rType	      Type
+  HiLink rDelimiter   Delimiter
+  HiLink rError       Error
+  HiLink rBraceError  Error
+  HiLink rCurlyError  Error
+  HiLink rParenError  Error
+  delcommand HiLink
+endif
+
+let b:current_syntax="r"
+
+" vim: ts=8 sw=2