blob: 82b81fbb321a1faf9aa98243dfc64375e926f648 [file] [log] [blame]
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +02001*eval.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2020 Sep 16
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002
3
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005
6
7Expression evaluation *expression* *expr* *E15* *eval*
8
9Using expressions is introduced in chapter 41 of the user manual |usr_41.txt|.
10
11Note: Expression evaluation can be disabled at compile time. If this has been
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020012done, the features in this document are not available. See |+eval| and
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +000013|no-eval-feature|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014
Bram Moolenaar8a7d6542020-01-26 15:56:19 +010015This file is about the backwards compatible Vim script. For Vim9 script,
16which executes much faster, supports type checking and much more, see
17|vim9.txt|.
18
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000191. Variables |variables|
20 1.1 Variable types
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +000021 1.2 Function references |Funcref|
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000022 1.3 Lists |Lists|
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +000023 1.4 Dictionaries |Dictionaries|
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +010024 1.5 Blobs |Blobs|
25 1.6 More about variables |more-variables|
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000262. Expression syntax |expression-syntax|
273. Internal variable |internal-variables|
284. Builtin Functions |functions|
295. Defining functions |user-functions|
306. Curly braces names |curly-braces-names|
317. Commands |expression-commands|
328. Exception handling |exception-handling|
339. Examples |eval-examples|
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +02003410. Vim script version |vimscript-version|
3511. No +eval feature |no-eval-feature|
3612. The sandbox |eval-sandbox|
3713. Textlock |textlock|
Bram Moolenaared997ad2019-07-21 16:42:00 +020038
39Testing support is documented in |testing.txt|.
40Profiling is documented at |profiling|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042==============================================================================
431. Variables *variables*
44
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000451.1 Variable types ~
Bram Moolenaarbf821bc2019-01-23 21:15:02 +010046 *E712* *E896* *E897* *E899*
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +020047There are ten types of variables:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +010049 *Number* *Integer*
50Number A 32 or 64 bit signed number. |expr-number|
Bram Moolenaarf9706e92020-02-22 14:27:04 +010051 The number of bits is available in |v:numbersize|.
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +020052 Examples: -123 0x10 0177 0b1011
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +000053
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000054Float A floating point number. |floating-point-format| *Float*
55 {only when compiled with the |+float| feature}
56 Examples: 123.456 1.15e-6 -1.1e3
57
Bram Moolenaar06481422016-04-30 15:13:38 +020058 *E928*
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +000059String A NUL terminated string of 8-bit unsigned characters (bytes).
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000060 |expr-string| Examples: "ab\txx\"--" 'x-z''a,c'
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +000061
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +010062List An ordered sequence of items, see |List| for details.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +000063 Example: [1, 2, ['a', 'b']]
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000064
Bram Moolenaar39a58ca2005-06-27 22:42:44 +000065Dictionary An associative, unordered array: Each entry has a key and a
66 value. |Dictionary|
Bram Moolenaard5abb4c2019-07-13 22:46:10 +020067 Examples:
68 {'blue': "#0000ff", 'red': "#ff0000"}
Bram Moolenaar4c6d9042019-07-16 22:04:02 +020069 #{blue: "#0000ff", red: "#ff0000"}
Bram Moolenaar39a58ca2005-06-27 22:42:44 +000070
Bram Moolenaar835dc632016-02-07 14:27:38 +010071Funcref A reference to a function |Funcref|.
72 Example: function("strlen")
Bram Moolenaar1d429612016-05-24 15:44:17 +020073 It can be bound to a dictionary and arguments, it then works
74 like a Partial.
75 Example: function("Callback", [arg], myDict)
Bram Moolenaar835dc632016-02-07 14:27:38 +010076
Bram Moolenaar02e83b42016-02-21 20:10:26 +010077Special |v:false|, |v:true|, |v:none| and |v:null|. *Special*
Bram Moolenaar835dc632016-02-07 14:27:38 +010078
Bram Moolenaarebf7dfa2016-04-14 12:46:51 +020079Job Used for a job, see |job_start()|. *Job* *Jobs*
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +010080
Bram Moolenaarebf7dfa2016-04-14 12:46:51 +020081Channel Used for a channel, see |ch_open()|. *Channel* *Channels*
Bram Moolenaar835dc632016-02-07 14:27:38 +010082
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +010083Blob Binary Large Object. Stores any sequence of bytes. See |Blob|
84 for details
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +010085 Example: 0zFF00ED015DAF
86 0z is an empty Blob.
87
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +000088The Number and String types are converted automatically, depending on how they
89are used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000090
91Conversion from a Number to a String is by making the ASCII representation of
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +020092the Number. Examples:
93 Number 123 --> String "123" ~
94 Number 0 --> String "0" ~
95 Number -1 --> String "-1" ~
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +020096 *octal*
Bram Moolenaard43906d2020-07-20 21:31:32 +020097Conversion from a String to a Number only happens in legacy Vim script, not in
98Vim9 script. It is done by converting the first digits to a number.
99Hexadecimal "0xf9", Octal "017" or "0o17", and Binary "0b10"
Bram Moolenaarc17e66c2020-06-02 21:38:22 +0200100numbers are recognized (NOTE: when using |scriptversion-4| octal with a
101leading "0" is not recognized). If the String doesn't start with digits, the
102result is zero.
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +0100103Examples:
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +0200104 String "456" --> Number 456 ~
105 String "6bar" --> Number 6 ~
106 String "foo" --> Number 0 ~
107 String "0xf1" --> Number 241 ~
108 String "0100" --> Number 64 ~
Bram Moolenaarc17e66c2020-06-02 21:38:22 +0200109 String "0o100" --> Number 64 ~
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +0100110 String "0b101" --> Number 5 ~
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +0200111 String "-8" --> Number -8 ~
112 String "+8" --> Number 0 ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000113
114To force conversion from String to Number, add zero to it: >
115 :echo "0100" + 0
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +0000116< 64 ~
117
118To avoid a leading zero to cause octal conversion, or for using a different
119base, use |str2nr()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000120
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100121 *TRUE* *FALSE* *Boolean*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000122For boolean operators Numbers are used. Zero is FALSE, non-zero is TRUE.
Bram Moolenaar1c6737b2020-09-07 22:18:52 +0200123You can also use |v:false| and |v:true|. In Vim9 script |false| and |true|.
124When TRUE is returned from a function it is the Number one, FALSE is the
125number zero.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000126
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200127Note that in the command: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000128 :if "foo"
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200129 :" NOT executed
130"foo" is converted to 0, which means FALSE. If the string starts with a
131non-zero number it means TRUE: >
132 :if "8foo"
133 :" executed
134To test for a non-empty string, use empty(): >
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200135 :if !empty("foo")
Bram Moolenaar835dc632016-02-07 14:27:38 +0100136<
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200137 *non-zero-arg*
138Function arguments often behave slightly different from |TRUE|: If the
139argument is present and it evaluates to a non-zero Number, |v:true| or a
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +0200140non-empty String, then the value is considered to be TRUE.
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100141Note that " " and "0" are also non-empty strings, thus considered to be TRUE.
142A List, Dictionary or Float is not a Number or String, thus evaluate to FALSE.
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200143
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +0100144 *E745* *E728* *E703* *E729* *E730* *E731* *E908* *E910* *E913*
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +0100145 *E974* *E975* *E976*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100146|List|, |Dictionary|, |Funcref|, |Job|, |Channel| and |Blob| types are not
147automatically converted.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000148
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000149 *E805* *E806* *E808*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200150When mixing Number and Float the Number is converted to Float. Otherwise
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000151there is no automatic conversion of Float. You can use str2float() for String
152to Float, printf() for Float to String and float2nr() for Float to Number.
153
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +0100154 *E891* *E892* *E893* *E894* *E907* *E911* *E914*
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +0100155When expecting a Float a Number can also be used, but nothing else.
156
Bram Moolenaarf6f32c32016-03-12 19:03:59 +0100157 *no-type-checking*
158You will not get an error if you try to change the type of a variable.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000159
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000160
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +00001611.2 Function references ~
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200162 *Funcref* *E695* *E718*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200163A Funcref variable is obtained with the |function()| function, the |funcref()|
164function or created with the lambda expression |expr-lambda|. It can be used
165in an expression in the place of a function name, before the parenthesis
166around the arguments, to invoke the function it refers to. Example: >
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000167
168 :let Fn = function("MyFunc")
169 :echo Fn()
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000170< *E704* *E705* *E707*
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000171A Funcref variable must start with a capital, "s:", "w:", "t:" or "b:". You
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +0200172can use "g:" but the following name must still start with a capital. You
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000173cannot have both a Funcref variable and a function with the same name.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000174
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000175A special case is defining a function and directly assigning its Funcref to a
176Dictionary entry. Example: >
177 :function dict.init() dict
178 : let self.val = 0
179 :endfunction
180
181The key of the Dictionary can start with a lower case letter. The actual
182function name is not used here. Also see |numbered-function|.
183
184A Funcref can also be used with the |:call| command: >
185 :call Fn()
186 :call dict.init()
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000187
188The name of the referenced function can be obtained with |string()|. >
Bram Moolenaar383f9bc2005-01-19 22:18:32 +0000189 :let func = string(Fn)
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000190
191You can use |call()| to invoke a Funcref and use a list variable for the
192arguments: >
Bram Moolenaar383f9bc2005-01-19 22:18:32 +0000193 :let r = call(Fn, mylist)
Bram Moolenaar1d429612016-05-24 15:44:17 +0200194<
195 *Partial*
196A Funcref optionally binds a Dictionary and/or arguments. This is also called
197a Partial. This is created by passing the Dictionary and/or arguments to
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200198function() or funcref(). When calling the function the Dictionary and/or
199arguments will be passed to the function. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar1d429612016-05-24 15:44:17 +0200200
201 let Cb = function('Callback', ['foo'], myDict)
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100202 call Cb('bar')
Bram Moolenaar1d429612016-05-24 15:44:17 +0200203
204This will invoke the function as if using: >
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100205 call myDict.Callback('foo', 'bar')
Bram Moolenaar1d429612016-05-24 15:44:17 +0200206
207This is very useful when passing a function around, e.g. in the arguments of
208|ch_open()|.
209
210Note that binding a function to a Dictionary also happens when the function is
211a member of the Dictionary: >
212
213 let myDict.myFunction = MyFunction
214 call myDict.myFunction()
215
216Here MyFunction() will get myDict passed as "self". This happens when the
217"myFunction" member is accessed. When making assigning "myFunction" to
218otherDict and calling it, it will be bound to otherDict: >
219
220 let otherDict.myFunction = myDict.myFunction
221 call otherDict.myFunction()
222
223Now "self" will be "otherDict". But when the dictionary was bound explicitly
224this won't happen: >
225
226 let myDict.myFunction = function(MyFunction, myDict)
227 let otherDict.myFunction = myDict.myFunction
228 call otherDict.myFunction()
229
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +0200230Here "self" will be "myDict", because it was bound explicitly.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000231
232
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +00002331.3 Lists ~
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +0200234 *list* *List* *Lists* *E686*
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000235A List is an ordered sequence of items. An item can be of any type. Items
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200236can be accessed by their index number. Items can be added and removed at any
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000237position in the sequence.
238
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000239
240List creation ~
241 *E696* *E697*
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000242A List is created with a comma separated list of items in square brackets.
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000243Examples: >
244 :let mylist = [1, two, 3, "four"]
245 :let emptylist = []
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000246
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200247An item can be any expression. Using a List for an item creates a
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000248List of Lists: >
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000249 :let nestlist = [[11, 12], [21, 22], [31, 32]]
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000250
251An extra comma after the last item is ignored.
252
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000253
254List index ~
255 *list-index* *E684*
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000256An item in the List can be accessed by putting the index in square brackets
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000257after the List. Indexes are zero-based, thus the first item has index zero. >
258 :let item = mylist[0] " get the first item: 1
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000259 :let item = mylist[2] " get the third item: 3
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000260
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000261When the resulting item is a list this can be repeated: >
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000262 :let item = nestlist[0][1] " get the first list, second item: 12
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000263<
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000264A negative index is counted from the end. Index -1 refers to the last item in
265the List, -2 to the last but one item, etc. >
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000266 :let last = mylist[-1] " get the last item: "four"
267
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000268To avoid an error for an invalid index use the |get()| function. When an item
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000269is not available it returns zero or the default value you specify: >
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000270 :echo get(mylist, idx)
271 :echo get(mylist, idx, "NONE")
272
273
274List concatenation ~
275
276Two lists can be concatenated with the "+" operator: >
277 :let longlist = mylist + [5, 6]
Bram Moolenaar383f9bc2005-01-19 22:18:32 +0000278 :let mylist += [7, 8]
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000279
280To prepend or append an item turn the item into a list by putting [] around
281it. To change a list in-place see |list-modification| below.
282
283
284Sublist ~
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +0200285 *sublist*
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000286A part of the List can be obtained by specifying the first and last index,
287separated by a colon in square brackets: >
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000288 :let shortlist = mylist[2:-1] " get List [3, "four"]
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000289
290Omitting the first index is similar to zero. Omitting the last index is
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000291similar to -1. >
Bram Moolenaar540d6e32005-01-09 21:20:18 +0000292 :let endlist = mylist[2:] " from item 2 to the end: [3, "four"]
293 :let shortlist = mylist[2:2] " List with one item: [3]
294 :let otherlist = mylist[:] " make a copy of the List
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000295
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +0000296If the first index is beyond the last item of the List or the second item is
297before the first item, the result is an empty list. There is no error
298message.
299
300If the second index is equal to or greater than the length of the list the
301length minus one is used: >
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +0000302 :let mylist = [0, 1, 2, 3]
303 :echo mylist[2:8] " result: [2, 3]
304
Bram Moolenaara7fc0102005-05-18 22:17:12 +0000305NOTE: mylist[s:e] means using the variable "s:e" as index. Watch out for
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200306using a single letter variable before the ":". Insert a space when needed:
Bram Moolenaara7fc0102005-05-18 22:17:12 +0000307mylist[s : e].
308
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +0000309
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000310List identity ~
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000311 *list-identity*
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000312When variable "aa" is a list and you assign it to another variable "bb", both
313variables refer to the same list. Thus changing the list "aa" will also
314change "bb": >
315 :let aa = [1, 2, 3]
316 :let bb = aa
317 :call add(aa, 4)
318 :echo bb
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000319< [1, 2, 3, 4]
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000320
321Making a copy of a list is done with the |copy()| function. Using [:] also
322works, as explained above. This creates a shallow copy of the list: Changing
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000323a list item in the list will also change the item in the copied list: >
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000324 :let aa = [[1, 'a'], 2, 3]
325 :let bb = copy(aa)
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000326 :call add(aa, 4)
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000327 :let aa[0][1] = 'aaa'
328 :echo aa
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000329< [[1, aaa], 2, 3, 4] >
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000330 :echo bb
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000331< [[1, aaa], 2, 3]
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000332
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000333To make a completely independent list use |deepcopy()|. This also makes a
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000334copy of the values in the list, recursively. Up to a hundred levels deep.
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000335
336The operator "is" can be used to check if two variables refer to the same
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000337List. "isnot" does the opposite. In contrast "==" compares if two lists have
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000338the same value. >
339 :let alist = [1, 2, 3]
340 :let blist = [1, 2, 3]
341 :echo alist is blist
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000342< 0 >
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000343 :echo alist == blist
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000344< 1
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000345
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000346Note about comparing lists: Two lists are considered equal if they have the
347same length and all items compare equal, as with using "==". There is one
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000348exception: When comparing a number with a string they are considered
349different. There is no automatic type conversion, as with using "==" on
350variables. Example: >
351 echo 4 == "4"
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000352< 1 >
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000353 echo [4] == ["4"]
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000354< 0
355
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000356Thus comparing Lists is more strict than comparing numbers and strings. You
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000357can compare simple values this way too by putting them in a list: >
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000358
359 :let a = 5
360 :let b = "5"
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000361 :echo a == b
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000362< 1 >
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000363 :echo [a] == [b]
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +0000364< 0
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000365
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000366
367List unpack ~
368
369To unpack the items in a list to individual variables, put the variables in
370square brackets, like list items: >
371 :let [var1, var2] = mylist
372
373When the number of variables does not match the number of items in the list
374this produces an error. To handle any extra items from the list append ";"
375and a variable name: >
376 :let [var1, var2; rest] = mylist
377
378This works like: >
379 :let var1 = mylist[0]
380 :let var2 = mylist[1]
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000381 :let rest = mylist[2:]
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000382
383Except that there is no error if there are only two items. "rest" will be an
384empty list then.
385
386
387List modification ~
388 *list-modification*
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000389To change a specific item of a list use |:let| this way: >
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000390 :let list[4] = "four"
391 :let listlist[0][3] = item
392
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000393To change part of a list you can specify the first and last item to be
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000394modified. The value must at least have the number of items in the range: >
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000395 :let list[3:5] = [3, 4, 5]
396
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000397Adding and removing items from a list is done with functions. Here are a few
398examples: >
399 :call insert(list, 'a') " prepend item 'a'
400 :call insert(list, 'a', 3) " insert item 'a' before list[3]
401 :call add(list, "new") " append String item
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000402 :call add(list, [1, 2]) " append a List as one new item
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000403 :call extend(list, [1, 2]) " extend the list with two more items
404 :let i = remove(list, 3) " remove item 3
Bram Moolenaar9cd15162005-01-16 22:02:49 +0000405 :unlet list[3] " idem
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000406 :let l = remove(list, 3, -1) " remove items 3 to last item
Bram Moolenaar9cd15162005-01-16 22:02:49 +0000407 :unlet list[3 : ] " idem
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000408 :call filter(list, 'v:val !~ "x"') " remove items with an 'x'
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000409
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000410Changing the order of items in a list: >
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000411 :call sort(list) " sort a list alphabetically
412 :call reverse(list) " reverse the order of items
Bram Moolenaar327aa022014-03-25 18:24:23 +0100413 :call uniq(sort(list)) " sort and remove duplicates
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000414
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000415
416For loop ~
417
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000418The |:for| loop executes commands for each item in a list. A variable is set
419to each item in the list in sequence. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000420 :for item in mylist
421 : call Doit(item)
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000422 :endfor
423
424This works like: >
425 :let index = 0
426 :while index < len(mylist)
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000427 : let item = mylist[index]
428 : :call Doit(item)
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000429 : let index = index + 1
430 :endwhile
431
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000432If all you want to do is modify each item in the list then the |map()|
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000433function will be a simpler method than a for loop.
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000434
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200435Just like the |:let| command, |:for| also accepts a list of variables. This
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000436requires the argument to be a list of lists. >
437 :for [lnum, col] in [[1, 3], [2, 8], [3, 0]]
438 : call Doit(lnum, col)
439 :endfor
440
441This works like a |:let| command is done for each list item. Again, the types
442must remain the same to avoid an error.
443
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000444It is also possible to put remaining items in a List variable: >
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000445 :for [i, j; rest] in listlist
446 : call Doit(i, j)
447 : if !empty(rest)
448 : echo "remainder: " . string(rest)
449 : endif
450 :endfor
451
452
453List functions ~
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000454 *E714*
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000455Functions that are useful with a List: >
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000456 :let r = call(funcname, list) " call a function with an argument list
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000457 :if empty(list) " check if list is empty
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000458 :let l = len(list) " number of items in list
459 :let big = max(list) " maximum value in list
460 :let small = min(list) " minimum value in list
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +0000461 :let xs = count(list, 'x') " count nr of times 'x' appears in list
462 :let i = index(list, 'x') " index of first 'x' in list
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000463 :let lines = getline(1, 10) " get ten text lines from buffer
464 :call append('$', lines) " append text lines in buffer
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +0000465 :let list = split("a b c") " create list from items in a string
466 :let string = join(list, ', ') " create string from list items
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000467 :let s = string(list) " String representation of list
468 :call map(list, '">> " . v:val') " prepend ">> " to each item
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000469
Bram Moolenaar0cb032e2005-04-23 20:52:00 +0000470Don't forget that a combination of features can make things simple. For
471example, to add up all the numbers in a list: >
472 :exe 'let sum = ' . join(nrlist, '+')
473
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000474
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00004751.4 Dictionaries ~
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100476 *dict* *Dict* *Dictionaries* *Dictionary*
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000477A Dictionary is an associative array: Each entry has a key and a value. The
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000478entry can be located with the key. The entries are stored without a specific
479ordering.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000480
481
482Dictionary creation ~
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000483 *E720* *E721* *E722* *E723*
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000484A Dictionary is created with a comma separated list of entries in curly
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000485braces. Each entry has a key and a value, separated by a colon. Each key can
486only appear once. Examples: >
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000487 :let mydict = {1: 'one', 2: 'two', 3: 'three'}
488 :let emptydict = {}
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000489< *E713* *E716* *E717*
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000490A key is always a String. You can use a Number, it will be converted to a
491String automatically. Thus the String '4' and the number 4 will find the same
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200492entry. Note that the String '04' and the Number 04 are different, since the
Bram Moolenaard5abb4c2019-07-13 22:46:10 +0200493Number will be converted to the String '4'. The empty string can also be used
494as a key.
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200495 *literal-Dict* *#{}*
Bram Moolenaar4c6d9042019-07-16 22:04:02 +0200496To avoid having to put quotes around every key the #{} form can be used. This
Bram Moolenaard5abb4c2019-07-13 22:46:10 +0200497does require the key to consist only of ASCII letters, digits, '-' and '_'.
498Example: >
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +0100499 :let mydict = #{zero: 0, one_key: 1, two-key: 2, 333: 3}
Bram Moolenaar4c6d9042019-07-16 22:04:02 +0200500Note that 333 here is the string "333". Empty keys are not possible with #{}.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000501
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200502A value can be any expression. Using a Dictionary for a value creates a
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000503nested Dictionary: >
504 :let nestdict = {1: {11: 'a', 12: 'b'}, 2: {21: 'c'}}
505
506An extra comma after the last entry is ignored.
507
508
509Accessing entries ~
510
511The normal way to access an entry is by putting the key in square brackets: >
512 :let val = mydict["one"]
513 :let mydict["four"] = 4
514
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000515You can add new entries to an existing Dictionary this way, unlike Lists.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000516
517For keys that consist entirely of letters, digits and underscore the following
518form can be used |expr-entry|: >
519 :let val = mydict.one
520 :let mydict.four = 4
521
522Since an entry can be any type, also a List and a Dictionary, the indexing and
523key lookup can be repeated: >
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000524 :echo dict.key[idx].key
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000525
526
527Dictionary to List conversion ~
528
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200529You may want to loop over the entries in a dictionary. For this you need to
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000530turn the Dictionary into a List and pass it to |:for|.
531
532Most often you want to loop over the keys, using the |keys()| function: >
533 :for key in keys(mydict)
534 : echo key . ': ' . mydict[key]
535 :endfor
536
537The List of keys is unsorted. You may want to sort them first: >
538 :for key in sort(keys(mydict))
539
540To loop over the values use the |values()| function: >
541 :for v in values(mydict)
542 : echo "value: " . v
543 :endfor
544
545If you want both the key and the value use the |items()| function. It returns
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100546a List in which each item is a List with two items, the key and the value: >
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000547 :for [key, value] in items(mydict)
548 : echo key . ': ' . value
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000549 :endfor
550
551
552Dictionary identity ~
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +0000553 *dict-identity*
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000554Just like Lists you need to use |copy()| and |deepcopy()| to make a copy of a
555Dictionary. Otherwise, assignment results in referring to the same
556Dictionary: >
557 :let onedict = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
558 :let adict = onedict
559 :let adict['a'] = 11
560 :echo onedict['a']
561 11
562
Bram Moolenaarf3bd51a2005-06-14 22:11:18 +0000563Two Dictionaries compare equal if all the key-value pairs compare equal. For
564more info see |list-identity|.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000565
566
567Dictionary modification ~
568 *dict-modification*
569To change an already existing entry of a Dictionary, or to add a new entry,
570use |:let| this way: >
571 :let dict[4] = "four"
572 :let dict['one'] = item
573
Bram Moolenaar9cd15162005-01-16 22:02:49 +0000574Removing an entry from a Dictionary is done with |remove()| or |:unlet|.
575Three ways to remove the entry with key "aaa" from dict: >
576 :let i = remove(dict, 'aaa')
577 :unlet dict.aaa
578 :unlet dict['aaa']
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000579
580Merging a Dictionary with another is done with |extend()|: >
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000581 :call extend(adict, bdict)
582This extends adict with all entries from bdict. Duplicate keys cause entries
583in adict to be overwritten. An optional third argument can change this.
Bram Moolenaar383f9bc2005-01-19 22:18:32 +0000584Note that the order of entries in a Dictionary is irrelevant, thus don't
585expect ":echo adict" to show the items from bdict after the older entries in
586adict.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000587
588Weeding out entries from a Dictionary can be done with |filter()|: >
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000589 :call filter(dict, 'v:val =~ "x"')
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000590This removes all entries from "dict" with a value not matching 'x'.
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200591This can also be used to remove all entries: >
592 call filter(dict, 0)
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000593
594
595Dictionary function ~
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +0100596 *Dictionary-function* *self* *E725* *E862*
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000597When a function is defined with the "dict" attribute it can be used in a
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200598special way with a dictionary. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000599 :function Mylen() dict
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000600 : return len(self.data)
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000601 :endfunction
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000602 :let mydict = {'data': [0, 1, 2, 3], 'len': function("Mylen")}
603 :echo mydict.len()
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000604
605This is like a method in object oriented programming. The entry in the
606Dictionary is a |Funcref|. The local variable "self" refers to the dictionary
607the function was invoked from.
608
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000609It is also possible to add a function without the "dict" attribute as a
610Funcref to a Dictionary, but the "self" variable is not available then.
611
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +0000612 *numbered-function* *anonymous-function*
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000613To avoid the extra name for the function it can be defined and directly
614assigned to a Dictionary in this way: >
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000615 :let mydict = {'data': [0, 1, 2, 3]}
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +0200616 :function mydict.len()
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000617 : return len(self.data)
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000618 :endfunction
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000619 :echo mydict.len()
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000620
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000621The function will then get a number and the value of dict.len is a |Funcref|
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +0200622that references this function. The function can only be used through a
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000623|Funcref|. It will automatically be deleted when there is no |Funcref|
624remaining that refers to it.
625
626It is not necessary to use the "dict" attribute for a numbered function.
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000627
Bram Moolenaar1affd722010-08-04 17:49:30 +0200628If you get an error for a numbered function, you can find out what it is with
629a trick. Assuming the function is 42, the command is: >
630 :function {42}
631
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000632
633Functions for Dictionaries ~
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000634 *E715*
635Functions that can be used with a Dictionary: >
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000636 :if has_key(dict, 'foo') " TRUE if dict has entry with key "foo"
637 :if empty(dict) " TRUE if dict is empty
638 :let l = len(dict) " number of items in dict
639 :let big = max(dict) " maximum value in dict
640 :let small = min(dict) " minimum value in dict
641 :let xs = count(dict, 'x') " count nr of times 'x' appears in dict
642 :let s = string(dict) " String representation of dict
643 :call map(dict, '">> " . v:val') " prepend ">> " to each item
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000644
645
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +01006461.5 Blobs ~
647 *blob* *Blob* *Blobs* *E978*
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +0100648A Blob is a binary object. It can be used to read an image from a file and
649send it over a channel, for example.
650
651A Blob mostly behaves like a |List| of numbers, where each number has the
652value of an 8-bit byte, from 0 to 255.
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100653
654
655Blob creation ~
656
657A Blob can be created with a |blob-literal|: >
658 :let b = 0zFF00ED015DAF
Bram Moolenaar0d17f0d2019-01-22 22:20:38 +0100659Dots can be inserted between bytes (pair of hex characters) for readability,
660they don't change the value: >
661 :let b = 0zFF00.ED01.5DAF
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100662
663A blob can be read from a file with |readfile()| passing the {type} argument
664set to "B", for example: >
665 :let b = readfile('image.png', 'B')
666
667A blob can be read from a channel with the |ch_readblob()| function.
668
669
670Blob index ~
671 *blob-index* *E979*
672A byte in the Blob can be accessed by putting the index in square brackets
673after the Blob. Indexes are zero-based, thus the first byte has index zero. >
674 :let myblob = 0z00112233
675 :let byte = myblob[0] " get the first byte: 0x00
676 :let byte = myblob[2] " get the third byte: 0x22
677
678A negative index is counted from the end. Index -1 refers to the last byte in
679the Blob, -2 to the last but one byte, etc. >
680 :let last = myblob[-1] " get the last byte: 0x33
681
682To avoid an error for an invalid index use the |get()| function. When an item
683is not available it returns -1 or the default value you specify: >
684 :echo get(myblob, idx)
685 :echo get(myblob, idx, 999)
686
687
Bram Moolenaar5e66b422019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100688Blob iteration ~
689
690The |:for| loop executes commands for each byte of a Blob. The loop variable is
691set to each byte in the Blob. Example: >
692 :for byte in 0z112233
693 : call Doit(byte)
694 :endfor
695This calls Doit() with 0x11, 0x22 and 0x33.
696
697
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100698Blob concatenation ~
699
700Two blobs can be concatenated with the "+" operator: >
701 :let longblob = myblob + 0z4455
702 :let myblob += 0z6677
703
704To change a blob in-place see |blob-modification| below.
705
706
707Part of a blob ~
708
709A part of the Blob can be obtained by specifying the first and last index,
710separated by a colon in square brackets: >
711 :let myblob = 0z00112233
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100712 :let shortblob = myblob[1:2] " get 0z1122
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100713 :let shortblob = myblob[2:-1] " get 0z2233
714
715Omitting the first index is similar to zero. Omitting the last index is
716similar to -1. >
717 :let endblob = myblob[2:] " from item 2 to the end: 0z2233
718 :let shortblob = myblob[2:2] " Blob with one byte: 0z22
719 :let otherblob = myblob[:] " make a copy of the Blob
720
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100721If the first index is beyond the last byte of the Blob or the second index is
Bram Moolenaaraa5df7e2019-02-03 14:53:10 +0100722before the first index, the result is an empty Blob. There is no error
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100723message.
724
725If the second index is equal to or greater than the length of the list the
726length minus one is used: >
727 :echo myblob[2:8] " result: 0z2233
728
729
730Blob modification ~
731 *blob-modification*
732To change a specific byte of a blob use |:let| this way: >
733 :let blob[4] = 0x44
734
735When the index is just one beyond the end of the Blob, it is appended. Any
736higher index is an error.
737
738To change a sequence of bytes the [:] notation can be used: >
739 let blob[1:3] = 0z445566
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100740The length of the replaced bytes must be exactly the same as the value
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100741provided. *E972*
742
743To change part of a blob you can specify the first and last byte to be
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100744modified. The value must have the same number of bytes in the range: >
745 :let blob[3:5] = 0z334455
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100746
747You can also use the functions |add()|, |remove()| and |insert()|.
748
749
750Blob identity ~
751
752Blobs can be compared for equality: >
753 if blob == 0z001122
754And for equal identity: >
755 if blob is otherblob
756< *blob-identity* *E977*
757When variable "aa" is a Blob and you assign it to another variable "bb", both
758variables refer to the same Blob. Then the "is" operator returns true.
759
760When making a copy using [:] or |copy()| the values are the same, but the
761identity is different: >
762 :let blob = 0z112233
763 :let blob2 = blob
764 :echo blob == blob2
765< 1 >
766 :echo blob is blob2
767< 1 >
768 :let blob3 = blob[:]
769 :echo blob == blob3
770< 1 >
771 :echo blob is blob3
772< 0
773
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100774Making a copy of a Blob is done with the |copy()| function. Using [:] also
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +0100775works, as explained above.
776
777
7781.6 More about variables ~
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000779 *more-variables*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000780If you need to know the type of a variable or expression, use the |type()|
781function.
782
783When the '!' flag is included in the 'viminfo' option, global variables that
784start with an uppercase letter, and don't contain a lowercase letter, are
785stored in the viminfo file |viminfo-file|.
786
787When the 'sessionoptions' option contains "global", global variables that
788start with an uppercase letter and contain at least one lowercase letter are
789stored in the session file |session-file|.
790
791variable name can be stored where ~
792my_var_6 not
793My_Var_6 session file
794MY_VAR_6 viminfo file
795
796
797It's possible to form a variable name with curly braces, see
798|curly-braces-names|.
799
800==============================================================================
8012. Expression syntax *expression-syntax*
802
803Expression syntax summary, from least to most significant:
804
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200805|expr1| expr2
Bram Moolenaar89bcfda2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200806 expr2 ? expr1 : expr1 if-then-else
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000807
Bram Moolenaar89bcfda2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200808|expr2| expr3
Bram Moolenaar0f248b02019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200809 expr3 || expr3 ... logical OR
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000810
Bram Moolenaar89bcfda2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200811|expr3| expr4
Bram Moolenaar0f248b02019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200812 expr4 && expr4 ... logical AND
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000813
Bram Moolenaar89bcfda2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200814|expr4| expr5
815 expr5 == expr5 equal
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000816 expr5 != expr5 not equal
817 expr5 > expr5 greater than
818 expr5 >= expr5 greater than or equal
819 expr5 < expr5 smaller than
820 expr5 <= expr5 smaller than or equal
821 expr5 =~ expr5 regexp matches
822 expr5 !~ expr5 regexp doesn't match
823
824 expr5 ==? expr5 equal, ignoring case
825 expr5 ==# expr5 equal, match case
826 etc. As above, append ? for ignoring case, # for
827 matching case
828
Bram Moolenaar5e66b422019-01-24 21:58:10 +0100829 expr5 is expr5 same |List|, |Dictionary| or |Blob| instance
830 expr5 isnot expr5 different |List|, |Dictionary| or |Blob|
831 instance
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000832
Bram Moolenaar89bcfda2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200833|expr5| expr6
Bram Moolenaar0f248b02019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200834 expr6 + expr6 ... number addition, list or blob concatenation
835 expr6 - expr6 ... number subtraction
836 expr6 . expr6 ... string concatenation
837 expr6 .. expr6 ... string concatenation
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000838
Bram Moolenaar89bcfda2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200839|expr6| expr7
Bram Moolenaar0f248b02019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200840 expr7 * expr7 ... number multiplication
841 expr7 / expr7 ... number division
842 expr7 % expr7 ... number modulo
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000843
Bram Moolenaar89bcfda2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200844|expr7| expr8
845 ! expr7 logical NOT
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000846 - expr7 unary minus
847 + expr7 unary plus
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000848
Bram Moolenaar89bcfda2016-08-30 23:26:57 +0200849|expr8| expr9
850 expr8[expr1] byte of a String or item of a |List|
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000851 expr8[expr1 : expr1] substring of a String or sublist of a |List|
852 expr8.name entry in a |Dictionary|
853 expr8(expr1, ...) function call with |Funcref| variable
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200854 expr8->name(expr1, ...) |method| call
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +0000855
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200856|expr9| number number constant
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000857 "string" string constant, backslash is special
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +0000858 'string' string constant, ' is doubled
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000859 [expr1, ...] |List|
860 {expr1: expr1, ...} |Dictionary|
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +0200861 #{key: expr1, ...} |Dictionary|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000862 &option option value
863 (expr1) nested expression
864 variable internal variable
865 va{ria}ble internal variable with curly braces
866 $VAR environment variable
867 @r contents of register 'r'
868 function(expr1, ...) function call
869 func{ti}on(expr1, ...) function call with curly braces
Bram Moolenaar069c1e72016-07-15 21:25:08 +0200870 {args -> expr1} lambda expression
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000871
872
Bram Moolenaar0f248b02019-04-04 15:36:05 +0200873"..." indicates that the operations in this level can be concatenated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000874Example: >
875 &nu || &list && &shell == "csh"
876
877All expressions within one level are parsed from left to right.
878
879
880expr1 *expr1* *E109*
881-----
882
883expr2 ? expr1 : expr1
884
885The expression before the '?' is evaluated to a number. If it evaluates to
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200886|TRUE|, the result is the value of the expression between the '?' and ':',
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000887otherwise the result is the value of the expression after the ':'.
888Example: >
889 :echo lnum == 1 ? "top" : lnum
890
891Since the first expression is an "expr2", it cannot contain another ?:. The
892other two expressions can, thus allow for recursive use of ?:.
893Example: >
894 :echo lnum == 1 ? "top" : lnum == 1000 ? "last" : lnum
895
896To keep this readable, using |line-continuation| is suggested: >
897 :echo lnum == 1
898 :\ ? "top"
899 :\ : lnum == 1000
900 :\ ? "last"
901 :\ : lnum
902
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +0000903You should always put a space before the ':', otherwise it can be mistaken for
904use in a variable such as "a:1".
905
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000906
907expr2 and expr3 *expr2* *expr3*
908---------------
909
Bram Moolenaar04186092016-08-29 21:55:35 +0200910expr3 || expr3 .. logical OR *expr-barbar*
911expr4 && expr4 .. logical AND *expr-&&*
912
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000913The "||" and "&&" operators take one argument on each side. The arguments
914are (converted to) Numbers. The result is:
915
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200916 input output ~
917n1 n2 n1 || n2 n1 && n2 ~
918|FALSE| |FALSE| |FALSE| |FALSE|
919|FALSE| |TRUE| |TRUE| |FALSE|
920|TRUE| |FALSE| |TRUE| |FALSE|
921|TRUE| |TRUE| |TRUE| |TRUE|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000922
923The operators can be concatenated, for example: >
924
925 &nu || &list && &shell == "csh"
926
927Note that "&&" takes precedence over "||", so this has the meaning of: >
928
929 &nu || (&list && &shell == "csh")
930
931Once the result is known, the expression "short-circuits", that is, further
932arguments are not evaluated. This is like what happens in C. For example: >
933
934 let a = 1
935 echo a || b
936
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +0200937This is valid even if there is no variable called "b" because "a" is |TRUE|,
938so the result must be |TRUE|. Similarly below: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000939
940 echo exists("b") && b == "yes"
941
942This is valid whether "b" has been defined or not. The second clause will
943only be evaluated if "b" has been defined.
944
945
946expr4 *expr4*
947-----
948
949expr5 {cmp} expr5
950
951Compare two expr5 expressions, resulting in a 0 if it evaluates to false, or 1
952if it evaluates to true.
953
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +0000954 *expr-==* *expr-!=* *expr->* *expr->=*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000955 *expr-<* *expr-<=* *expr-=~* *expr-!~*
956 *expr-==#* *expr-!=#* *expr->#* *expr->=#*
957 *expr-<#* *expr-<=#* *expr-=~#* *expr-!~#*
958 *expr-==?* *expr-!=?* *expr->?* *expr->=?*
959 *expr-<?* *expr-<=?* *expr-=~?* *expr-!~?*
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200960 *expr-is* *expr-isnot* *expr-is#* *expr-isnot#*
961 *expr-is?* *expr-isnot?*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000962 use 'ignorecase' match case ignore case ~
963equal == ==# ==?
964not equal != !=# !=?
965greater than > ># >?
966greater than or equal >= >=# >=?
967smaller than < <# <?
968smaller than or equal <= <=# <=?
969regexp matches =~ =~# =~?
970regexp doesn't match !~ !~# !~?
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +0200971same instance is is# is?
972different instance isnot isnot# isnot?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000973
974Examples:
975"abc" ==# "Abc" evaluates to 0
976"abc" ==? "Abc" evaluates to 1
977"abc" == "Abc" evaluates to 1 if 'ignorecase' is set, 0 otherwise
978
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +0000979 *E691* *E692*
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100980A |List| can only be compared with a |List| and only "equal", "not equal",
981"is" and "isnot" can be used. This compares the values of the list,
982recursively. Ignoring case means case is ignored when comparing item values.
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +0000983
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000984 *E735* *E736*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +0000985A |Dictionary| can only be compared with a |Dictionary| and only "equal", "not
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100986equal", "is" and "isnot" can be used. This compares the key/values of the
987|Dictionary| recursively. Ignoring case means case is ignored when comparing
988item values.
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +0000989
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200990 *E694*
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +0200991A |Funcref| can only be compared with a |Funcref| and only "equal", "not
992equal", "is" and "isnot" can be used. Case is never ignored. Whether
993arguments or a Dictionary are bound (with a partial) matters. The
994Dictionaries must also be equal (or the same, in case of "is") and the
995arguments must be equal (or the same).
996
997To compare Funcrefs to see if they refer to the same function, ignoring bound
998Dictionary and arguments, use |get()| to get the function name: >
999 if get(Part1, 'name') == get(Part2, 'name')
1000 " Part1 and Part2 refer to the same function
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00001001
Bram Moolenaar5e66b422019-01-24 21:58:10 +01001002Using "is" or "isnot" with a |List|, |Dictionary| or |Blob| checks whether
1003the expressions are referring to the same |List|, |Dictionary| or |Blob|
1004instance. A copy of a |List| is different from the original |List|. When
1005using "is" without a |List|, |Dictionary| or |Blob|, it is equivalent to
1006using "equal", using "isnot" equivalent to using "not equal". Except that
1007a different type means the values are different: >
Bram Moolenaar86edef62016-03-13 18:07:30 +01001008 echo 4 == '4'
1009 1
1010 echo 4 is '4'
1011 0
1012 echo 0 is []
1013 0
1014"is#"/"isnot#" and "is?"/"isnot?" can be used to match and ignore case.
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00001015
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001016When comparing a String with a Number, the String is converted to a Number,
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001017and the comparison is done on Numbers. This means that: >
Bram Moolenaar86edef62016-03-13 18:07:30 +01001018 echo 0 == 'x'
1019 1
1020because 'x' converted to a Number is zero. However: >
1021 echo [0] == ['x']
1022 0
1023Inside a List or Dictionary this conversion is not used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001024
1025When comparing two Strings, this is done with strcmp() or stricmp(). This
1026results in the mathematical difference (comparing byte values), not
1027necessarily the alphabetical difference in the local language.
1028
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001029When using the operators with a trailing '#', or the short version and
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00001030'ignorecase' is off, the comparing is done with strcmp(): case matters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001031
1032When using the operators with a trailing '?', or the short version and
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00001033'ignorecase' is set, the comparing is done with stricmp(): case is ignored.
1034
1035'smartcase' is not used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001036
1037The "=~" and "!~" operators match the lefthand argument with the righthand
1038argument, which is used as a pattern. See |pattern| for what a pattern is.
1039This matching is always done like 'magic' was set and 'cpoptions' is empty, no
1040matter what the actual value of 'magic' or 'cpoptions' is. This makes scripts
1041portable. To avoid backslashes in the regexp pattern to be doubled, use a
1042single-quote string, see |literal-string|.
1043Since a string is considered to be a single line, a multi-line pattern
1044(containing \n, backslash-n) will not match. However, a literal NL character
1045can be matched like an ordinary character. Examples:
1046 "foo\nbar" =~ "\n" evaluates to 1
1047 "foo\nbar" =~ "\\n" evaluates to 0
1048
1049
1050expr5 and expr6 *expr5* *expr6*
1051---------------
Bram Moolenaar0f248b02019-04-04 15:36:05 +02001052expr6 + expr6 Number addition, |List| or |Blob| concatenation *expr-+*
1053expr6 - expr6 Number subtraction *expr--*
1054expr6 . expr6 String concatenation *expr-.*
1055expr6 .. expr6 String concatenation *expr-..*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001056
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00001057For |Lists| only "+" is possible and then both expr6 must be a list. The
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001058result is a new list with the two lists Concatenated.
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00001059
Bram Moolenaar0f248b02019-04-04 15:36:05 +02001060For String concatenation ".." is preferred, since "." is ambiguous, it is also
1061used for |Dict| member access and floating point numbers.
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +02001062When |vimscript-version| is 2 or higher, using "." is not allowed.
Bram Moolenaar0f248b02019-04-04 15:36:05 +02001063
Bram Moolenaar5e66b422019-01-24 21:58:10 +01001064expr7 * expr7 Number multiplication *expr-star*
1065expr7 / expr7 Number division *expr-/*
1066expr7 % expr7 Number modulo *expr-%*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001067
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +02001068For all, except "." and "..", Strings are converted to Numbers.
Bram Moolenaard6e256c2011-12-14 15:32:50 +01001069For bitwise operators see |and()|, |or()| and |xor()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001070
1071Note the difference between "+" and ".":
1072 "123" + "456" = 579
1073 "123" . "456" = "123456"
1074
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001075Since '.' has the same precedence as '+' and '-', you need to read: >
1076 1 . 90 + 90.0
1077As: >
1078 (1 . 90) + 90.0
1079That works, since the String "190" is automatically converted to the Number
1080190, which can be added to the Float 90.0. However: >
1081 1 . 90 * 90.0
1082Should be read as: >
1083 1 . (90 * 90.0)
1084Since '.' has lower precedence than '*'. This does NOT work, since this
1085attempts to concatenate a Float and a String.
1086
1087When dividing a Number by zero the result depends on the value:
1088 0 / 0 = -0x80000000 (like NaN for Float)
1089 >0 / 0 = 0x7fffffff (like positive infinity)
1090 <0 / 0 = -0x7fffffff (like negative infinity)
1091 (before Vim 7.2 it was always 0x7fffffff)
1092
Bram Moolenaar22fcfad2016-07-01 18:17:26 +02001093When 64-bit Number support is enabled:
1094 0 / 0 = -0x8000000000000000 (like NaN for Float)
1095 >0 / 0 = 0x7fffffffffffffff (like positive infinity)
1096 <0 / 0 = -0x7fffffffffffffff (like negative infinity)
1097
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001098When the righthand side of '%' is zero, the result is 0.
1099
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001100None of these work for |Funcref|s.
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00001101
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001102. and % do not work for Float. *E804*
1103
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001104
1105expr7 *expr7*
1106-----
1107! expr7 logical NOT *expr-!*
1108- expr7 unary minus *expr-unary--*
1109+ expr7 unary plus *expr-unary-+*
1110
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02001111For '!' |TRUE| becomes |FALSE|, |FALSE| becomes |TRUE| (one).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001112For '-' the sign of the number is changed.
1113For '+' the number is unchanged.
1114
1115A String will be converted to a Number first.
1116
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001117These three can be repeated and mixed. Examples:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001118 !-1 == 0
1119 !!8 == 1
1120 --9 == 9
1121
1122
1123expr8 *expr8*
1124-----
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02001125This expression is either |expr9| or a sequence of the alternatives below,
1126in any order. E.g., these are all possible:
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +02001127 expr8[expr1].name
1128 expr8.name[expr1]
1129 expr8(expr1, ...)[expr1].name
1130 expr8->(expr1, ...)[expr1]
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02001131Evaluation is always from left to right.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02001132
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001133expr8[expr1] item of String or |List| *expr-[]* *E111*
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001134 *E909* *subscript*
Bram Moolenaare3c37d82020-08-15 18:39:05 +02001135In legacy Vim script:
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00001136If expr8 is a Number or String this results in a String that contains the
Bram Moolenaare3c37d82020-08-15 18:39:05 +02001137expr1'th single byte from expr8. expr8 is used as a String (a number is
1138automatically converted to a String), expr1 as a Number. This doesn't
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001139recognize multibyte encodings, see `byteidx()` for an alternative, or use
Bram Moolenaare3c37d82020-08-15 18:39:05 +02001140`split()` to turn the string into a list of characters. Example, to get the
1141byte under the cursor: >
Bram Moolenaar61660ea2006-04-07 21:40:07 +00001142 :let c = getline(".")[col(".") - 1]
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001143
Bram Moolenaare3c37d82020-08-15 18:39:05 +02001144In Vim9 script:
1145If expr8 is a String this results in a String that contains the expr1'th
1146single character from expr8. To use byte indexes use |strpart()|.
1147
1148Index zero gives the first byte or character. Careful: text column numbers
1149start with one!
1150
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001151If the length of the String is less than the index, the result is an empty
Bram Moolenaar85084ef2016-01-17 22:26:33 +01001152String. A negative index always results in an empty string (reason: backward
Bram Moolenaare3c37d82020-08-15 18:39:05 +02001153compatibility). Use [-1:] to get the last byte or character.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00001154
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001155If expr8 is a |List| then it results the item at index expr1. See |list-index|
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00001156for possible index values. If the index is out of range this results in an
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001157error. Example: >
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00001158 :let item = mylist[-1] " get last item
1159
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001160Generally, if a |List| index is equal to or higher than the length of the
1161|List|, or more negative than the length of the |List|, this results in an
1162error.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00001163
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00001164
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00001165expr8[expr1a : expr1b] substring or sublist *expr-[:]*
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00001166
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001167If expr8 is a String this results in the substring with the bytes or
1168characters from expr1a to and including expr1b. expr8 is used as a String,
1169expr1a and expr1b are used as a Number.
Bram Moolenaare3c37d82020-08-15 18:39:05 +02001170
1171In legacy Vim script the indexes are byte indexes. This doesn't recognize
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001172multibyte encodings, see |byteidx()| for computing the indexes. If expr8 is
Bram Moolenaare3c37d82020-08-15 18:39:05 +02001173a Number it is first converted to a String.
1174
1175In Vim9 script the indexes are character indexes. To use byte indexes use
1176|strpart()|.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00001177
1178If expr1a is omitted zero is used. If expr1b is omitted the length of the
1179string minus one is used.
1180
1181A negative number can be used to measure from the end of the string. -1 is
1182the last character, -2 the last but one, etc.
1183
1184If an index goes out of range for the string characters are omitted. If
1185expr1b is smaller than expr1a the result is an empty string.
1186
1187Examples: >
1188 :let c = name[-1:] " last byte of a string
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001189 :let c = name[0:-1] " the whole string
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00001190 :let c = name[-2:-2] " last but one byte of a string
1191 :let s = line(".")[4:] " from the fifth byte to the end
1192 :let s = s[:-3] " remove last two bytes
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001193<
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001194 *slice*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001195If expr8 is a |List| this results in a new |List| with the items indicated by
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001196the indexes expr1a and expr1b. This works like with a String, as explained
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001197just above. Also see |sublist| below. Examples: >
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00001198 :let l = mylist[:3] " first four items
1199 :let l = mylist[4:4] " List with one item
1200 :let l = mylist[:] " shallow copy of a List
1201
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01001202If expr8 is a |Blob| this results in a new |Blob| with the bytes in the
1203indexes expr1a and expr1b, inclusive. Examples: >
1204 :let b = 0zDEADBEEF
1205 :let bs = b[1:2] " 0zADBE
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01001206 :let bs = b[:] " copy of 0zDEADBEEF
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01001207
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001208Using expr8[expr1] or expr8[expr1a : expr1b] on a |Funcref| results in an
1209error.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001210
Bram Moolenaarda440d22016-01-16 21:27:23 +01001211Watch out for confusion between a namespace and a variable followed by a colon
1212for a sublist: >
1213 mylist[n:] " uses variable n
1214 mylist[s:] " uses namespace s:, error!
1215
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00001216
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001217expr8.name entry in a |Dictionary| *expr-entry*
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00001218
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001219If expr8 is a |Dictionary| and it is followed by a dot, then the following
1220name will be used as a key in the |Dictionary|. This is just like:
1221expr8[name].
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00001222
1223The name must consist of alphanumeric characters, just like a variable name,
1224but it may start with a number. Curly braces cannot be used.
1225
1226There must not be white space before or after the dot.
1227
1228Examples: >
1229 :let dict = {"one": 1, 2: "two"}
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +02001230 :echo dict.one " shows "1"
1231 :echo dict.2 " shows "two"
1232 :echo dict .2 " error because of space before the dot
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00001233
1234Note that the dot is also used for String concatenation. To avoid confusion
1235always put spaces around the dot for String concatenation.
1236
1237
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001238expr8(expr1, ...) |Funcref| function call
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00001239
1240When expr8 is a |Funcref| type variable, invoke the function it refers to.
1241
1242
Bram Moolenaar22a0c0c2019-08-09 23:25:08 +02001243expr8->name([args]) method call *method* *->*
1244expr8->{lambda}([args])
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +02001245 *E276*
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +02001246For methods that are also available as global functions this is the same as: >
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02001247 name(expr8 [, args])
1248There can also be methods specifically for the type of "expr8".
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00001249
Bram Moolenaar51841322019-08-08 21:10:01 +02001250This allows for chaining, passing the value that one method returns to the
1251next method: >
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +02001252 mylist->filter(filterexpr)->map(mapexpr)->sort()->join()
1253<
Bram Moolenaar22a0c0c2019-08-09 23:25:08 +02001254Example of using a lambda: >
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02001255 GetPercentage()->{x -> x * 100}()->printf('%d%%')
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +02001256<
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02001257When using -> the |expr7| operators will be applied first, thus: >
1258 -1.234->string()
1259Is equivalent to: >
1260 (-1.234)->string()
1261And NOT: >
1262 -(1.234->string())
1263<
Bram Moolenaar51841322019-08-08 21:10:01 +02001264 *E274*
1265"->name(" must not contain white space. There can be white space before the
1266"->" and after the "(", thus you can split the lines like this: >
1267 mylist
1268 \ ->filter(filterexpr)
1269 \ ->map(mapexpr)
1270 \ ->sort()
1271 \ ->join()
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +02001272
1273When using the lambda form there must be no white space between the } and the
1274(.
1275
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +02001276
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00001277 *expr9*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001278number
1279------
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01001280number number constant *expr-number*
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001281 *hex-number* *octal-number* *binary-number*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001282
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001283Decimal, Hexadecimal (starting with 0x or 0X), Binary (starting with 0b or 0B)
Bram Moolenaarc17e66c2020-06-02 21:38:22 +02001284and Octal (starting with 0, 0o or 0O).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001285
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001286 *floating-point-format*
1287Floating point numbers can be written in two forms:
1288
1289 [-+]{N}.{M}
Bram Moolenaar8a94d872015-01-25 13:02:57 +01001290 [-+]{N}.{M}[eE][-+]{exp}
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001291
1292{N} and {M} are numbers. Both {N} and {M} must be present and can only
1293contain digits.
1294[-+] means there is an optional plus or minus sign.
1295{exp} is the exponent, power of 10.
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001296Only a decimal point is accepted, not a comma. No matter what the current
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001297locale is.
1298{only when compiled with the |+float| feature}
1299
1300Examples:
1301 123.456
1302 +0.0001
1303 55.0
1304 -0.123
1305 1.234e03
1306 1.0E-6
1307 -3.1416e+88
1308
1309These are INVALID:
1310 3. empty {M}
1311 1e40 missing .{M}
1312
1313Rationale:
1314Before floating point was introduced, the text "123.456" was interpreted as
1315the two numbers "123" and "456", both converted to a string and concatenated,
1316resulting in the string "123456". Since this was considered pointless, and we
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00001317could not find it intentionally being used in Vim scripts, this backwards
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001318incompatibility was accepted in favor of being able to use the normal notation
1319for floating point numbers.
1320
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +01001321 *float-pi* *float-e*
1322A few useful values to copy&paste: >
1323 :let pi = 3.14159265359
1324 :let e = 2.71828182846
1325Or, if you don't want to write them in as floating-point literals, you can
1326also use functions, like the following: >
1327 :let pi = acos(-1.0)
1328 :let e = exp(1.0)
Bram Moolenaar98aefe72018-12-13 22:20:09 +01001329<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001330 *floating-point-precision*
1331The precision and range of floating points numbers depends on what "double"
1332means in the library Vim was compiled with. There is no way to change this at
1333runtime.
1334
1335The default for displaying a |Float| is to use 6 decimal places, like using
1336printf("%g", f). You can select something else when using the |printf()|
1337function. Example: >
1338 :echo printf('%.15e', atan(1))
1339< 7.853981633974483e-01
1340
1341
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001342
Bram Moolenaar979243b2015-06-26 19:35:49 +02001343string *string* *String* *expr-string* *E114*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001344------
1345"string" string constant *expr-quote*
1346
1347Note that double quotes are used.
1348
1349A string constant accepts these special characters:
1350\... three-digit octal number (e.g., "\316")
1351\.. two-digit octal number (must be followed by non-digit)
1352\. one-digit octal number (must be followed by non-digit)
1353\x.. byte specified with two hex numbers (e.g., "\x1f")
1354\x. byte specified with one hex number (must be followed by non-hex char)
1355\X.. same as \x..
1356\X. same as \x.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001357\u.... character specified with up to 4 hex numbers, stored according to the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001358 current value of 'encoding' (e.g., "\u02a4")
Bram Moolenaar541f92d2015-06-19 13:27:23 +02001359\U.... same as \u but allows up to 8 hex numbers.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001360\b backspace <BS>
1361\e escape <Esc>
1362\f formfeed <FF>
1363\n newline <NL>
1364\r return <CR>
1365\t tab <Tab>
1366\\ backslash
1367\" double quote
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001368\<xxx> Special key named "xxx". e.g. "\<C-W>" for CTRL-W. This is for use
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001369 in mappings, the 0x80 byte is escaped.
1370 To use the double quote character it must be escaped: "<M-\">".
1371 Don't use <Char-xxxx> to get a utf-8 character, use \uxxxx as
1372 mentioned above.
Bram Moolenaarfccd93f2020-05-31 22:06:51 +02001373\<*xxx> Like \<xxx> but prepends a modifier instead of including it in the
1374 character. E.g. "\<C-w>" is one character 0x17 while "\<*C-w>" is four
Bram Moolenaarebe9d342020-05-30 21:52:54 +02001375 bytes: 3 for the CTRL modifier and then character "W".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001376
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00001377Note that "\xff" is stored as the byte 255, which may be invalid in some
1378encodings. Use "\u00ff" to store character 255 according to the current value
1379of 'encoding'.
1380
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001381Note that "\000" and "\x00" force the end of the string.
1382
1383
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +01001384blob-literal *blob-literal* *E973*
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01001385------------
1386
1387Hexadecimal starting with 0z or 0Z, with an arbitrary number of bytes.
1388The sequence must be an even number of hex characters. Example: >
1389 :let b = 0zFF00ED015DAF
1390
1391
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001392literal-string *literal-string* *E115*
1393---------------
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00001394'string' string constant *expr-'*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001395
1396Note that single quotes are used.
1397
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001398This string is taken as it is. No backslashes are removed or have a special
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00001399meaning. The only exception is that two quotes stand for one quote.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00001400
1401Single quoted strings are useful for patterns, so that backslashes do not need
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001402to be doubled. These two commands are equivalent: >
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00001403 if a =~ "\\s*"
1404 if a =~ '\s*'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001405
1406
1407option *expr-option* *E112* *E113*
1408------
1409&option option value, local value if possible
1410&g:option global option value
1411&l:option local option value
1412
1413Examples: >
1414 echo "tabstop is " . &tabstop
1415 if &insertmode
1416
1417Any option name can be used here. See |options|. When using the local value
1418and there is no buffer-local or window-local value, the global value is used
1419anyway.
1420
1421
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00001422register *expr-register* *@r*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001423--------
1424@r contents of register 'r'
1425
1426The result is the contents of the named register, as a single string.
1427Newlines are inserted where required. To get the contents of the unnamed
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001428register use @" or @@. See |registers| for an explanation of the available
Bram Moolenaare7566042005-06-17 22:00:15 +00001429registers.
1430
1431When using the '=' register you get the expression itself, not what it
1432evaluates to. Use |eval()| to evaluate it.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001433
1434
1435nesting *expr-nesting* *E110*
1436-------
1437(expr1) nested expression
1438
1439
1440environment variable *expr-env*
1441--------------------
1442$VAR environment variable
1443
1444The String value of any environment variable. When it is not defined, the
1445result is an empty string.
Bram Moolenaar691ddee2019-05-09 14:52:41 +02001446
1447The functions `getenv()` and `setenv()` can also be used and work for
1448environment variables with non-alphanumeric names.
1449The function `environ()` can be used to get a Dict with all environment
1450variables.
1451
1452
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001453 *expr-env-expand*
1454Note that there is a difference between using $VAR directly and using
1455expand("$VAR"). Using it directly will only expand environment variables that
1456are known inside the current Vim session. Using expand() will first try using
1457the environment variables known inside the current Vim session. If that
1458fails, a shell will be used to expand the variable. This can be slow, but it
1459does expand all variables that the shell knows about. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001460 :echo $shell
1461 :echo expand("$shell")
1462The first one probably doesn't echo anything, the second echoes the $shell
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001463variable (if your shell supports it).
1464
1465
1466internal variable *expr-variable*
1467-----------------
1468variable internal variable
1469See below |internal-variables|.
1470
1471
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001472function call *expr-function* *E116* *E118* *E119* *E120*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001473-------------
1474function(expr1, ...) function call
1475See below |functions|.
1476
1477
Bram Moolenaar069c1e72016-07-15 21:25:08 +02001478lambda expression *expr-lambda* *lambda*
1479-----------------
1480{args -> expr1} lambda expression
1481
1482A lambda expression creates a new unnamed function which returns the result of
Bram Moolenaar42ebd062016-07-17 13:35:14 +02001483evaluating |expr1|. Lambda expressions differ from |user-functions| in
Bram Moolenaar069c1e72016-07-15 21:25:08 +02001484the following ways:
1485
14861. The body of the lambda expression is an |expr1| and not a sequence of |Ex|
1487 commands.
Bram Moolenaar1e96d9b2016-07-29 22:15:09 +020014882. The prefix "a:" should not be used for arguments. E.g.: >
Bram Moolenaar069c1e72016-07-15 21:25:08 +02001489 :let F = {arg1, arg2 -> arg1 - arg2}
1490 :echo F(5, 2)
1491< 3
1492
1493The arguments are optional. Example: >
1494 :let F = {-> 'error function'}
1495 :echo F()
1496< error function
Bram Moolenaar1e96d9b2016-07-29 22:15:09 +02001497 *closure*
1498Lambda expressions can access outer scope variables and arguments. This is
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001499often called a closure. Example where "i" and "a:arg" are used in a lambda
Bram Moolenaar6bb2cdf2018-02-24 19:53:53 +01001500while they already exist in the function scope. They remain valid even after
1501the function returns: >
Bram Moolenaar1e96d9b2016-07-29 22:15:09 +02001502 :function Foo(arg)
1503 : let i = 3
1504 : return {x -> x + i - a:arg}
1505 :endfunction
1506 :let Bar = Foo(4)
1507 :echo Bar(6)
1508< 5
Bram Moolenaar437bafe2016-08-01 15:40:54 +02001509
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +02001510Note that the variables must exist in the outer scope before the lambda is
Bram Moolenaar6bb2cdf2018-02-24 19:53:53 +01001511defined for this to work. See also |:func-closure|.
1512
1513Lambda and closure support can be checked with: >
Bram Moolenaar437bafe2016-08-01 15:40:54 +02001514 if has('lambda')
Bram Moolenaar069c1e72016-07-15 21:25:08 +02001515
1516Examples for using a lambda expression with |sort()|, |map()| and |filter()|: >
1517 :echo map([1, 2, 3], {idx, val -> val + 1})
1518< [2, 3, 4] >
1519 :echo sort([3,7,2,1,4], {a, b -> a - b})
1520< [1, 2, 3, 4, 7]
1521
1522The lambda expression is also useful for Channel, Job and timer: >
1523 :let timer = timer_start(500,
1524 \ {-> execute("echo 'Handler called'", "")},
1525 \ {'repeat': 3})
1526< Handler called
1527 Handler called
1528 Handler called
1529
1530Note how execute() is used to execute an Ex command. That's ugly though.
1531
Bram Moolenaar1e96d9b2016-07-29 22:15:09 +02001532
1533Lambda expressions have internal names like '<lambda>42'. If you get an error
1534for a lambda expression, you can find what it is with the following command: >
1535 :function {'<lambda>42'}
1536See also: |numbered-function|
1537
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001538==============================================================================
Bram Moolenaar4a748032010-09-30 21:47:56 +020015393. Internal variable *internal-variables* *E461*
1540
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001541An internal variable name can be made up of letters, digits and '_'. But it
1542cannot start with a digit. It's also possible to use curly braces, see
1543|curly-braces-names|.
1544
1545An internal variable is created with the ":let" command |:let|.
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +00001546An internal variable is explicitly destroyed with the ":unlet" command
1547|:unlet|.
1548Using a name that is not an internal variable or refers to a variable that has
1549been destroyed results in an error.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001550
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +02001551 *variable-scope*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001552There are several name spaces for variables. Which one is to be used is
1553specified by what is prepended:
1554
1555 (nothing) In a function: local to a function; otherwise: global
1556|buffer-variable| b: Local to the current buffer.
1557|window-variable| w: Local to the current window.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00001558|tabpage-variable| t: Local to the current tab page.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001559|global-variable| g: Global.
1560|local-variable| l: Local to a function.
1561|script-variable| s: Local to a |:source|'ed Vim script.
1562|function-argument| a: Function argument (only inside a function).
Bram Moolenaar75b81562014-04-06 14:09:13 +02001563|vim-variable| v: Global, predefined by Vim.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001564
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001565The scope name by itself can be used as a |Dictionary|. For example, to
1566delete all script-local variables: >
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +00001567 :for k in keys(s:)
1568 : unlet s:[k]
1569 :endfor
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +02001570
1571Note: in Vim9 script this is different, see |vim9-scopes|.
1572
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02001573 *buffer-variable* *b:var* *b:*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001574A variable name that is preceded with "b:" is local to the current buffer.
1575Thus you can have several "b:foo" variables, one for each buffer.
1576This kind of variable is deleted when the buffer is wiped out or deleted with
1577|:bdelete|.
1578
1579One local buffer variable is predefined:
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001580 *b:changedtick* *changetick*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001581b:changedtick The total number of changes to the current buffer. It is
1582 incremented for each change. An undo command is also a change
Bram Moolenaarc024b462019-06-08 18:07:21 +02001583 in this case. Resetting 'modified' when writing the buffer is
1584 also counted.
1585 This can be used to perform an action only when the buffer has
1586 changed. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001587 :if my_changedtick != b:changedtick
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00001588 : let my_changedtick = b:changedtick
1589 : call My_Update()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001590 :endif
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001591< You cannot change or delete the b:changedtick variable.
1592
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02001593 *window-variable* *w:var* *w:*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001594A variable name that is preceded with "w:" is local to the current window. It
1595is deleted when the window is closed.
1596
Bram Moolenaarad3b3662013-05-17 18:14:19 +02001597 *tabpage-variable* *t:var* *t:*
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00001598A variable name that is preceded with "t:" is local to the current tab page,
1599It is deleted when the tab page is closed. {not available when compiled
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02001600without the |+windows| feature}
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00001601
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02001602 *global-variable* *g:var* *g:*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001603Inside functions global variables are accessed with "g:". Omitting this will
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001604access a variable local to a function. But "g:" can also be used in any other
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001605place if you like.
1606
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02001607 *local-variable* *l:var* *l:*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001608Inside functions local variables are accessed without prepending anything.
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00001609But you can also prepend "l:" if you like. However, without prepending "l:"
1610you may run into reserved variable names. For example "count". By itself it
1611refers to "v:count". Using "l:count" you can have a local variable with the
1612same name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001613
1614 *script-variable* *s:var*
1615In a Vim script variables starting with "s:" can be used. They cannot be
1616accessed from outside of the scripts, thus are local to the script.
1617
1618They can be used in:
1619- commands executed while the script is sourced
1620- functions defined in the script
1621- autocommands defined in the script
1622- functions and autocommands defined in functions and autocommands which were
1623 defined in the script (recursively)
1624- user defined commands defined in the script
1625Thus not in:
1626- other scripts sourced from this one
1627- mappings
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001628- menus
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001629- etc.
1630
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00001631Script variables can be used to avoid conflicts with global variable names.
1632Take this example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001633
1634 let s:counter = 0
1635 function MyCounter()
1636 let s:counter = s:counter + 1
1637 echo s:counter
1638 endfunction
1639 command Tick call MyCounter()
1640
1641You can now invoke "Tick" from any script, and the "s:counter" variable in
1642that script will not be changed, only the "s:counter" in the script where
1643"Tick" was defined is used.
1644
1645Another example that does the same: >
1646
1647 let s:counter = 0
1648 command Tick let s:counter = s:counter + 1 | echo s:counter
1649
1650When calling a function and invoking a user-defined command, the context for
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00001651script variables is set to the script where the function or command was
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001652defined.
1653
1654The script variables are also available when a function is defined inside a
1655function that is defined in a script. Example: >
1656
1657 let s:counter = 0
1658 function StartCounting(incr)
1659 if a:incr
1660 function MyCounter()
1661 let s:counter = s:counter + 1
1662 endfunction
1663 else
1664 function MyCounter()
1665 let s:counter = s:counter - 1
1666 endfunction
1667 endif
1668 endfunction
1669
1670This defines the MyCounter() function either for counting up or counting down
1671when calling StartCounting(). It doesn't matter from where StartCounting() is
1672called, the s:counter variable will be accessible in MyCounter().
1673
1674When the same script is sourced again it will use the same script variables.
1675They will remain valid as long as Vim is running. This can be used to
1676maintain a counter: >
1677
1678 if !exists("s:counter")
1679 let s:counter = 1
1680 echo "script executed for the first time"
1681 else
1682 let s:counter = s:counter + 1
1683 echo "script executed " . s:counter . " times now"
1684 endif
1685
1686Note that this means that filetype plugins don't get a different set of script
1687variables for each buffer. Use local buffer variables instead |b:var|.
1688
1689
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +01001690PREDEFINED VIM VARIABLES *vim-variable* *v:var* *v:*
1691 *E963*
1692Some variables can be set by the user, but the type cannot be changed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001693
Bram Moolenaar69bf6342019-10-29 04:16:57 +01001694 *v:argv* *argv-variable*
1695v:argv The command line arguments Vim was invoked with. This is a
1696 list of strings. The first item is the Vim command.
1697
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001698 *v:beval_col* *beval_col-variable*
1699v:beval_col The number of the column, over which the mouse pointer is.
1700 This is the byte index in the |v:beval_lnum| line.
1701 Only valid while evaluating the 'balloonexpr' option.
1702
1703 *v:beval_bufnr* *beval_bufnr-variable*
1704v:beval_bufnr The number of the buffer, over which the mouse pointer is. Only
1705 valid while evaluating the 'balloonexpr' option.
1706
1707 *v:beval_lnum* *beval_lnum-variable*
1708v:beval_lnum The number of the line, over which the mouse pointer is. Only
1709 valid while evaluating the 'balloonexpr' option.
1710
1711 *v:beval_text* *beval_text-variable*
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00001712v:beval_text The text under or after the mouse pointer. Usually a word as
1713 it is useful for debugging a C program. 'iskeyword' applies,
1714 but a dot and "->" before the position is included. When on a
1715 ']' the text before it is used, including the matching '[' and
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001716 word before it. When on a Visual area within one line the
Bram Moolenaarb4d5fba2017-09-11 19:31:28 +02001717 highlighted text is used. Also see |<cexpr>|.
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001718 Only valid while evaluating the 'balloonexpr' option.
1719
1720 *v:beval_winnr* *beval_winnr-variable*
1721v:beval_winnr The number of the window, over which the mouse pointer is. Only
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01001722 valid while evaluating the 'balloonexpr' option. The first
1723 window has number zero (unlike most other places where a
1724 window gets a number).
Bram Moolenaare4efc3b2005-03-07 23:16:51 +00001725
Bram Moolenaar511972d2016-06-04 18:09:59 +02001726 *v:beval_winid* *beval_winid-variable*
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001727v:beval_winid The |window-ID| of the window, over which the mouse pointer
1728 is. Otherwise like v:beval_winnr.
Bram Moolenaar511972d2016-06-04 18:09:59 +02001729
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +00001730 *v:char* *char-variable*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001731v:char Argument for evaluating 'formatexpr' and used for the typed
Bram Moolenaar945e2db2010-06-05 17:43:32 +02001732 character when using <expr> in an abbreviation |:map-<expr>|.
Bram Moolenaare6ae6222013-05-21 21:01:10 +02001733 It is also used by the |InsertCharPre| and |InsertEnter| events.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +00001734
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001735 *v:charconvert_from* *charconvert_from-variable*
1736v:charconvert_from
1737 The name of the character encoding of a file to be converted.
1738 Only valid while evaluating the 'charconvert' option.
1739
1740 *v:charconvert_to* *charconvert_to-variable*
1741v:charconvert_to
1742 The name of the character encoding of a file after conversion.
1743 Only valid while evaluating the 'charconvert' option.
1744
1745 *v:cmdarg* *cmdarg-variable*
1746v:cmdarg This variable is used for two purposes:
1747 1. The extra arguments given to a file read/write command.
1748 Currently these are "++enc=" and "++ff=". This variable is
1749 set before an autocommand event for a file read/write
1750 command is triggered. There is a leading space to make it
1751 possible to append this variable directly after the
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001752 read/write command. Note: The "+cmd" argument isn't
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001753 included here, because it will be executed anyway.
1754 2. When printing a PostScript file with ":hardcopy" this is
1755 the argument for the ":hardcopy" command. This can be used
1756 in 'printexpr'.
1757
1758 *v:cmdbang* *cmdbang-variable*
1759v:cmdbang Set like v:cmdarg for a file read/write command. When a "!"
1760 was used the value is 1, otherwise it is 0. Note that this
1761 can only be used in autocommands. For user commands |<bang>|
1762 can be used.
Bram Moolenaar84cf6bd2020-06-16 20:03:43 +02001763 *v:collate* *collate-variable*
1764v:collate The current locale setting for collation order of the runtime
1765 environment. This allows Vim scripts to be aware of the
1766 current locale encoding. Technical: it's the value of
1767 LC_COLLATE. When not using a locale the value is "C".
1768 This variable can not be set directly, use the |:language|
1769 command.
1770 See |multi-lang|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001771
Bram Moolenaar42a45122015-07-10 17:56:23 +02001772 *v:completed_item* *completed_item-variable*
1773v:completed_item
1774 |Dictionary| containing the |complete-items| for the most
1775 recently completed word after |CompleteDone|. The
1776 |Dictionary| is empty if the completion failed.
1777
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001778 *v:count* *count-variable*
1779v:count The count given for the last Normal mode command. Can be used
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001780 to get the count before a mapping. Read-only. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001781 :map _x :<C-U>echo "the count is " . v:count<CR>
1782< Note: The <C-U> is required to remove the line range that you
1783 get when typing ':' after a count.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001784 When there are two counts, as in "3d2w", they are multiplied,
1785 just like what happens in the command, "d6w" for the example.
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00001786 Also used for evaluating the 'formatexpr' option.
Bram Moolenaard2e716e2019-04-20 14:39:52 +02001787 "count" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless
1788 |scriptversion| is 3 or higher.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001789
1790 *v:count1* *count1-variable*
1791v:count1 Just like "v:count", but defaults to one when no count is
1792 used.
1793
1794 *v:ctype* *ctype-variable*
1795v:ctype The current locale setting for characters of the runtime
1796 environment. This allows Vim scripts to be aware of the
1797 current locale encoding. Technical: it's the value of
1798 LC_CTYPE. When not using a locale the value is "C".
1799 This variable can not be set directly, use the |:language|
1800 command.
1801 See |multi-lang|.
1802
1803 *v:dying* *dying-variable*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001804v:dying Normally zero. When a deadly signal is caught it's set to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001805 one. When multiple signals are caught the number increases.
1806 Can be used in an autocommand to check if Vim didn't
1807 terminate normally. {only works on Unix}
1808 Example: >
1809 :au VimLeave * if v:dying | echo "\nAAAAaaaarrrggghhhh!!!\n" | endif
Bram Moolenaar0e1e25f2010-05-28 21:07:08 +02001810< Note: if another deadly signal is caught when v:dying is one,
1811 VimLeave autocommands will not be executed.
1812
Bram Moolenaar37f4cbd2019-08-23 20:58:45 +02001813 *v:echospace* *echospace-variable*
1814v:echospace Number of screen cells that can be used for an `:echo` message
1815 in the last screen line before causing the |hit-enter-prompt|.
1816 Depends on 'showcmd', 'ruler' and 'columns'. You need to
1817 check 'cmdheight' for whether there are full-width lines
1818 available above the last line.
1819
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001820 *v:errmsg* *errmsg-variable*
1821v:errmsg Last given error message. It's allowed to set this variable.
1822 Example: >
1823 :let v:errmsg = ""
1824 :silent! next
1825 :if v:errmsg != ""
1826 : ... handle error
Bram Moolenaard2e716e2019-04-20 14:39:52 +02001827< "errmsg" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless
1828 |scriptversion| is 3 or higher.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001829
Bram Moolenaar65a54642018-04-28 16:56:53 +02001830 *v:errors* *errors-variable* *assert-return*
Bram Moolenaar683fa182015-11-30 21:38:24 +01001831v:errors Errors found by assert functions, such as |assert_true()|.
Bram Moolenaar43345542015-11-29 17:35:35 +01001832 This is a list of strings.
1833 The assert functions append an item when an assert fails.
Bram Moolenaar65a54642018-04-28 16:56:53 +02001834 The return value indicates this: a one is returned if an item
1835 was added to v:errors, otherwise zero is returned.
Bram Moolenaar43345542015-11-29 17:35:35 +01001836 To remove old results make it empty: >
1837 :let v:errors = []
1838< If v:errors is set to anything but a list it is made an empty
1839 list by the assert function.
1840
Bram Moolenaar7e1652c2017-12-16 18:27:02 +01001841 *v:event* *event-variable*
1842v:event Dictionary containing information about the current
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +01001843 |autocommand|. See the specific event for what it puts in
1844 this dictionary.
Bram Moolenaar2c7f8c52020-04-20 19:52:53 +02001845 The dictionary is emptied when the |autocommand| finishes,
1846 please refer to |dict-identity| for how to get an independent
1847 copy of it. Use |deepcopy()| if you want to keep the
1848 information after the event triggers. Example: >
1849 au TextYankPost * let g:foo = deepcopy(v:event)
1850<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001851 *v:exception* *exception-variable*
1852v:exception The value of the exception most recently caught and not
1853 finished. See also |v:throwpoint| and |throw-variables|.
1854 Example: >
1855 :try
1856 : throw "oops"
1857 :catch /.*/
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +02001858 : echo "caught " .. v:exception
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001859 :endtry
1860< Output: "caught oops".
1861
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01001862 *v:false* *false-variable*
1863v:false A Number with value zero. Used to put "false" in JSON. See
Bram Moolenaar6463ca22016-02-13 17:04:46 +01001864 |json_encode()|.
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02001865 When used as a string this evaluates to "v:false". >
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01001866 echo v:false
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02001867< v:false ~
1868 That is so that eval() can parse the string back to the same
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +02001869 value. Read-only.
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01001870
Bram Moolenaar19a09a12005-03-04 23:39:37 +00001871 *v:fcs_reason* *fcs_reason-variable*
1872v:fcs_reason The reason why the |FileChangedShell| event was triggered.
1873 Can be used in an autocommand to decide what to do and/or what
1874 to set v:fcs_choice to. Possible values:
1875 deleted file no longer exists
1876 conflict file contents, mode or timestamp was
1877 changed and buffer is modified
1878 changed file contents has changed
1879 mode mode of file changed
1880 time only file timestamp changed
1881
1882 *v:fcs_choice* *fcs_choice-variable*
1883v:fcs_choice What should happen after a |FileChangedShell| event was
1884 triggered. Can be used in an autocommand to tell Vim what to
1885 do with the affected buffer:
1886 reload Reload the buffer (does not work if
1887 the file was deleted).
1888 ask Ask the user what to do, as if there
1889 was no autocommand. Except that when
1890 only the timestamp changed nothing
1891 will happen.
1892 <empty> Nothing, the autocommand should do
1893 everything that needs to be done.
1894 The default is empty. If another (invalid) value is used then
1895 Vim behaves like it is empty, there is no warning message.
1896
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001897 *v:fname_in* *fname_in-variable*
Bram Moolenaar4e330bb2005-12-07 21:04:31 +00001898v:fname_in The name of the input file. Valid while evaluating:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001899 option used for ~
1900 'charconvert' file to be converted
1901 'diffexpr' original file
1902 'patchexpr' original file
1903 'printexpr' file to be printed
Bram Moolenaar2c7a29c2005-12-12 22:02:31 +00001904 And set to the swap file name for |SwapExists|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001905
1906 *v:fname_out* *fname_out-variable*
1907v:fname_out The name of the output file. Only valid while
1908 evaluating:
1909 option used for ~
1910 'charconvert' resulting converted file (*)
1911 'diffexpr' output of diff
1912 'patchexpr' resulting patched file
1913 (*) When doing conversion for a write command (e.g., ":w
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02001914 file") it will be equal to v:fname_in. When doing conversion
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001915 for a read command (e.g., ":e file") it will be a temporary
1916 file and different from v:fname_in.
1917
1918 *v:fname_new* *fname_new-variable*
1919v:fname_new The name of the new version of the file. Only valid while
1920 evaluating 'diffexpr'.
1921
1922 *v:fname_diff* *fname_diff-variable*
1923v:fname_diff The name of the diff (patch) file. Only valid while
1924 evaluating 'patchexpr'.
1925
1926 *v:folddashes* *folddashes-variable*
1927v:folddashes Used for 'foldtext': dashes representing foldlevel of a closed
1928 fold.
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +00001929 Read-only in the |sandbox|. |fold-foldtext|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001930
1931 *v:foldlevel* *foldlevel-variable*
1932v:foldlevel Used for 'foldtext': foldlevel of closed fold.
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +00001933 Read-only in the |sandbox|. |fold-foldtext|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001934
1935 *v:foldend* *foldend-variable*
1936v:foldend Used for 'foldtext': last line of closed fold.
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +00001937 Read-only in the |sandbox|. |fold-foldtext|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001938
1939 *v:foldstart* *foldstart-variable*
1940v:foldstart Used for 'foldtext': first line of closed fold.
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +00001941 Read-only in the |sandbox|. |fold-foldtext|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001942
Bram Moolenaar817a8802013-11-09 01:44:43 +01001943 *v:hlsearch* *hlsearch-variable*
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01001944v:hlsearch Variable that indicates whether search highlighting is on.
Bram Moolenaar76440e22014-11-27 19:14:49 +01001945 Setting it makes sense only if 'hlsearch' is enabled which
1946 requires |+extra_search|. Setting this variable to zero acts
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01001947 like the |:nohlsearch| command, setting it to one acts like >
Bram Moolenaar817a8802013-11-09 01:44:43 +01001948 let &hlsearch = &hlsearch
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02001949< Note that the value is restored when returning from a
1950 function. |function-search-undo|.
1951
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +00001952 *v:insertmode* *insertmode-variable*
1953v:insertmode Used for the |InsertEnter| and |InsertChange| autocommand
1954 events. Values:
1955 i Insert mode
1956 r Replace mode
1957 v Virtual Replace mode
1958
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00001959 *v:key* *key-variable*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00001960v:key Key of the current item of a |Dictionary|. Only valid while
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00001961 evaluating the expression used with |map()| and |filter()|.
1962 Read-only.
1963
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001964 *v:lang* *lang-variable*
1965v:lang The current locale setting for messages of the runtime
1966 environment. This allows Vim scripts to be aware of the
1967 current language. Technical: it's the value of LC_MESSAGES.
1968 The value is system dependent.
1969 This variable can not be set directly, use the |:language|
1970 command.
1971 It can be different from |v:ctype| when messages are desired
1972 in a different language than what is used for character
1973 encoding. See |multi-lang|.
1974
1975 *v:lc_time* *lc_time-variable*
1976v:lc_time The current locale setting for time messages of the runtime
1977 environment. This allows Vim scripts to be aware of the
1978 current language. Technical: it's the value of LC_TIME.
1979 This variable can not be set directly, use the |:language|
1980 command. See |multi-lang|.
1981
1982 *v:lnum* *lnum-variable*
Bram Moolenaar368373e2010-07-19 20:46:22 +02001983v:lnum Line number for the 'foldexpr' |fold-expr|, 'formatexpr' and
1984 'indentexpr' expressions, tab page number for 'guitablabel'
1985 and 'guitabtooltip'. Only valid while one of these
1986 expressions is being evaluated. Read-only when in the
1987 |sandbox|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001988
Bram Moolenaar219b8702006-11-01 14:32:36 +00001989 *v:mouse_win* *mouse_win-variable*
1990v:mouse_win Window number for a mouse click obtained with |getchar()|.
1991 First window has number 1, like with |winnr()|. The value is
1992 zero when there was no mouse button click.
1993
Bram Moolenaar511972d2016-06-04 18:09:59 +02001994 *v:mouse_winid* *mouse_winid-variable*
1995v:mouse_winid Window ID for a mouse click obtained with |getchar()|.
1996 The value is zero when there was no mouse button click.
1997
Bram Moolenaar219b8702006-11-01 14:32:36 +00001998 *v:mouse_lnum* *mouse_lnum-variable*
1999v:mouse_lnum Line number for a mouse click obtained with |getchar()|.
2000 This is the text line number, not the screen line number. The
2001 value is zero when there was no mouse button click.
2002
2003 *v:mouse_col* *mouse_col-variable*
2004v:mouse_col Column number for a mouse click obtained with |getchar()|.
2005 This is the screen column number, like with |virtcol()|. The
2006 value is zero when there was no mouse button click.
2007
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002008 *v:none* *none-variable* *None*
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01002009v:none An empty String. Used to put an empty item in JSON. See
Bram Moolenaar6463ca22016-02-13 17:04:46 +01002010 |json_encode()|.
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +02002011 This can also be used as a function argument to use the
2012 default value, see |none-function_argument|.
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01002013 When used as a number this evaluates to zero.
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02002014 When used as a string this evaluates to "v:none". >
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01002015 echo v:none
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02002016< v:none ~
2017 That is so that eval() can parse the string back to the same
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +02002018 value. Read-only.
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01002019
2020 *v:null* *null-variable*
2021v:null An empty String. Used to put "null" in JSON. See
Bram Moolenaar6463ca22016-02-13 17:04:46 +01002022 |json_encode()|.
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01002023 When used as a number this evaluates to zero.
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02002024 When used as a string this evaluates to "v:null". >
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01002025 echo v:null
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02002026< v:null ~
2027 That is so that eval() can parse the string back to the same
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +02002028 value. Read-only.
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01002029
Bram Moolenaarf9706e92020-02-22 14:27:04 +01002030 *v:numbersize* *numbersize-variable*
2031v:numbersize Number of bits in a Number. This is normally 64, but on some
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +01002032 systems it may be 32.
Bram Moolenaarf9706e92020-02-22 14:27:04 +01002033
Bram Moolenaard812df62008-11-09 12:46:09 +00002034 *v:oldfiles* *oldfiles-variable*
2035v:oldfiles List of file names that is loaded from the |viminfo| file on
2036 startup. These are the files that Vim remembers marks for.
2037 The length of the List is limited by the ' argument of the
2038 'viminfo' option (default is 100).
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01002039 When the |viminfo| file is not used the List is empty.
Bram Moolenaard812df62008-11-09 12:46:09 +00002040 Also see |:oldfiles| and |c_#<|.
2041 The List can be modified, but this has no effect on what is
2042 stored in the |viminfo| file later. If you use values other
2043 than String this will cause trouble.
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02002044 {only when compiled with the |+viminfo| feature}
Bram Moolenaard812df62008-11-09 12:46:09 +00002045
Bram Moolenaar53744302015-07-17 17:38:22 +02002046 *v:option_new*
2047v:option_new New value of the option. Valid while executing an |OptionSet|
2048 autocommand.
2049 *v:option_old*
2050v:option_old Old value of the option. Valid while executing an |OptionSet|
Bram Moolenaard7c96872019-06-15 17:12:48 +02002051 autocommand. Depending on the command used for setting and the
2052 kind of option this is either the local old value or the
2053 global old value.
2054 *v:option_oldlocal*
2055v:option_oldlocal
2056 Old local value of the option. Valid while executing an
2057 |OptionSet| autocommand.
2058 *v:option_oldglobal*
2059v:option_oldglobal
2060 Old global value of the option. Valid while executing an
2061 |OptionSet| autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar53744302015-07-17 17:38:22 +02002062 *v:option_type*
2063v:option_type Scope of the set command. Valid while executing an
2064 |OptionSet| autocommand. Can be either "global" or "local"
Bram Moolenaard7c96872019-06-15 17:12:48 +02002065 *v:option_command*
2066v:option_command
2067 Command used to set the option. Valid while executing an
2068 |OptionSet| autocommand.
2069 value option was set via ~
2070 "setlocal" |:setlocal| or ":let l:xxx"
2071 "setglobal" |:setglobal| or ":let g:xxx"
2072 "set" |:set| or |:let|
2073 "modeline" |modeline|
Bram Moolenaar8af1fbf2008-01-05 12:35:21 +00002074 *v:operator* *operator-variable*
2075v:operator The last operator given in Normal mode. This is a single
2076 character except for commands starting with <g> or <z>,
2077 in which case it is two characters. Best used alongside
2078 |v:prevcount| and |v:register|. Useful if you want to cancel
2079 Operator-pending mode and then use the operator, e.g.: >
2080 :omap O <Esc>:call MyMotion(v:operator)<CR>
2081< The value remains set until another operator is entered, thus
2082 don't expect it to be empty.
2083 v:operator is not set for |:delete|, |:yank| or other Ex
2084 commands.
2085 Read-only.
2086
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002087 *v:prevcount* *prevcount-variable*
2088v:prevcount The count given for the last but one Normal mode command.
2089 This is the v:count value of the previous command. Useful if
Bram Moolenaar8af1fbf2008-01-05 12:35:21 +00002090 you want to cancel Visual or Operator-pending mode and then
2091 use the count, e.g.: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002092 :vmap % <Esc>:call MyFilter(v:prevcount)<CR>
2093< Read-only.
2094
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00002095 *v:profiling* *profiling-variable*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02002096v:profiling Normally zero. Set to one after using ":profile start".
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00002097 See |profiling|.
2098
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002099 *v:progname* *progname-variable*
2100v:progname Contains the name (with path removed) with which Vim was
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02002101 invoked. Allows you to do special initialisations for |view|,
2102 |evim| etc., or any other name you might symlink to Vim.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002103 Read-only.
2104
Bram Moolenaara1706c92014-04-01 19:55:49 +02002105 *v:progpath* *progpath-variable*
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +02002106v:progpath Contains the command with which Vim was invoked, in a form
2107 that when passed to the shell will run the same Vim executable
2108 as the current one (if $PATH remains unchanged).
2109 Useful if you want to message a Vim server using a
Bram Moolenaara1706c92014-04-01 19:55:49 +02002110 |--remote-expr|.
Bram Moolenaarc7f02552014-04-01 21:00:59 +02002111 To get the full path use: >
2112 echo exepath(v:progpath)
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +02002113< If the command has a relative path it will be expanded to the
2114 full path, so that it still works after `:cd`. Thus starting
2115 "./vim" results in "/home/user/path/to/vim/src/vim".
2116 On Linux and other systems it will always be the full path.
2117 On Mac it may just be "vim" and using exepath() as mentioned
2118 above should be used to get the full path.
Bram Moolenaar08cab962017-03-04 14:37:18 +01002119 On MS-Windows the executable may be called "vim.exe", but the
2120 ".exe" is not added to v:progpath.
Bram Moolenaara1706c92014-04-01 19:55:49 +02002121 Read-only.
2122
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002123 *v:register* *register-variable*
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002124v:register The name of the register in effect for the current normal mode
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02002125 command (regardless of whether that command actually used a
2126 register). Or for the currently executing normal mode mapping
2127 (use this in custom commands that take a register).
2128 If none is supplied it is the default register '"', unless
2129 'clipboard' contains "unnamed" or "unnamedplus", then it is
2130 '*' or '+'.
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002131 Also see |getreg()| and |setreg()|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002132
Bram Moolenaar1c7715d2005-10-03 22:02:18 +00002133 *v:scrollstart* *scrollstart-variable*
2134v:scrollstart String describing the script or function that caused the
2135 screen to scroll up. It's only set when it is empty, thus the
2136 first reason is remembered. It is set to "Unknown" for a
2137 typed command.
2138 This can be used to find out why your script causes the
2139 hit-enter prompt.
2140
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002141 *v:servername* *servername-variable*
Bram Moolenaarc2ce52c2017-08-01 18:35:38 +02002142v:servername The resulting registered |client-server-name| if any.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002143 Read-only.
2144
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002145
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00002146v:searchforward *v:searchforward* *searchforward-variable*
2147 Search direction: 1 after a forward search, 0 after a
2148 backward search. It is reset to forward when directly setting
2149 the last search pattern, see |quote/|.
2150 Note that the value is restored when returning from a
2151 function. |function-search-undo|.
2152 Read-write.
2153
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002154 *v:shell_error* *shell_error-variable*
2155v:shell_error Result of the last shell command. When non-zero, the last
2156 shell command had an error. When zero, there was no problem.
2157 This only works when the shell returns the error code to Vim.
2158 The value -1 is often used when the command could not be
2159 executed. Read-only.
2160 Example: >
2161 :!mv foo bar
2162 :if v:shell_error
2163 : echo 'could not rename "foo" to "bar"!'
2164 :endif
Bram Moolenaard2e716e2019-04-20 14:39:52 +02002165< "shell_error" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless
2166 |scriptversion| is 3 or higher.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002167
2168 *v:statusmsg* *statusmsg-variable*
2169v:statusmsg Last given status message. It's allowed to set this variable.
2170
Bram Moolenaar4e330bb2005-12-07 21:04:31 +00002171 *v:swapname* *swapname-variable*
2172v:swapname Only valid when executing |SwapExists| autocommands: Name of
2173 the swap file found. Read-only.
2174
2175 *v:swapchoice* *swapchoice-variable*
2176v:swapchoice |SwapExists| autocommands can set this to the selected choice
2177 for handling an existing swap file:
2178 'o' Open read-only
2179 'e' Edit anyway
2180 'r' Recover
2181 'd' Delete swapfile
2182 'q' Quit
2183 'a' Abort
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02002184 The value should be a single-character string. An empty value
Bram Moolenaar4e330bb2005-12-07 21:04:31 +00002185 results in the user being asked, as would happen when there is
2186 no SwapExists autocommand. The default is empty.
2187
Bram Moolenaarb3480382005-12-11 21:33:32 +00002188 *v:swapcommand* *swapcommand-variable*
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00002189v:swapcommand Normal mode command to be executed after a file has been
Bram Moolenaarb3480382005-12-11 21:33:32 +00002190 opened. Can be used for a |SwapExists| autocommand to have
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02002191 another Vim open the file and jump to the right place. For
Bram Moolenaarb3480382005-12-11 21:33:32 +00002192 example, when jumping to a tag the value is ":tag tagname\r".
Bram Moolenaar1f35bf92006-03-07 22:38:47 +00002193 For ":edit +cmd file" the value is ":cmd\r".
Bram Moolenaarb3480382005-12-11 21:33:32 +00002194
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02002195 *v:t_TYPE* *v:t_bool* *t_bool-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002196v:t_bool Value of |Boolean| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02002197 *v:t_channel* *t_channel-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002198v:t_channel Value of |Channel| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02002199 *v:t_dict* *t_dict-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002200v:t_dict Value of |Dictionary| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02002201 *v:t_float* *t_float-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002202v:t_float Value of |Float| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02002203 *v:t_func* *t_func-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002204v:t_func Value of |Funcref| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02002205 *v:t_job* *t_job-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002206v:t_job Value of |Job| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02002207 *v:t_list* *t_list-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002208v:t_list Value of |List| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02002209 *v:t_none* *t_none-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002210v:t_none Value of |None| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02002211 *v:t_number* *t_number-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002212v:t_number Value of |Number| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02002213 *v:t_string* *t_string-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002214v:t_string Value of |String| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01002215 *v:t_blob* *t_blob-variable*
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01002216v:t_blob Value of |Blob| type. Read-only. See: |type()|
Bram Moolenaarf562e722016-07-19 17:25:25 +02002217
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002218 *v:termresponse* *termresponse-variable*
2219v:termresponse The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_RV|
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02002220 termcap entry. It is set when Vim receives an escape sequence
Bram Moolenaarb4230122019-05-30 18:40:53 +02002221 that starts with ESC [ or CSI, then '>' or '?' and ends in a
2222 'c', with only digits and ';' in between.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002223 When this option is set, the TermResponse autocommand event is
2224 fired, so that you can react to the response from the
Bram Moolenaar0c0eddd2020-06-13 15:47:25 +02002225 terminal. You can use |terminalprops()| to see what Vim
2226 figured out about the terminal.
Bram Moolenaarb4230122019-05-30 18:40:53 +02002227 The response from a new xterm is: "<Esc>[> Pp ; Pv ; Pc c". Pp
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002228 is the terminal type: 0 for vt100 and 1 for vt220. Pv is the
2229 patch level (since this was introduced in patch 95, it's
2230 always 95 or bigger). Pc is always zero.
2231 {only when compiled with |+termresponse| feature}
2232
Bram Moolenaarf3af54e2017-08-30 14:53:06 +02002233 *v:termblinkresp*
2234v:termblinkresp The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_RC|
2235 termcap entry. This is used to find out whether the terminal
2236 cursor is blinking. This is used by |term_getcursor()|.
2237
2238 *v:termstyleresp*
2239v:termstyleresp The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_RS|
2240 termcap entry. This is used to find out what the shape of the
2241 cursor is. This is used by |term_getcursor()|.
2242
Bram Moolenaar65e4c4f2017-10-14 23:24:25 +02002243 *v:termrbgresp*
2244v:termrbgresp The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_RB|
Bram Moolenaarf3af54e2017-08-30 14:53:06 +02002245 termcap entry. This is used to find out what the terminal
2246 background color is, see 'background'.
2247
Bram Moolenaar65e4c4f2017-10-14 23:24:25 +02002248 *v:termrfgresp*
2249v:termrfgresp The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_RF|
2250 termcap entry. This is used to find out what the terminal
2251 foreground color is.
2252
Bram Moolenaarf3af54e2017-08-30 14:53:06 +02002253 *v:termu7resp*
2254v:termu7resp The escape sequence returned by the terminal for the |t_u7|
2255 termcap entry. This is used to find out what the terminal
2256 does with ambiguous width characters, see 'ambiwidth'.
2257
Bram Moolenaarebf7dfa2016-04-14 12:46:51 +02002258 *v:testing* *testing-variable*
Bram Moolenaar8e8df252016-05-25 21:23:21 +02002259v:testing Must be set before using `test_garbagecollect_now()`.
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01002260 Also, when set certain error messages won't be shown for 2
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002261 seconds. (e.g. "'dictionary' option is empty")
Bram Moolenaarebf7dfa2016-04-14 12:46:51 +02002262
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002263 *v:this_session* *this_session-variable*
2264v:this_session Full filename of the last loaded or saved session file. See
2265 |:mksession|. It is allowed to set this variable. When no
2266 session file has been saved, this variable is empty.
Bram Moolenaard2e716e2019-04-20 14:39:52 +02002267 "this_session" also works, for backwards compatibility, unless
2268 |scriptversion| is 3 or higher
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002269
2270 *v:throwpoint* *throwpoint-variable*
2271v:throwpoint The point where the exception most recently caught and not
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02002272 finished was thrown. Not set when commands are typed. See
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002273 also |v:exception| and |throw-variables|.
2274 Example: >
2275 :try
2276 : throw "oops"
2277 :catch /.*/
2278 : echo "Exception from" v:throwpoint
2279 :endtry
2280< Output: "Exception from test.vim, line 2"
2281
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01002282 *v:true* *true-variable*
2283v:true A Number with value one. Used to put "true" in JSON. See
Bram Moolenaar6463ca22016-02-13 17:04:46 +01002284 |json_encode()|.
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02002285 When used as a string this evaluates to "v:true". >
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01002286 echo v:true
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02002287< v:true ~
2288 That is so that eval() can parse the string back to the same
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +02002289 value. Read-only.
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00002290 *v:val* *val-variable*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02002291v:val Value of the current item of a |List| or |Dictionary|. Only
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00002292 valid while evaluating the expression used with |map()| and
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00002293 |filter()|. Read-only.
2294
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002295 *v:version* *version-variable*
2296v:version Version number of Vim: Major version number times 100 plus
Bram Moolenaar9b283522019-06-17 22:19:33 +02002297 minor version number. Version 5.0 is 500. Version 5.1
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002298 is 501. Read-only. "version" also works, for backwards
Bram Moolenaard2e716e2019-04-20 14:39:52 +02002299 compatibility, unless |scriptversion| is 3 or higher.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002300 Use |has()| to check if a certain patch was included, e.g.: >
Bram Moolenaar6716d9a2014-04-02 12:12:08 +02002301 if has("patch-7.4.123")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002302< Note that patch numbers are specific to the version, thus both
2303 version 5.0 and 5.1 may have a patch 123, but these are
2304 completely different.
2305
Bram Moolenaar37df9a42019-06-14 14:39:51 +02002306 *v:versionlong* *versionlong-variable*
Bram Moolenaar9b283522019-06-17 22:19:33 +02002307v:versionlong Like v:version, but also including the patchlevel in the last
2308 four digits. Version 8.1 with patch 123 has value 8010123.
2309 This can be used like this: >
2310 if v:versionlong >= 8010123
Bram Moolenaar37df9a42019-06-14 14:39:51 +02002311< However, if there are gaps in the list of patches included
2312 this will not work well. This can happen if a recent patch
2313 was included into an older version, e.g. for a security fix.
2314 Use the has() function to make sure the patch is actually
2315 included.
2316
Bram Moolenaar14735512016-03-26 21:00:08 +01002317 *v:vim_did_enter* *vim_did_enter-variable*
2318v:vim_did_enter Zero until most of startup is done. It is set to one just
2319 before |VimEnter| autocommands are triggered.
2320
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002321 *v:warningmsg* *warningmsg-variable*
2322v:warningmsg Last given warning message. It's allowed to set this variable.
2323
Bram Moolenaar727c8762010-10-20 19:17:48 +02002324 *v:windowid* *windowid-variable*
2325v:windowid When any X11 based GUI is running or when running in a
2326 terminal and Vim connects to the X server (|-X|) this will be
Bram Moolenaar264e9fd2010-10-27 12:33:17 +02002327 set to the window ID.
2328 When an MS-Windows GUI is running this will be set to the
2329 window handle.
2330 Otherwise the value is zero.
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02002331 Note: for windows inside Vim use |winnr()| or |win_getid()|,
2332 see |window-ID|.
Bram Moolenaar727c8762010-10-20 19:17:48 +02002333
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002334==============================================================================
23354. Builtin Functions *functions*
2336
2337See |function-list| for a list grouped by what the function is used for.
2338
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00002339(Use CTRL-] on the function name to jump to the full explanation.)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002340
2341USAGE RESULT DESCRIPTION ~
2342
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002343abs({expr}) Float or Number absolute value of {expr}
2344acos({expr}) Float arc cosine of {expr}
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +01002345add({object}, {item}) List/Blob append {item} to {object}
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002346and({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise AND
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02002347append({lnum}, {text}) Number append {text} below line {lnum}
2348appendbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text})
2349 Number append {text} below line {lnum}
2350 in buffer {expr}
Bram Moolenaarf0d58ef2018-11-16 16:13:44 +01002351argc([{winid}]) Number number of files in the argument list
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00002352argidx() Number current index in the argument list
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002353arglistid([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) Number argument list id
Bram Moolenaare6e39892018-10-25 12:32:11 +02002354argv({nr} [, {winid}]) String {nr} entry of the argument list
2355argv([-1, {winid}]) List the argument list
Bram Moolenaarfb517ba2020-06-03 19:55:35 +02002356asin({expr}) Float arc sine of {expr}
Bram Moolenaar65a54642018-04-28 16:56:53 +02002357assert_beeps({cmd}) Number assert {cmd} causes a beep
Bram Moolenaar42205552017-03-18 19:42:22 +01002358assert_equal({exp}, {act} [, {msg}])
Bram Moolenaar65a54642018-04-28 16:56:53 +02002359 Number assert {exp} is equal to {act}
Bram Moolenaarfb517ba2020-06-03 19:55:35 +02002360assert_equalfile({fname-one}, {fname-two} [, {msg}])
2361 Number assert file contents are equal
Bram Moolenaar42205552017-03-18 19:42:22 +01002362assert_exception({error} [, {msg}])
Bram Moolenaar65a54642018-04-28 16:56:53 +02002363 Number assert {error} is in v:exception
Bram Moolenaar1c6737b2020-09-07 22:18:52 +02002364assert_fails({cmd} [, {error} [, {msg} [, {lnum} [, {context}]]]])
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +02002365 Number assert {cmd} fails
Bram Moolenaar42205552017-03-18 19:42:22 +01002366assert_false({actual} [, {msg}])
Bram Moolenaar65a54642018-04-28 16:56:53 +02002367 Number assert {actual} is false
Bram Moolenaar61c04492016-07-23 15:35:35 +02002368assert_inrange({lower}, {upper}, {actual} [, {msg}])
Bram Moolenaar65a54642018-04-28 16:56:53 +02002369 Number assert {actual} is inside the range
Bram Moolenaar42205552017-03-18 19:42:22 +01002370assert_match({pat}, {text} [, {msg}])
Bram Moolenaar65a54642018-04-28 16:56:53 +02002371 Number assert {pat} matches {text}
Bram Moolenaar42205552017-03-18 19:42:22 +01002372assert_notequal({exp}, {act} [, {msg}])
Bram Moolenaar65a54642018-04-28 16:56:53 +02002373 Number assert {exp} is not equal {act}
Bram Moolenaar42205552017-03-18 19:42:22 +01002374assert_notmatch({pat}, {text} [, {msg}])
Bram Moolenaar65a54642018-04-28 16:56:53 +02002375 Number assert {pat} not matches {text}
2376assert_report({msg}) Number report a test failure
2377assert_true({actual} [, {msg}]) Number assert {actual} is true
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002378atan({expr}) Float arc tangent of {expr}
Bram Moolenaar04186092016-08-29 21:55:35 +02002379atan2({expr1}, {expr2}) Float arc tangent of {expr1} / {expr2}
Bram Moolenaarbe0a2592019-05-09 13:50:16 +02002380balloon_gettext() String current text in the balloon
Bram Moolenaar74240d32017-12-10 15:26:15 +01002381balloon_show({expr}) none show {expr} inside the balloon
Bram Moolenaar246fe032017-11-19 19:56:27 +01002382balloon_split({msg}) List split {msg} as used for a balloon
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002383browse({save}, {title}, {initdir}, {default})
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002384 String put up a file requester
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002385browsedir({title}, {initdir}) String put up a directory requester
Bram Moolenaar15e248e2019-06-30 20:21:37 +02002386bufadd({name}) Number add a buffer to the buffer list
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002387bufexists({expr}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {expr} exists
2388buflisted({expr}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {expr} is listed
Bram Moolenaar15e248e2019-06-30 20:21:37 +02002389bufload({expr}) Number load buffer {expr} if not loaded yet
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002390bufloaded({expr}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {expr} is loaded
Bram Moolenaara8eee212019-08-24 22:14:58 +02002391bufname([{expr}]) String Name of the buffer {expr}
2392bufnr([{expr} [, {create}]]) Number Number of the buffer {expr}
Bram Moolenaarb3619a92016-06-04 17:58:52 +02002393bufwinid({expr}) Number window ID of buffer {expr}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002394bufwinnr({expr}) Number window number of buffer {expr}
2395byte2line({byte}) Number line number at byte count {byte}
2396byteidx({expr}, {nr}) Number byte index of {nr}'th char in {expr}
2397byteidxcomp({expr}, {nr}) Number byte index of {nr}'th char in {expr}
2398call({func}, {arglist} [, {dict}])
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00002399 any call {func} with arguments {arglist}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002400ceil({expr}) Float round {expr} up
Bram Moolenaar4b785f62016-11-29 21:54:44 +01002401ch_canread({handle}) Number check if there is something to read
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002402ch_close({handle}) none close {handle}
Bram Moolenaar0874a832016-09-01 15:11:51 +02002403ch_close_in({handle}) none close in part of {handle}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002404ch_evalexpr({handle}, {expr} [, {options}])
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01002405 any evaluate {expr} on JSON {handle}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002406ch_evalraw({handle}, {string} [, {options}])
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01002407 any evaluate {string} on raw {handle}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002408ch_getbufnr({handle}, {what}) Number get buffer number for {handle}/{what}
2409ch_getjob({channel}) Job get the Job of {channel}
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002410ch_info({handle}) String info about channel {handle}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002411ch_log({msg} [, {handle}]) none write {msg} in the channel log file
2412ch_logfile({fname} [, {mode}]) none start logging channel activity
2413ch_open({address} [, {options}])
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002414 Channel open a channel to {address}
2415ch_read({handle} [, {options}]) String read from {handle}
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01002416ch_readblob({handle} [, {options}])
2417 Blob read Blob from {handle}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002418ch_readraw({handle} [, {options}])
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002419 String read raw from {handle}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002420ch_sendexpr({handle}, {expr} [, {options}])
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01002421 any send {expr} over JSON {handle}
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01002422ch_sendraw({handle}, {expr} [, {options}])
2423 any send {expr} over raw {handle}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002424ch_setoptions({handle}, {options})
2425 none set options for {handle}
Bram Moolenaar7ef38102016-09-26 22:36:58 +02002426ch_status({handle} [, {options}])
2427 String status of channel {handle}
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00002428changenr() Number current change number
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002429char2nr({expr} [, {utf8}]) Number ASCII/UTF8 value of first char in {expr}
Bram Moolenaar4e4473c2020-08-28 22:24:57 +02002430charclass({string}) Number character class of {string}
Bram Moolenaar1063f3d2019-05-07 22:06:52 +02002431chdir({dir}) String change current working directory
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002432cindent({lnum}) Number C indent for line {lnum}
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01002433clearmatches([{win}]) none clear all matches
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002434col({expr}) Number column nr of cursor or mark
2435complete({startcol}, {matches}) none set Insert mode completion
2436complete_add({expr}) Number add completion match
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00002437complete_check() Number check for key typed during completion
Bram Moolenaarfd133322019-03-29 12:20:27 +01002438complete_info([{what}]) Dict get current completion information
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002439confirm({msg} [, {choices} [, {default} [, {type}]]])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002440 Number number of choice picked by user
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002441copy({expr}) any make a shallow copy of {expr}
2442cos({expr}) Float cosine of {expr}
2443cosh({expr}) Float hyperbolic cosine of {expr}
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02002444count({comp}, {expr} [, {ic} [, {start}]])
2445 Number count how many {expr} are in {comp}
Bram Moolenaardc1f1642016-08-16 18:33:43 +02002446cscope_connection([{num}, {dbpath} [, {prepend}]])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002447 Number checks existence of cscope connection
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002448cursor({lnum}, {col} [, {off}])
Bram Moolenaar2f3b5102014-11-19 18:54:17 +01002449 Number move cursor to {lnum}, {col}, {off}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002450cursor({list}) Number move cursor to position in {list}
Bram Moolenaar4551c0a2018-06-20 22:38:21 +02002451debugbreak({pid}) Number interrupt process being debugged
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002452deepcopy({expr} [, {noref}]) any make a full copy of {expr}
2453delete({fname} [, {flags}]) Number delete the file or directory {fname}
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02002454deletebufline({expr}, {first} [, {last}])
Bram Moolenaard79a2622018-06-07 18:17:46 +02002455 Number delete lines from buffer {expr}
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002456did_filetype() Number |TRUE| if FileType autocmd event used
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002457diff_filler({lnum}) Number diff filler lines about {lnum}
2458diff_hlID({lnum}, {col}) Number diff highlighting at {lnum}/{col}
Bram Moolenaar4132eb52020-02-14 16:53:00 +01002459echoraw({expr}) none output {expr} as-is
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002460empty({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is empty
Bram Moolenaar691ddee2019-05-09 14:52:41 +02002461environ() Dict return environment variables
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002462escape({string}, {chars}) String escape {chars} in {string} with '\'
2463eval({string}) any evaluate {string} into its value
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002464eventhandler() Number |TRUE| if inside an event handler
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002465executable({expr}) Number 1 if executable {expr} exists
Bram Moolenaar79815f12016-07-09 17:07:29 +02002466execute({command}) String execute {command} and get the output
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002467exepath({expr}) String full path of the command {expr}
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002468exists({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} exists
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002469exp({expr}) Float exponential of {expr}
2470expand({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list}]])
Bram Moolenaar146e9c32012-03-07 19:18:23 +01002471 any expand special keywords in {expr}
Bram Moolenaar80dad482019-06-09 17:22:31 +02002472expandcmd({expr}) String expand {expr} like with `:edit`
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02002473extend({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}])
2474 List/Dict insert items of {expr2} into {expr1}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002475feedkeys({string} [, {mode}]) Number add key sequence to typeahead buffer
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002476filereadable({file}) Number |TRUE| if {file} is a readable file
2477filewritable({file}) Number |TRUE| if {file} is a writable file
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02002478filter({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict remove items from {expr1} where
2479 {expr2} is 0
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002480finddir({name} [, {path} [, {count}]])
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +00002481 String find directory {name} in {path}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002482findfile({name} [, {path} [, {count}]])
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +00002483 String find file {name} in {path}
Bram Moolenaar077a1e62020-06-08 20:50:43 +02002484flatten({list} [, {maxdepth}]) List flatten {list} up to {maxdepth} levels
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002485float2nr({expr}) Number convert Float {expr} to a Number
2486floor({expr}) Float round {expr} down
2487fmod({expr1}, {expr2}) Float remainder of {expr1} / {expr2}
2488fnameescape({fname}) String escape special characters in {fname}
2489fnamemodify({fname}, {mods}) String modify file name
2490foldclosed({lnum}) Number first line of fold at {lnum} if closed
2491foldclosedend({lnum}) Number last line of fold at {lnum} if closed
2492foldlevel({lnum}) Number fold level at {lnum}
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01002493foldtext() String line displayed for closed fold
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002494foldtextresult({lnum}) String text for closed fold at {lnum}
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01002495foreground() Number bring the Vim window to the foreground
Bram Moolenaar437bafe2016-08-01 15:40:54 +02002496funcref({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002497 Funcref reference to function {name}
Bram Moolenaar437bafe2016-08-01 15:40:54 +02002498function({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
2499 Funcref named reference to function {name}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002500garbagecollect([{atexit}]) none free memory, breaking cyclic references
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002501get({list}, {idx} [, {def}]) any get item {idx} from {list} or {def}
2502get({dict}, {key} [, {def}]) any get item {key} from {dict} or {def}
Bram Moolenaar03e19a02016-05-24 22:29:49 +02002503get({func}, {what}) any get property of funcref/partial {func}
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02002504getbufinfo([{expr}]) List information about buffers
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002505getbufline({expr}, {lnum} [, {end}])
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +00002506 List lines {lnum} to {end} of buffer {expr}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002507getbufvar({expr}, {varname} [, {def}])
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01002508 any variable {varname} in buffer {expr}
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02002509getchangelist([{expr}]) List list of change list items
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002510getchar([expr]) Number get one character from the user
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01002511getcharmod() Number modifiers for the last typed character
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02002512getcharsearch() Dict last character search
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002513getcmdline() String return the current command-line
2514getcmdpos() Number return cursor position in command-line
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +02002515getcmdtype() String return current command-line type
2516getcmdwintype() String return current command-line window type
Bram Moolenaare9d58a62016-08-13 15:07:41 +02002517getcompletion({pat}, {type} [, {filtered}])
2518 List list of cmdline completion matches
Bram Moolenaar6f6c0f82014-05-28 20:31:42 +02002519getcurpos() List position of the cursor
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002520getcwd([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) String get the current working directory
Bram Moolenaar691ddee2019-05-09 14:52:41 +02002521getenv({name}) String return environment variable
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002522getfontname([{name}]) String name of font being used
2523getfperm({fname}) String file permissions of file {fname}
2524getfsize({fname}) Number size in bytes of file {fname}
2525getftime({fname}) Number last modification time of file
2526getftype({fname}) String description of type of file {fname}
Bram Moolenaara3a12462019-09-07 15:08:38 +02002527getimstatus() Number |TRUE| if the IME status is active
Bram Moolenaar4f505882018-02-10 21:06:32 +01002528getjumplist([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
2529 List list of jump list items
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002530getline({lnum}) String line {lnum} of current buffer
2531getline({lnum}, {end}) List lines {lnum} to {end} of current buffer
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02002532getloclist({nr}) List list of location list items
2533getloclist({nr}, {what}) Dict get specific location list properties
Bram Moolenaarcfb4b472020-05-31 15:41:57 +02002534getmarklist([{expr}]) List list of global/local marks
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01002535getmatches([{win}]) List list of current matches
Bram Moolenaardb3a2052019-11-16 18:22:41 +01002536getmousepos() Dict last known mouse position
Bram Moolenaar18081e32008-02-20 19:11:07 +00002537getpid() Number process ID of Vim
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002538getpos({expr}) List position of cursor, mark, etc.
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02002539getqflist() List list of quickfix items
2540getqflist({what}) Dict get specific quickfix list properties
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002541getreg([{regname} [, 1 [, {list}]]])
Bram Moolenaarbb861e22020-06-07 18:16:36 +02002542 String or List contents of a register
2543getreginfo([{regname}]) Dict information about a register
2544getregtype([{regname}]) String type of a register
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02002545gettabinfo([{expr}]) List list of tab pages
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002546gettabvar({nr}, {varname} [, {def}])
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01002547 any variable {varname} in tab {nr} or {def}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002548gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {name} [, {def}])
Bram Moolenaarc6249bb2006-04-15 20:25:09 +00002549 any {name} in {winnr} in tab page {tabnr}
Bram Moolenaarf49cc602018-11-11 15:21:05 +01002550gettagstack([{nr}]) Dict get the tag stack of window {nr}
Bram Moolenaar0b39c3f2020-08-30 15:52:10 +02002551gettext({text}) String lookup translation of {text}
Bram Moolenaar7132ddc2018-07-15 17:01:11 +02002552getwininfo([{winid}]) List list of info about each window
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +01002553getwinpos([{timeout}]) List X and Y coord in pixels of the Vim window
Bram Moolenaar3f54fd32018-03-03 21:29:55 +01002554getwinposx() Number X coord in pixels of the Vim window
2555getwinposy() Number Y coord in pixels of the Vim window
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002556getwinvar({nr}, {varname} [, {def}])
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01002557 any variable {varname} in window {nr}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002558glob({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]])
Bram Moolenaar146e9c32012-03-07 19:18:23 +01002559 any expand file wildcards in {expr}
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002560glob2regpat({expr}) String convert a glob pat into a search pat
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002561globpath({path}, {expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]])
Bram Moolenaarbb5ddda2008-11-28 10:01:10 +00002562 String do glob({expr}) for all dirs in {path}
Bram Moolenaar79296512020-03-22 16:17:14 +01002563has({feature} [, {check}]) Number |TRUE| if feature {feature} supported
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002564has_key({dict}, {key}) Number |TRUE| if {dict} has entry {key}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002565haslocaldir([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002566 Number |TRUE| if the window executed |:lcd|
Bram Moolenaar00aa0692019-04-27 20:37:57 +02002567 or |:tcd|
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002568hasmapto({what} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]])
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002569 Number |TRUE| if mapping to {what} exists
Bram Moolenaar8a7d6542020-01-26 15:56:19 +01002570histadd({history}, {item}) Number add an item to a history
2571histdel({history} [, {item}]) Number remove an item from a history
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002572histget({history} [, {index}]) String get the item {index} from a history
2573histnr({history}) Number highest index of a history
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002574hlID({name}) Number syntax ID of highlight group {name}
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02002575hlexists({name}) Number |TRUE| if highlight group {name} exists
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002576hostname() String name of the machine Vim is running on
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002577iconv({expr}, {from}, {to}) String convert encoding of {expr}
2578indent({lnum}) Number indent of line {lnum}
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01002579index({object}, {expr} [, {start} [, {ic}]])
2580 Number index in {object} where {expr} appears
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002581input({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]])
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00002582 String get input from the user
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +02002583inputdialog({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]])
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002584 String like input() but in a GUI dialog
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002585inputlist({textlist}) Number let the user pick from a choice list
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00002586inputrestore() Number restore typeahead
2587inputsave() Number save and clear typeahead
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002588inputsecret({prompt} [, {text}]) String like input() but hiding the text
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01002589insert({object}, {item} [, {idx}]) List insert {item} in {object} [before {idx}]
Bram Moolenaar67a2deb2019-11-25 00:05:32 +01002590interrupt() none interrupt script execution
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002591invert({expr}) Number bitwise invert
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002592isdirectory({directory}) Number |TRUE| if {directory} is a directory
Bram Moolenaarfda1bff2019-04-04 13:44:37 +02002593isinf({expr}) Number determine if {expr} is infinity value
2594 (positive or negative)
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02002595islocked({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is locked
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002596isnan({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is NaN
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002597items({dict}) List key-value pairs in {dict}
2598job_getchannel({job}) Channel get the channel handle for {job}
Bram Moolenaare1fc5152018-04-21 19:49:08 +02002599job_info([{job}]) Dict get information about {job}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002600job_setoptions({job}, {options}) none set options for {job}
2601job_start({command} [, {options}])
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002602 Job start a job
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002603job_status({job}) String get the status of {job}
2604job_stop({job} [, {how}]) Number stop {job}
2605join({list} [, {sep}]) String join {list} items into one String
2606js_decode({string}) any decode JS style JSON
2607js_encode({expr}) String encode JS style JSON
2608json_decode({string}) any decode JSON
2609json_encode({expr}) String encode JSON
2610keys({dict}) List keys in {dict}
2611len({expr}) Number the length of {expr}
2612libcall({lib}, {func}, {arg}) String call {func} in library {lib} with {arg}
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002613libcallnr({lib}, {func}, {arg}) Number idem, but return a Number
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02002614line({expr} [, {winid}]) Number line nr of cursor, last line or mark
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002615line2byte({lnum}) Number byte count of line {lnum}
2616lispindent({lnum}) Number Lisp indent for line {lnum}
Bram Moolenaar9d401282019-04-06 13:18:12 +02002617list2str({list} [, {utf8}]) String turn numbers in {list} into a String
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02002618listener_add({callback} [, {buf}])
2619 Number add a callback to listen to changes
Bram Moolenaarfe1ade02019-05-14 21:20:36 +02002620listener_flush([{buf}]) none invoke listener callbacks
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02002621listener_remove({id}) none remove a listener callback
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002622localtime() Number current time
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002623log({expr}) Float natural logarithm (base e) of {expr}
2624log10({expr}) Float logarithm of Float {expr} to base 10
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002625luaeval({expr} [, {expr}]) any evaluate |Lua| expression
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02002626map({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict change each item in {expr1} to {expr}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002627maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict}]]])
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01002628 String or Dict
2629 rhs of mapping {name} in mode {mode}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002630mapcheck({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]])
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00002631 String check for mappings matching {name}
Bram Moolenaar9c652532020-05-24 13:10:18 +02002632mapset({mode}, {abbr}, {dict})
Bram Moolenaar4c9243f2020-05-22 13:10:44 +02002633 none restore mapping from |maparg()| result
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002634match({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002635 Number position where {pat} matches in {expr}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002636matchadd({group}, {pattern} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00002637 Number highlight {pattern} with {group}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002638matchaddpos({group}, {pos} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
Bram Moolenaarb3414592014-06-17 17:48:32 +02002639 Number highlight positions with {group}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002640matcharg({nr}) List arguments of |:match|
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01002641matchdelete({id} [, {win}]) Number delete match identified by {id}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002642matchend({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002643 Number position where {pat} ends in {expr}
Bram Moolenaar635414d2020-09-11 22:25:15 +02002644matchfuzzy({list}, {str}) List fuzzy match {str} in {list}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002645matchlist({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +00002646 List match and submatches of {pat} in {expr}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002647matchstr({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
Bram Moolenaar89cb5e02004-07-19 20:55:54 +00002648 String {count}'th match of {pat} in {expr}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002649matchstrpos({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
Bram Moolenaar7fed5c12016-03-29 23:10:31 +02002650 List {count}'th match of {pat} in {expr}
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01002651max({expr}) Number maximum value of items in {expr}
Bram Moolenaar0eabd4d2020-03-15 16:13:53 +01002652menu_info({name} [, {mode}]) Dict get menu item information
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01002653min({expr}) Number minimum value of items in {expr}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002654mkdir({name} [, {path} [, {prot}]])
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002655 Number create directory {name}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002656mode([expr]) String current editing mode
2657mzeval({expr}) any evaluate |MzScheme| expression
2658nextnonblank({lnum}) Number line nr of non-blank line >= {lnum}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002659nr2char({expr} [, {utf8}]) String single char with ASCII/UTF8 value {expr}
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002660or({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise OR
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002661pathshorten({expr}) String shorten directory names in a path
2662perleval({expr}) any evaluate |Perl| expression
Bram Moolenaar931a2772019-07-04 16:54:54 +02002663popup_atcursor({what}, {options}) Number create popup window near the cursor
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +02002664popup_beval({what}, {options}) Number create popup window for 'ballooneval'
Bram Moolenaar931a2772019-07-04 16:54:54 +02002665popup_clear() none close all popup windows
2666popup_close({id} [, {result}]) none close popup window {id}
2667popup_create({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window
2668popup_dialog({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window used as a dialog
2669popup_filter_menu({id}, {key}) Number filter for a menu popup window
2670popup_filter_yesno({id}, {key}) Number filter for a dialog popup window
Bram Moolenaare49fbff2019-08-21 22:50:07 +02002671popup_findinfo() Number get window ID of info popup window
2672popup_findpreview() Number get window ID of preview popup window
Bram Moolenaar931a2772019-07-04 16:54:54 +02002673popup_getoptions({id}) Dict get options of popup window {id}
2674popup_getpos({id}) Dict get position of popup window {id}
2675popup_hide({id}) none hide popup menu {id}
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02002676popup_list() List get a list of window IDs of all popups
Bram Moolenaaref6b9792020-05-13 16:34:15 +02002677popup_locate({row}, {col}) Number get window ID of popup at position
Bram Moolenaar931a2772019-07-04 16:54:54 +02002678popup_menu({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window used as a menu
2679popup_move({id}, {options}) none set position of popup window {id}
2680popup_notification({what}, {options})
2681 Number create a notification popup window
Bram Moolenaar931a2772019-07-04 16:54:54 +02002682popup_setoptions({id}, {options})
2683 none set options for popup window {id}
2684popup_settext({id}, {text}) none set the text of popup window {id}
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02002685popup_show({id}) none unhide popup window {id}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002686pow({x}, {y}) Float {x} to the power of {y}
2687prevnonblank({lnum}) Number line nr of non-blank line <= {lnum}
2688printf({fmt}, {expr1}...) String format text
Bram Moolenaar077cc7a2020-09-04 16:35:35 +02002689prompt_getprompt({buf}) String get prompt text
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +02002690prompt_setcallback({buf}, {expr}) none set prompt callback function
Bram Moolenaar0e5979a2018-06-17 19:36:33 +02002691prompt_setinterrupt({buf}, {text}) none set prompt interrupt function
2692prompt_setprompt({buf}, {text}) none set prompt text
Bram Moolenaar98aefe72018-12-13 22:20:09 +01002693prop_add({lnum}, {col}, {props}) none add a text property
Bram Moolenaare3d31b02018-12-24 23:07:04 +01002694prop_clear({lnum} [, {lnum-end} [, {props}]])
Bram Moolenaar98aefe72018-12-13 22:20:09 +01002695 none remove all text properties
2696prop_find({props} [, {direction}])
2697 Dict search for a text property
Bram Moolenaar7ceefb32020-05-01 16:07:38 +02002698prop_list({lnum} [, {props}]) List text properties in {lnum}
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +01002699prop_remove({props} [, {lnum} [, {lnum-end}]])
Bram Moolenaar98aefe72018-12-13 22:20:09 +01002700 Number remove a text property
2701prop_type_add({name}, {props}) none define a new property type
2702prop_type_change({name}, {props})
2703 none change an existing property type
2704prop_type_delete({name} [, {props}])
2705 none delete a property type
Bram Moolenaar7ceefb32020-05-01 16:07:38 +02002706prop_type_get([{name} [, {props}]])
Bram Moolenaar98aefe72018-12-13 22:20:09 +01002707 Dict get property type values
2708prop_type_list([{props}]) List get list of property types
Bram Moolenaare9bd5722019-08-17 19:36:06 +02002709pum_getpos() Dict position and size of pum if visible
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00002710pumvisible() Number whether popup menu is visible
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002711py3eval({expr}) any evaluate |python3| expression
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02002712pyeval({expr}) any evaluate |Python| expression
Bram Moolenaarf42dd3c2017-01-28 16:06:38 +01002713pyxeval({expr}) any evaluate |python_x| expression
Bram Moolenaar06b0b4b2019-11-25 15:40:55 +01002714rand([{expr}]) Number get pseudo-random number
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002715range({expr} [, {max} [, {stride}]])
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00002716 List items from {expr} to {max}
Bram Moolenaar84cf6bd2020-06-16 20:03:43 +02002717readdir({dir} [, {expr} [, {dict}]])
2718 List file names in {dir} selected by {expr}
2719readdirex({dir} [, {expr} [, {dict}]])
2720 List file info in {dir} selected by {expr}
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01002721readfile({fname} [, {type} [, {max}]])
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00002722 List get list of lines from file {fname}
Bram Moolenaar85629982020-06-01 18:39:20 +02002723reduce({object}, {func} [, {initial}])
2724 any reduce {object} using {func}
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +02002725reg_executing() String get the executing register name
Bram Moolenaar0b6d9112018-05-22 20:35:17 +02002726reg_recording() String get the recording register name
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002727reltime([{start} [, {end}]]) List get time value
2728reltimefloat({time}) Float turn the time value into a Float
2729reltimestr({time}) String turn time value into a String
Bram Moolenaar3c2881d2017-03-21 19:18:29 +01002730remote_expr({server}, {string} [, {idvar} [, {timeout}]])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002731 String send expression
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002732remote_foreground({server}) Number bring Vim server to the foreground
2733remote_peek({serverid} [, {retvar}])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002734 Number check for reply string
Bram Moolenaar3c2881d2017-03-21 19:18:29 +01002735remote_read({serverid} [, {timeout}])
2736 String read reply string
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002737remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar}])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002738 String send key sequence
Bram Moolenaar7416f3e2017-03-18 18:10:13 +01002739remote_startserver({name}) none become server {name}
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +01002740remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}]) any/List
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01002741 remove items {idx}-{end} from {list}
2742remove({blob}, {idx} [, {end}]) Number/Blob
2743 remove bytes {idx}-{end} from {blob}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002744remove({dict}, {key}) any remove entry {key} from {dict}
2745rename({from}, {to}) Number rename (move) file from {from} to {to}
2746repeat({expr}, {count}) String repeat {expr} {count} times
2747resolve({filename}) String get filename a shortcut points to
2748reverse({list}) List reverse {list} in-place
2749round({expr}) Float round off {expr}
Bram Moolenaare99be0e2019-03-26 22:51:09 +01002750rubyeval({expr}) any evaluate |Ruby| expression
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002751screenattr({row}, {col}) Number attribute at screen position
2752screenchar({row}, {col}) Number character at screen position
Bram Moolenaar2912abb2019-03-29 14:16:42 +01002753screenchars({row}, {col}) List List of characters at screen position
Bram Moolenaar9750bb12012-12-05 16:10:42 +01002754screencol() Number current cursor column
Bram Moolenaarb3d17a22019-07-07 18:28:14 +02002755screenpos({winid}, {lnum}, {col}) Dict screen row and col of a text character
Bram Moolenaar9750bb12012-12-05 16:10:42 +01002756screenrow() Number current cursor row
Bram Moolenaar2912abb2019-03-29 14:16:42 +01002757screenstring({row}, {col}) String characters at screen position
Bram Moolenaaradc17a52020-06-06 18:37:51 +02002758search({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
Bram Moolenaar76929292008-01-06 19:07:36 +00002759 Number search for {pattern}
Bram Moolenaare8f5ec02020-06-01 17:28:35 +02002760searchcount([{options}]) Dict get or update search stats
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002761searchdecl({name} [, {global} [, {thisblock}]])
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00002762 Number search for variable declaration
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002763searchpair({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip} [...]]])
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00002764 Number search for other end of start/end pair
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002765searchpairpos({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip} [...]]])
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00002766 List search for other end of start/end pair
Bram Moolenaaradc17a52020-06-06 18:37:51 +02002767searchpos({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00002768 List search for {pattern}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002769server2client({clientid}, {string})
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002770 Number send reply string
2771serverlist() String get a list of available servers
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02002772setbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text})
2773 Number set line {lnum} to {text} in buffer
Bram Moolenaarb31cf2b2017-09-02 19:45:19 +02002774 {expr}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002775setbufvar({expr}, {varname}, {val})
2776 none set {varname} in buffer {expr} to {val}
Bram Moolenaar08aac3c2020-08-28 21:04:24 +02002777setcellwidths({list}) none set character cell width overrides
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002778setcharsearch({dict}) Dict set character search from {dict}
2779setcmdpos({pos}) Number set cursor position in command-line
Bram Moolenaar691ddee2019-05-09 14:52:41 +02002780setenv({name}, {val}) none set environment variable
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002781setfperm({fname}, {mode}) Number set {fname} file permissions to {mode}
2782setline({lnum}, {line}) Number set line {lnum} to {line}
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02002783setloclist({nr}, {list} [, {action}])
2784 Number modify location list using {list}
2785setloclist({nr}, {list}, {action}, {what})
2786 Number modify specific location list props
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01002787setmatches({list} [, {win}]) Number restore a list of matches
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002788setpos({expr}, {list}) Number set the {expr} position to {list}
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02002789setqflist({list} [, {action}]) Number modify quickfix list using {list}
2790setqflist({list}, {action}, {what})
2791 Number modify specific quickfix list props
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002792setreg({n}, {v} [, {opt}]) Number set register to value and type
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002793settabvar({nr}, {varname}, {val}) none set {varname} in tab page {nr} to {val}
2794settabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname}, {val})
2795 none set {varname} in window {winnr} in tab
2796 page {tabnr} to {val}
Bram Moolenaarf49cc602018-11-11 15:21:05 +01002797settagstack({nr}, {dict} [, {action}])
2798 Number modify tag stack using {dict}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002799setwinvar({nr}, {varname}, {val}) none set {varname} in window {nr} to {val}
2800sha256({string}) String SHA256 checksum of {string}
2801shellescape({string} [, {special}])
Bram Moolenaar05bb9532008-07-04 09:44:11 +00002802 String escape {string} for use as shell
Bram Moolenaar60a495f2006-10-03 12:44:42 +00002803 command argument
Bram Moolenaarf9514162018-11-22 03:08:29 +01002804shiftwidth([{col}]) Number effective value of 'shiftwidth'
Bram Moolenaar162b7142018-12-21 15:17:36 +01002805sign_define({name} [, {dict}]) Number define or update a sign
Bram Moolenaar809ce4d2019-07-13 21:21:40 +02002806sign_define({list}) List define or update a list of signs
Bram Moolenaar162b7142018-12-21 15:17:36 +01002807sign_getdefined([{name}]) List get a list of defined signs
2808sign_getplaced([{expr} [, {dict}]])
2809 List get a list of placed signs
Bram Moolenaar6b7b7192019-01-11 13:42:41 +01002810sign_jump({id}, {group}, {expr})
2811 Number jump to a sign
Bram Moolenaar162b7142018-12-21 15:17:36 +01002812sign_place({id}, {group}, {name}, {expr} [, {dict}])
2813 Number place a sign
Bram Moolenaar809ce4d2019-07-13 21:21:40 +02002814sign_placelist({list}) List place a list of signs
Bram Moolenaar162b7142018-12-21 15:17:36 +01002815sign_undefine([{name}]) Number undefine a sign
Bram Moolenaar809ce4d2019-07-13 21:21:40 +02002816sign_undefine({list}) List undefine a list of signs
Bram Moolenaar162b7142018-12-21 15:17:36 +01002817sign_unplace({group} [, {dict}])
2818 Number unplace a sign
Bram Moolenaar809ce4d2019-07-13 21:21:40 +02002819sign_unplacelist({list}) List unplace a list of signs
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002820simplify({filename}) String simplify filename as much as possible
2821sin({expr}) Float sine of {expr}
2822sinh({expr}) Float hyperbolic sine of {expr}
2823sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]])
Bram Moolenaar5f894962011-06-19 02:55:37 +02002824 List sort {list}, using {func} to compare
Bram Moolenaar3ff5f0f2019-06-10 13:11:22 +02002825sound_clear() none stop playing all sounds
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02002826sound_playevent({name} [, {callback}])
2827 Number play an event sound
Bram Moolenaar3ff5f0f2019-06-10 13:11:22 +02002828sound_playfile({path} [, {callback}])
2829 Number play sound file {path}
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02002830sound_stop({id}) none stop playing sound {id}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002831soundfold({word}) String sound-fold {word}
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00002832spellbadword() String badly spelled word at cursor
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002833spellsuggest({word} [, {max} [, {capital}]])
Bram Moolenaarc54b8a72005-09-30 21:20:29 +00002834 List spelling suggestions
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002835split({expr} [, {pat} [, {keepempty}]])
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00002836 List make |List| from {pat} separated {expr}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002837sqrt({expr}) Float square root of {expr}
Bram Moolenaar06b0b4b2019-11-25 15:40:55 +01002838srand([{expr}]) List get seed for |rand()|
Bram Moolenaar0e57dd82019-09-16 22:56:03 +02002839state([{what}]) String current state of Vim
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002840str2float({expr}) Float convert String to Float
Bram Moolenaar9d401282019-04-06 13:18:12 +02002841str2list({expr} [, {utf8}]) List convert each character of {expr} to
2842 ASCII/UTF8 value
Bram Moolenaar60a8de22019-09-15 14:33:22 +02002843str2nr({expr} [, {base} [, {quoted}]])
2844 Number convert String to Number
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002845strcharpart({str}, {start} [, {len}])
Bram Moolenaar6c53fca2020-08-23 17:34:46 +02002846 String {len} characters of {str} at
2847 character {start}
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02002848strchars({expr} [, {skipcc}]) Number character length of the String {expr}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002849strdisplaywidth({expr} [, {col}]) Number display length of the String {expr}
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +01002850strftime({format} [, {time}]) String format time with a specified format
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02002851strgetchar({str}, {index}) Number get char {index} from {str}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002852stridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}])
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +00002853 Number index of {needle} in {haystack}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002854string({expr}) String String representation of {expr} value
2855strlen({expr}) Number length of the String {expr}
Bram Moolenaar6c53fca2020-08-23 17:34:46 +02002856strpart({str}, {start} [, {len} [, {chars}]])
2857 String {len} bytes/chars of {str} at
2858 byte {start}
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +01002859strptime({format}, {timestring})
2860 Number Convert {timestring} to unix timestamp
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002861strridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}])
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +00002862 Number last index of {needle} in {haystack}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002863strtrans({expr}) String translate string to make it printable
2864strwidth({expr}) Number display cell length of the String {expr}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002865submatch({nr} [, {list}]) String or List
Bram Moolenaar41571762014-04-02 19:00:58 +02002866 specific match in ":s" or substitute()
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002867substitute({expr}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags})
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002868 String all {pat} in {expr} replaced with {sub}
Bram Moolenaar00f123a2018-08-21 20:28:54 +02002869swapinfo({fname}) Dict information about swap file {fname}
Bram Moolenaar110bd602018-09-16 18:46:59 +02002870swapname({expr}) String swap file of buffer {expr}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002871synID({lnum}, {col}, {trans}) Number syntax ID at {lnum} and {col}
2872synIDattr({synID}, {what} [, {mode}])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002873 String attribute {what} of syntax ID {synID}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002874synIDtrans({synID}) Number translated syntax ID of {synID}
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002875synconcealed({lnum}, {col}) List info about concealing
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002876synstack({lnum}, {col}) List stack of syntax IDs at {lnum} and {col}
2877system({expr} [, {input}]) String output of shell command/filter {expr}
2878systemlist({expr} [, {input}]) List output of shell command/filter {expr}
Bram Moolenaar802a0d92016-06-26 16:17:58 +02002879tabpagebuflist([{arg}]) List list of buffer numbers in tab page
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002880tabpagenr([{arg}]) Number number of current or last tab page
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002881tabpagewinnr({tabarg} [, {arg}]) Number number of current window in tab page
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00002882tagfiles() List tags files used
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02002883taglist({expr} [, {filename}]) List list of tags matching {expr}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002884tan({expr}) Float tangent of {expr}
2885tanh({expr}) Float hyperbolic tangent of {expr}
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +01002886tempname() String name for a temporary file
Bram Moolenaard96ff162018-02-18 22:13:29 +01002887term_dumpdiff({filename}, {filename} [, {options}])
2888 Number display difference between two dumps
2889term_dumpload({filename} [, {options}])
2890 Number displaying a screen dump
Bram Moolenaar6bb2cdf2018-02-24 19:53:53 +01002891term_dumpwrite({buf}, {filename} [, {options}])
Bram Moolenaard96ff162018-02-18 22:13:29 +01002892 none dump terminal window contents
Bram Moolenaare41e3b42017-08-11 16:24:50 +02002893term_getaltscreen({buf}) Number get the alternate screen flag
Bram Moolenaarf59c6e82018-04-10 15:59:11 +02002894term_getansicolors({buf}) List get ANSI palette in GUI color mode
Bram Moolenaar45356542017-08-06 17:53:31 +02002895term_getattr({attr}, {what}) Number get the value of attribute {what}
Bram Moolenaar97870002017-07-30 18:28:38 +02002896term_getcursor({buf}) List get the cursor position of a terminal
Bram Moolenaarc6df10e2017-07-29 20:15:08 +02002897term_getjob({buf}) Job get the job associated with a terminal
Bram Moolenaarc2ce52c2017-08-01 18:35:38 +02002898term_getline({buf}, {row}) String get a line of text from a terminal
Bram Moolenaar82b9ca02017-08-08 23:06:46 +02002899term_getscrolled({buf}) Number get the scroll count of a terminal
Bram Moolenaarc6df10e2017-07-29 20:15:08 +02002900term_getsize({buf}) List get the size of a terminal
Bram Moolenaarb000e322017-07-30 19:38:21 +02002901term_getstatus({buf}) String get the status of a terminal
2902term_gettitle({buf}) String get the title of a terminal
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01002903term_gettty({buf}, [{input}]) String get the tty name of a terminal
Bram Moolenaarc6df10e2017-07-29 20:15:08 +02002904term_list() List get the list of terminal buffers
Bram Moolenaarc2ce52c2017-08-01 18:35:38 +02002905term_scrape({buf}, {row}) List get row of a terminal screen
Bram Moolenaarc6df10e2017-07-29 20:15:08 +02002906term_sendkeys({buf}, {keys}) none send keystrokes to a terminal
Bram Moolenaarf59c6e82018-04-10 15:59:11 +02002907term_setansicolors({buf}, {colors})
2908 none set ANSI palette in GUI color mode
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02002909term_setapi({buf}, {expr}) none set |terminal-api| function name prefix
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02002910term_setkill({buf}, {how}) none set signal to stop job in terminal
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +01002911term_setrestore({buf}, {command}) none set command to restore terminal
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02002912term_setsize({buf}, {rows}, {cols})
2913 none set the size of a terminal
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +02002914term_start({cmd} [, {options}]) Number open a terminal window and run a job
Bram Moolenaarf3402b12017-08-06 19:07:08 +02002915term_wait({buf} [, {time}]) Number wait for screen to be updated
Bram Moolenaar0c0eddd2020-06-13 15:47:25 +02002916terminalprops() Dict properties of the terminal
Bram Moolenaar8e8df252016-05-25 21:23:21 +02002917test_alloc_fail({id}, {countdown}, {repeat})
2918 none make memory allocation fail
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02002919test_autochdir() none enable 'autochdir' during startup
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02002920test_feedinput({string}) none add key sequence to input buffer
Bram Moolenaar574860b2016-05-24 17:33:34 +02002921test_garbagecollect_now() none free memory right now for testing
Bram Moolenaaradc67142019-06-22 01:40:42 +02002922test_garbagecollect_soon() none free memory soon for testing
Bram Moolenaareda65222019-05-16 20:29:44 +02002923test_getvalue({string}) any get value of an internal variable
Bram Moolenaare0c31f62017-03-01 15:07:05 +01002924test_ignore_error({expr}) none ignore a specific error
Bram Moolenaarc0f5a782019-01-13 15:16:13 +01002925test_null_blob() Blob null value for testing
Bram Moolenaar574860b2016-05-24 17:33:34 +02002926test_null_channel() Channel null value for testing
2927test_null_dict() Dict null value for testing
Bram Moolenaare69f6d02020-04-01 22:11:01 +02002928test_null_function() Funcref null value for testing
Bram Moolenaar574860b2016-05-24 17:33:34 +02002929test_null_job() Job null value for testing
2930test_null_list() List null value for testing
2931test_null_partial() Funcref null value for testing
2932test_null_string() String null value for testing
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +02002933test_option_not_set({name}) none reset flag indicating option was set
2934test_override({expr}, {val}) none test with Vim internal overrides
Bram Moolenaarc3e92c12019-03-23 14:23:07 +01002935test_refcount({expr}) Number get the reference count of {expr}
Bram Moolenaarab186732018-09-14 21:27:06 +02002936test_scrollbar({which}, {value}, {dragging})
2937 none scroll in the GUI for testing
Bram Moolenaarbb8476b2019-05-04 15:47:48 +02002938test_setmouse({row}, {col}) none set the mouse position for testing
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02002939test_settime({expr}) none set current time for testing
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02002940test_srand_seed([seed]) none set seed for testing srand()
2941test_unknown() any unknown value for testing
2942test_void() any void value for testing
Bram Moolenaar8e97bd72016-08-06 22:05:07 +02002943timer_info([{id}]) List information about timers
Bram Moolenaarb73598e2016-08-07 18:22:53 +02002944timer_pause({id}, {pause}) none pause or unpause a timer
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002945timer_start({time}, {callback} [, {options}])
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +01002946 Number create a timer
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002947timer_stop({timer}) none stop a timer
Bram Moolenaarb73598e2016-08-07 18:22:53 +02002948timer_stopall() none stop all timers
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002949tolower({expr}) String the String {expr} switched to lowercase
2950toupper({expr}) String the String {expr} switched to uppercase
2951tr({src}, {fromstr}, {tostr}) String translate chars of {src} in {fromstr}
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +00002952 to chars in {tostr}
Bram Moolenaar2245ae12020-05-31 22:20:36 +02002953trim({text} [, {mask} [, {dir}]])
2954 String trim characters in {mask} from {text}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002955trunc({expr}) Float truncate Float {expr}
2956type({name}) Number type of variable {name}
2957undofile({name}) String undo file name for {name}
Bram Moolenaara800b422010-06-27 01:15:55 +02002958undotree() List undo file tree
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002959uniq({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]])
Bram Moolenaar327aa022014-03-25 18:24:23 +01002960 List remove adjacent duplicates from a list
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002961values({dict}) List values in {dict}
2962virtcol({expr}) Number screen column of cursor or mark
2963visualmode([expr]) String last visual mode used
Bram Moolenaar8738fc12013-02-20 17:59:11 +01002964wildmenumode() Number whether 'wildmenu' mode is active
Bram Moolenaar868b7b62019-05-29 21:44:40 +02002965win_execute({id}, {command} [, {silent}])
2966 String execute {command} in window {id}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002967win_findbuf({bufnr}) List find windows containing {bufnr}
2968win_getid([{win} [, {tab}]]) Number get window ID for {win} in {tab}
Bram Moolenaar2c7f8c52020-04-20 19:52:53 +02002969win_gettype([{nr}]) String type of window {nr}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002970win_gotoid({expr}) Number go to window with ID {expr}
2971win_id2tabwin({expr}) List get tab and window nr from window ID
2972win_id2win({expr}) Number get window nr from window ID
Bram Moolenaar22044dc2017-12-02 15:43:37 +01002973win_screenpos({nr}) List get screen position of window {nr}
Bram Moolenaard20dcb32019-09-10 21:22:58 +02002974win_splitmove({nr}, {target} [, {options}])
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02002975 Number move window {nr} to split of {target}
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002976winbufnr({nr}) Number buffer number of window {nr}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002977wincol() Number window column of the cursor
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +02002978windowsversion() String MS-Windows OS version
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002979winheight({nr}) Number height of window {nr}
Bram Moolenaar0f6b4f02018-08-21 16:56:34 +02002980winlayout([{tabnr}]) List layout of windows in tab {tabnr}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002981winline() Number window line of the cursor
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002982winnr([{expr}]) Number number of current window
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00002983winrestcmd() String returns command to restore window sizes
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002984winrestview({dict}) none restore view of current window
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00002985winsaveview() Dict save view of current window
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02002986winwidth({nr}) Number width of window {nr}
Bram Moolenaared767a22016-01-03 22:49:16 +01002987wordcount() Dict get byte/char/word statistics
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01002988writefile({object}, {fname} [, {flags}])
2989 Number write |Blob| or |List| of lines to file
Bram Moolenaara06ecab2016-07-16 14:47:36 +02002990xor({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise XOR
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002991
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02002992
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00002993abs({expr}) *abs()*
2994 Return the absolute value of {expr}. When {expr} evaluates to
2995 a |Float| abs() returns a |Float|. When {expr} can be
2996 converted to a |Number| abs() returns a |Number|. Otherwise
2997 abs() gives an error message and returns -1.
2998 Examples: >
2999 echo abs(1.456)
3000< 1.456 >
3001 echo abs(-5.456)
3002< 5.456 >
3003 echo abs(-4)
3004< 4
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02003005
3006 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3007 Compute()->abs()
3008
3009< {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003010
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003011
3012acos({expr}) *acos()*
3013 Return the arc cosine of {expr} measured in radians, as a
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02003014 |Float| in the range of [0, pi].
3015 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003016 [-1, 1].
3017 Examples: >
3018 :echo acos(0)
3019< 1.570796 >
3020 :echo acos(-0.5)
3021< 2.094395
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02003022
3023 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3024 Compute()->acos()
3025
3026< {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003027
3028
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +01003029add({object}, {expr}) *add()*
3030 Append the item {expr} to |List| or |Blob| {object}. Returns
3031 the resulting |List| or |Blob|. Examples: >
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00003032 :let alist = add([1, 2, 3], item)
3033 :call add(mylist, "woodstock")
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00003034< Note that when {expr} is a |List| it is appended as a single
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00003035 item. Use |extend()| to concatenate |Lists|.
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +01003036 When {object} is a |Blob| then {expr} must be a number.
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +00003037 Use |insert()| to add an item at another position.
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02003038
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02003039 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3040 mylist->add(val1)->add(val2)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003041
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00003042
Bram Moolenaard6e256c2011-12-14 15:32:50 +01003043and({expr}, {expr}) *and()*
3044 Bitwise AND on the two arguments. The arguments are converted
3045 to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error.
3046 Example: >
3047 :let flag = and(bits, 0x80)
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003048< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3049 :let flag = bits->and(0x80)
Bram Moolenaard6e256c2011-12-14 15:32:50 +01003050
3051
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02003052append({lnum}, {text}) *append()*
3053 When {text} is a |List|: Append each item of the |List| as a
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00003054 text line below line {lnum} in the current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02003055 Otherwise append {text} as one text line below line {lnum} in
Bram Moolenaar748bf032005-02-02 23:04:36 +00003056 the current buffer.
3057 {lnum} can be zero to insert a line before the first one.
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00003058 Returns 1 for failure ({lnum} out of range or out of memory),
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02003059 0 for success. Example: >
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00003060 :let failed = append(line('$'), "# THE END")
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00003061 :let failed = append(0, ["Chapter 1", "the beginning"])
Bram Moolenaarca851592018-06-06 21:04:07 +02003062
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02003063< Can also be used as a |method| after a List, the base is
3064 passed as the second argument: >
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +02003065 mylist->append(lnum)
3066
3067
Bram Moolenaarca851592018-06-06 21:04:07 +02003068appendbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text}) *appendbufline()*
3069 Like |append()| but append the text in buffer {expr}.
3070
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02003071 This function works only for loaded buffers. First call
3072 |bufload()| if needed.
3073
Bram Moolenaarca851592018-06-06 21:04:07 +02003074 For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()|.
3075
3076 {lnum} is used like with |append()|. Note that using |line()|
3077 would use the current buffer, not the one appending to.
3078 Use "$" to append at the end of the buffer.
3079
3080 On success 0 is returned, on failure 1 is returned.
3081
3082 If {expr} is not a valid buffer or {lnum} is not valid, an
3083 error message is given. Example: >
3084 :let failed = appendbufline(13, 0, "# THE START")
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00003085<
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02003086< Can also be used as a |method| after a List, the base is
3087 passed as the second argument: >
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +02003088 mylist->appendbufline(buf, lnum)
3089
3090
3091argc([{winid}]) *argc()*
Bram Moolenaare6e39892018-10-25 12:32:11 +02003092 The result is the number of files in the argument list. See
3093 |arglist|.
3094 If {winid} is not supplied, the argument list of the current
3095 window is used.
3096 If {winid} is -1, the global argument list is used.
3097 Otherwise {winid} specifies the window of which the argument
3098 list is used: either the window number or the window ID.
3099 Returns -1 if the {winid} argument is invalid.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003100
3101 *argidx()*
3102argidx() The result is the current index in the argument list. 0 is
3103 the first file. argc() - 1 is the last one. See |arglist|.
3104
Bram Moolenaar2d1fe052014-05-28 18:22:57 +02003105 *arglistid()*
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01003106arglistid([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
Bram Moolenaar2d1fe052014-05-28 18:22:57 +02003107 Return the argument list ID. This is a number which
3108 identifies the argument list being used. Zero is used for the
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +02003109 global argument list. See |arglist|.
Bram Moolenaare6e39892018-10-25 12:32:11 +02003110 Returns -1 if the arguments are invalid.
Bram Moolenaar2d1fe052014-05-28 18:22:57 +02003111
3112 Without arguments use the current window.
3113 With {winnr} only use this window in the current tab page.
3114 With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab
3115 page.
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02003116 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
Bram Moolenaar2d1fe052014-05-28 18:22:57 +02003117
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003118 *argv()*
Bram Moolenaar7ceefb32020-05-01 16:07:38 +02003119argv([{nr} [, {winid}]])
Bram Moolenaare6e39892018-10-25 12:32:11 +02003120 The result is the {nr}th file in the argument list. See
3121 |arglist|. "argv(0)" is the first one. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003122 :let i = 0
3123 :while i < argc()
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003124 : let f = escape(fnameescape(argv(i)), '.')
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003125 : exe 'amenu Arg.' . f . ' :e ' . f . '<CR>'
3126 : let i = i + 1
3127 :endwhile
Bram Moolenaare6e39892018-10-25 12:32:11 +02003128< Without the {nr} argument, or when {nr} is -1, a |List| with
3129 the whole |arglist| is returned.
3130
3131 The {winid} argument specifies the window ID, see |argc()|.
Bram Moolenaar69bf6342019-10-29 04:16:57 +01003132 For the Vim command line arguments see |v:argv|.
Bram Moolenaare2f98b92006-03-29 21:18:24 +00003133
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003134asin({expr}) *asin()*
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02003135 Return the arc sine of {expr} measured in radians, as a |Float|
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003136 in the range of [-pi/2, pi/2].
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02003137 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003138 [-1, 1].
3139 Examples: >
3140 :echo asin(0.8)
3141< 0.927295 >
3142 :echo asin(-0.5)
3143< -0.523599
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02003144
3145 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3146 Compute()->asin()
3147<
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02003148 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003149
3150
Bram Moolenaar29634562020-01-09 21:46:04 +01003151assert_ functions are documented here: |assert-functions-details|
3152
3153
3154
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003155atan({expr}) *atan()*
3156 Return the principal value of the arc tangent of {expr}, in
3157 the range [-pi/2, +pi/2] radians, as a |Float|.
3158 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
3159 Examples: >
3160 :echo atan(100)
3161< 1.560797 >
3162 :echo atan(-4.01)
3163< -1.326405
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02003164
3165 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3166 Compute()->atan()
3167<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003168 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
3169
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003170
3171atan2({expr1}, {expr2}) *atan2()*
3172 Return the arc tangent of {expr1} / {expr2}, measured in
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02003173 radians, as a |Float| in the range [-pi, pi].
3174 {expr1} and {expr2} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003175 Examples: >
3176 :echo atan2(-1, 1)
3177< -0.785398 >
3178 :echo atan2(1, -1)
3179< 2.356194
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02003180
3181 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3182 Compute()->atan(1)
3183<
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02003184 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003185
Bram Moolenaarbe0a2592019-05-09 13:50:16 +02003186balloon_gettext() *balloon_gettext()*
3187 Return the current text in the balloon. Only for the string,
3188 not used for the List.
3189
Bram Moolenaar246fe032017-11-19 19:56:27 +01003190balloon_show({expr}) *balloon_show()*
3191 Show {expr} inside the balloon. For the GUI {expr} is used as
3192 a string. For a terminal {expr} can be a list, which contains
3193 the lines of the balloon. If {expr} is not a list it will be
3194 split with |balloon_split()|.
Bram Moolenaarbe0a2592019-05-09 13:50:16 +02003195 If {expr} is an empty string any existing balloon is removed.
Bram Moolenaar246fe032017-11-19 19:56:27 +01003196
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003197 Example: >
Bram Moolenaar59716a22017-03-01 20:32:44 +01003198 func GetBalloonContent()
Bram Moolenaarbe0a2592019-05-09 13:50:16 +02003199 " ... initiate getting the content
Bram Moolenaar59716a22017-03-01 20:32:44 +01003200 return ''
3201 endfunc
3202 set balloonexpr=GetBalloonContent()
3203
3204 func BalloonCallback(result)
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003205 call balloon_show(a:result)
Bram Moolenaar59716a22017-03-01 20:32:44 +01003206 endfunc
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003207< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3208 GetText()->balloon_show()
Bram Moolenaar59716a22017-03-01 20:32:44 +01003209<
3210 The intended use is that fetching the content of the balloon
3211 is initiated from 'balloonexpr'. It will invoke an
3212 asynchronous method, in which a callback invokes
3213 balloon_show(). The 'balloonexpr' itself can return an
3214 empty string or a placeholder.
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003215
3216 When showing a balloon is not possible nothing happens, no
3217 error message.
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02003218 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval| or
3219 |+balloon_eval_term| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003220
Bram Moolenaar246fe032017-11-19 19:56:27 +01003221balloon_split({msg}) *balloon_split()*
3222 Split {msg} into lines to be displayed in a balloon. The
3223 splits are made for the current window size and optimize to
3224 show debugger output.
3225 Returns a |List| with the split lines.
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003226 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3227 GetText()->balloon_split()->balloon_show()
3228
3229< {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval_term|
Bram Moolenaar669a8282017-11-19 20:13:05 +01003230 feature}
Bram Moolenaar246fe032017-11-19 19:56:27 +01003231
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003232 *browse()*
3233browse({save}, {title}, {initdir}, {default})
3234 Put up a file requester. This only works when "has("browse")"
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02003235 returns |TRUE| (only in some GUI versions).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003236 The input fields are:
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02003237 {save} when |TRUE|, select file to write
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003238 {title} title for the requester
3239 {initdir} directory to start browsing in
3240 {default} default file name
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003241 An empty string is returned when the "Cancel" button is hit,
3242 something went wrong, or browsing is not possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003243
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +00003244 *browsedir()*
3245browsedir({title}, {initdir})
3246 Put up a directory requester. This only works when
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02003247 "has("browse")" returns |TRUE| (only in some GUI versions).
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +00003248 On systems where a directory browser is not supported a file
3249 browser is used. In that case: select a file in the directory
3250 to be used.
3251 The input fields are:
3252 {title} title for the requester
3253 {initdir} directory to start browsing in
3254 When the "Cancel" button is hit, something went wrong, or
3255 browsing is not possible, an empty string is returned.
3256
Bram Moolenaar15e248e2019-06-30 20:21:37 +02003257bufadd({name}) *bufadd()*
3258 Add a buffer to the buffer list with {name}.
3259 If a buffer for file {name} already exists, return that buffer
3260 number. Otherwise return the buffer number of the newly
3261 created buffer. When {name} is an empty string then a new
3262 buffer is always created.
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02003263 The buffer will not have 'buflisted' set and not be loaded
Bram Moolenaar5ca1ac32019-07-04 15:39:28 +02003264 yet. To add some text to the buffer use this: >
3265 let bufnr = bufadd('someName')
3266 call bufload(bufnr)
3267 call setbufline(bufnr, 1, ['some', 'text'])
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003268< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3269 let bufnr = 'somename'->bufadd()
Bram Moolenaar15e248e2019-06-30 20:21:37 +02003270
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003271bufexists({expr}) *bufexists()*
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02003272 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003273 {expr} exists.
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00003274 If the {expr} argument is a number, buffer numbers are used.
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01003275 Number zero is the alternate buffer for the current window.
3276
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003277 If the {expr} argument is a string it must match a buffer name
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00003278 exactly. The name can be:
3279 - Relative to the current directory.
3280 - A full path.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003281 - The name of a buffer with 'buftype' set to "nofile".
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00003282 - A URL name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003283 Unlisted buffers will be found.
3284 Note that help files are listed by their short name in the
3285 output of |:buffers|, but bufexists() requires using their
3286 long name to be able to find them.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003287 bufexists() may report a buffer exists, but to use the name
3288 with a |:buffer| command you may need to use |expand()|. Esp
3289 for MS-Windows 8.3 names in the form "c:\DOCUME~1"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003290 Use "bufexists(0)" to test for the existence of an alternate
3291 file name.
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003292
3293 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3294 let exists = 'somename'->bufexists()
3295<
3296 Obsolete name: buffer_exists(). *buffer_exists()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003297
3298buflisted({expr}) *buflisted()*
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02003299 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003300 {expr} exists and is listed (has the 'buflisted' option set).
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00003301 The {expr} argument is used like with |bufexists()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003302
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003303 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3304 let listed = 'somename'->buflisted()
3305
Bram Moolenaar15e248e2019-06-30 20:21:37 +02003306bufload({expr}) *bufload()*
3307 Ensure the buffer {expr} is loaded. When the buffer name
3308 refers to an existing file then the file is read. Otherwise
3309 the buffer will be empty. If the buffer was already loaded
3310 then there is no change.
3311 If there is an existing swap file for the file of the buffer,
3312 there will be no dialog, the buffer will be loaded anyway.
3313 The {expr} argument is used like with |bufexists()|.
3314
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003315 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3316 eval 'somename'->bufload()
3317
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003318bufloaded({expr}) *bufloaded()*
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02003319 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003320 {expr} exists and is loaded (shown in a window or hidden).
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00003321 The {expr} argument is used like with |bufexists()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003322
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003323 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3324 let loaded = 'somename'->bufloaded()
3325
Bram Moolenaara8eee212019-08-24 22:14:58 +02003326bufname([{expr}]) *bufname()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003327 The result is the name of a buffer, as it is displayed by the
3328 ":ls" command.
Bram Moolenaara8eee212019-08-24 22:14:58 +02003329 If {expr} is omitted the current buffer is used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003330 If {expr} is a Number, that buffer number's name is given.
3331 Number zero is the alternate buffer for the current window.
3332 If {expr} is a String, it is used as a |file-pattern| to match
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02003333 with the buffer names. This is always done like 'magic' is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003334 set and 'cpoptions' is empty. When there is more than one
3335 match an empty string is returned.
3336 "" or "%" can be used for the current buffer, "#" for the
3337 alternate buffer.
3338 A full match is preferred, otherwise a match at the start, end
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00003339 or middle of the buffer name is accepted. If you only want a
3340 full match then put "^" at the start and "$" at the end of the
3341 pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003342 Listed buffers are found first. If there is a single match
3343 with a listed buffer, that one is returned. Next unlisted
3344 buffers are searched for.
3345 If the {expr} is a String, but you want to use it as a buffer
3346 number, force it to be a Number by adding zero to it: >
3347 :echo bufname("3" + 0)
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003348< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3349 echo bufnr->bufname()
3350
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003351< If the buffer doesn't exist, or doesn't have a name, an empty
3352 string is returned. >
3353 bufname("#") alternate buffer name
3354 bufname(3) name of buffer 3
3355 bufname("%") name of current buffer
3356 bufname("file2") name of buffer where "file2" matches.
3357< *buffer_name()*
3358 Obsolete name: buffer_name().
3359
3360 *bufnr()*
Bram Moolenaara8eee212019-08-24 22:14:58 +02003361bufnr([{expr} [, {create}]])
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00003362 The result is the number of a buffer, as it is displayed by
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003363 the ":ls" command. For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()|
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00003364 above.
Bram Moolenaard2842ea2019-09-26 23:08:54 +02003365
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00003366 If the buffer doesn't exist, -1 is returned. Or, if the
Bram Moolenaar1c6737b2020-09-07 22:18:52 +02003367 {create} argument is present and TRUE, a new, unlisted,
Bram Moolenaard2842ea2019-09-26 23:08:54 +02003368 buffer is created and its number is returned. Example: >
3369 let newbuf = bufnr('Scratch001', 1)
3370< Using an empty name uses the current buffer. To create a new
3371 buffer with an empty name use |bufadd()|.
3372
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003373 bufnr("$") is the last buffer: >
Bram Moolenaara8eee212019-08-24 22:14:58 +02003374 :let last_buffer = bufnr("$")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003375< The result is a Number, which is the highest buffer number
3376 of existing buffers. Note that not all buffers with a smaller
3377 number necessarily exist, because ":bwipeout" may have removed
3378 them. Use bufexists() to test for the existence of a buffer.
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02003379
3380 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3381 echo bufref->bufnr()
3382<
3383 Obsolete name: buffer_number(). *buffer_number()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003384 *last_buffer_nr()*
3385 Obsolete name for bufnr("$"): last_buffer_nr().
3386
Bram Moolenaarb3619a92016-06-04 17:58:52 +02003387bufwinid({expr}) *bufwinid()*
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02003388 The result is a Number, which is the |window-ID| of the first
Bram Moolenaarb3619a92016-06-04 17:58:52 +02003389 window associated with buffer {expr}. For the use of {expr},
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02003390 see |bufname()| above. If buffer {expr} doesn't exist or
Bram Moolenaarb3619a92016-06-04 17:58:52 +02003391 there is no such window, -1 is returned. Example: >
3392
3393 echo "A window containing buffer 1 is " . (bufwinid(1))
3394<
3395 Only deals with the current tab page.
3396
Bram Moolenaare49fbff2019-08-21 22:50:07 +02003397 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3398 FindBuffer()->bufwinid()
3399
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003400bufwinnr({expr}) *bufwinnr()*
Bram Moolenaare49fbff2019-08-21 22:50:07 +02003401 Like |bufwinid()| but return the window number instead of the
3402 |window-ID|.
3403 If buffer {expr} doesn't exist or there is no such window, -1
3404 is returned. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003405
3406 echo "A window containing buffer 1 is " . (bufwinnr(1))
3407
3408< The number can be used with |CTRL-W_w| and ":wincmd w"
3409 |:wincmd|.
Bram Moolenaare49fbff2019-08-21 22:50:07 +02003410
3411 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3412 FindBuffer()->bufwinnr()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003413
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003414byte2line({byte}) *byte2line()*
3415 Return the line number that contains the character at byte
3416 count {byte} in the current buffer. This includes the
3417 end-of-line character, depending on the 'fileformat' option
3418 for the current buffer. The first character has byte count
3419 one.
3420 Also see |line2byte()|, |go| and |:goto|.
Bram Moolenaar64b4d732019-08-22 22:18:17 +02003421
3422 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3423 GetOffset()->byte2line()
3424
3425< {not available when compiled without the |+byte_offset|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003426 feature}
3427
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00003428byteidx({expr}, {nr}) *byteidx()*
3429 Return byte index of the {nr}'th character in the string
Bram Moolenaar6c53fca2020-08-23 17:34:46 +02003430 {expr}. Use zero for the first character, it then returns
3431 zero.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00003432 This function is only useful when there are multibyte
3433 characters, otherwise the returned value is equal to {nr}.
Bram Moolenaar0ffbbf92013-11-02 23:29:26 +01003434 Composing characters are not counted separately, their byte
3435 length is added to the preceding base character. See
3436 |byteidxcomp()| below for counting composing characters
3437 separately.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00003438 Example : >
3439 echo matchstr(str, ".", byteidx(str, 3))
3440< will display the fourth character. Another way to do the
3441 same: >
3442 let s = strpart(str, byteidx(str, 3))
3443 echo strpart(s, 0, byteidx(s, 1))
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02003444< Also see |strgetchar()| and |strcharpart()|.
3445
3446 If there are less than {nr} characters -1 is returned.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00003447 If there are exactly {nr} characters the length of the string
Bram Moolenaar0ffbbf92013-11-02 23:29:26 +01003448 in bytes is returned.
3449
Bram Moolenaar64b4d732019-08-22 22:18:17 +02003450 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3451 GetName()->byteidx(idx)
3452
Bram Moolenaar0ffbbf92013-11-02 23:29:26 +01003453byteidxcomp({expr}, {nr}) *byteidxcomp()*
3454 Like byteidx(), except that a composing character is counted
3455 as a separate character. Example: >
3456 let s = 'e' . nr2char(0x301)
3457 echo byteidx(s, 1)
3458 echo byteidxcomp(s, 1)
3459 echo byteidxcomp(s, 2)
3460< The first and third echo result in 3 ('e' plus composing
3461 character is 3 bytes), the second echo results in 1 ('e' is
3462 one byte).
3463 Only works different from byteidx() when 'encoding' is set to
3464 a Unicode encoding.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00003465
Bram Moolenaar64b4d732019-08-22 22:18:17 +02003466 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3467 GetName()->byteidxcomp(idx)
3468
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00003469call({func}, {arglist} [, {dict}]) *call()* *E699*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00003470 Call function {func} with the items in |List| {arglist} as
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00003471 arguments.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00003472 {func} can either be a |Funcref| or the name of a function.
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00003473 a:firstline and a:lastline are set to the cursor line.
3474 Returns the return value of the called function.
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00003475 {dict} is for functions with the "dict" attribute. It will be
3476 used to set the local variable "self". |Dictionary-function|
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00003477
Bram Moolenaar64b4d732019-08-22 22:18:17 +02003478 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3479 GetFunc()->call([arg, arg], dict)
3480
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003481ceil({expr}) *ceil()*
3482 Return the smallest integral value greater than or equal to
3483 {expr} as a |Float| (round up).
3484 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
3485 Examples: >
3486 echo ceil(1.456)
3487< 2.0 >
3488 echo ceil(-5.456)
3489< -5.0 >
3490 echo ceil(4.0)
3491< 4.0
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02003492
3493 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3494 Compute()->ceil()
3495<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003496 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
3497
Bram Moolenaar4b785f62016-11-29 21:54:44 +01003498
Bram Moolenaared997ad2019-07-21 16:42:00 +02003499ch_ functions are documented here: |channel-functions-details|
Bram Moolenaar82b9ca02017-08-08 23:06:46 +02003500
Bram Moolenaar328da0d2016-03-04 22:22:32 +01003501
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003502changenr() *changenr()*
3503 Return the number of the most recent change. This is the same
3504 number as what is displayed with |:undolist| and can be used
3505 with the |:undo| command.
3506 When a change was made it is the number of that change. After
3507 redo it is the number of the redone change. After undo it is
3508 one less than the number of the undone change.
3509
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01003510char2nr({expr} [, {utf8}]) *char2nr()*
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003511 Return number value of the first char in {expr}. Examples: >
3512 char2nr(" ") returns 32
3513 char2nr("ABC") returns 65
3514< When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
3515 Example for "utf-8": >
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +01003516 char2nr("á") returns 225
3517 char2nr("á"[0]) returns 195
Bram Moolenaar1c6737b2020-09-07 22:18:52 +02003518< With {utf8} set to TRUE, always treat as utf-8 characters.
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003519 A combining character is a separate character.
3520 |nr2char()| does the opposite.
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01003521 To turn a string into a list of character numbers: >
3522 let str = "ABC"
3523 let list = map(split(str, '\zs'), {_, val -> char2nr(val)})
3524< Result: [65, 66, 67]
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003525
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003526 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3527 GetChar()->char2nr()
3528
Bram Moolenaar4e4473c2020-08-28 22:24:57 +02003529
3530charclass({string}) *charclass()*
3531 Return the character class of the first character in {string}.
3532 The character class is one of:
3533 0 blank
3534 1 punctuation
3535 2 word character
3536 3 emoji
3537 other specific Unicode class
3538 The class is used in patterns and word motions.
3539
3540
Bram Moolenaar1063f3d2019-05-07 22:06:52 +02003541chdir({dir}) *chdir()*
3542 Change the current working directory to {dir}. The scope of
3543 the directory change depends on the directory of the current
3544 window:
3545 - If the current window has a window-local directory
3546 (|:lcd|), then changes the window local directory.
3547 - Otherwise, if the current tabpage has a local
3548 directory (|:tcd|) then changes the tabpage local
3549 directory.
3550 - Otherwise, changes the global directory.
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +01003551 {dir} must be a String.
Bram Moolenaar1063f3d2019-05-07 22:06:52 +02003552 If successful, returns the previous working directory. Pass
3553 this to another chdir() to restore the directory.
3554 On failure, returns an empty string.
3555
3556 Example: >
3557 let save_dir = chdir(newdir)
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +02003558 if save_dir != ""
Bram Moolenaar1063f3d2019-05-07 22:06:52 +02003559 " ... do some work
3560 call chdir(save_dir)
3561 endif
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003562
3563< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3564 GetDir()->chdir()
Bram Moolenaar1063f3d2019-05-07 22:06:52 +02003565<
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003566cindent({lnum}) *cindent()*
3567 Get the amount of indent for line {lnum} according the C
3568 indenting rules, as with 'cindent'.
3569 The indent is counted in spaces, the value of 'tabstop' is
3570 relevant. {lnum} is used just like in |getline()|.
3571 When {lnum} is invalid or Vim was not compiled the |+cindent|
3572 feature, -1 is returned.
3573 See |C-indenting|.
3574
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003575 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3576 GetLnum()->cindent()
3577
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01003578clearmatches([{win}]) *clearmatches()*
Bram Moolenaarfd133322019-03-29 12:20:27 +01003579 Clears all matches previously defined for the current window
3580 by |matchadd()| and the |:match| commands.
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01003581 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
3582 window ID instead of the current window.
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003583
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003584 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3585 GetWin()->clearmatches()
3586<
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003587 *col()*
3588col({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the byte index of the column
3589 position given with {expr}. The accepted positions are:
3590 . the cursor position
3591 $ the end of the cursor line (the result is the
3592 number of bytes in the cursor line plus one)
3593 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is
3594 returned)
3595 v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the
3596 cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode
3597 returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in
3598 that it's updated right away.
3599 Additionally {expr} can be [lnum, col]: a |List| with the line
3600 and column number. Most useful when the column is "$", to get
3601 the last column of a specific line. When "lnum" or "col" is
3602 out of range then col() returns zero.
3603 To get the line number use |line()|. To get both use
3604 |getpos()|.
3605 For the screen column position use |virtcol()|.
3606 Note that only marks in the current file can be used.
3607 Examples: >
3608 col(".") column of cursor
3609 col("$") length of cursor line plus one
3610 col("'t") column of mark t
3611 col("'" . markname) column of mark markname
3612< The first column is 1. 0 is returned for an error.
3613 For an uppercase mark the column may actually be in another
3614 buffer.
3615 For the cursor position, when 'virtualedit' is active, the
3616 column is one higher if the cursor is after the end of the
3617 line. This can be used to obtain the column in Insert mode: >
3618 :imap <F2> <C-O>:let save_ve = &ve<CR>
3619 \<C-O>:set ve=all<CR>
3620 \<C-O>:echo col(".") . "\n" <Bar>
3621 \let &ve = save_ve<CR>
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003622
3623< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3624 GetPos()->col()
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003625<
3626
3627complete({startcol}, {matches}) *complete()* *E785*
3628 Set the matches for Insert mode completion.
3629 Can only be used in Insert mode. You need to use a mapping
3630 with CTRL-R = (see |i_CTRL-R|). It does not work after CTRL-O
3631 or with an expression mapping.
3632 {startcol} is the byte offset in the line where the completed
3633 text start. The text up to the cursor is the original text
3634 that will be replaced by the matches. Use col('.') for an
3635 empty string. "col('.') - 1" will replace one character by a
3636 match.
3637 {matches} must be a |List|. Each |List| item is one match.
3638 See |complete-items| for the kind of items that are possible.
3639 Note that the after calling this function you need to avoid
3640 inserting anything that would cause completion to stop.
3641 The match can be selected with CTRL-N and CTRL-P as usual with
3642 Insert mode completion. The popup menu will appear if
3643 specified, see |ins-completion-menu|.
3644 Example: >
3645 inoremap <F5> <C-R>=ListMonths()<CR>
3646
3647 func! ListMonths()
3648 call complete(col('.'), ['January', 'February', 'March',
3649 \ 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September',
3650 \ 'October', 'November', 'December'])
3651 return ''
3652 endfunc
3653< This isn't very useful, but it shows how it works. Note that
3654 an empty string is returned to avoid a zero being inserted.
3655
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02003656 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
3657 second argument: >
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003658 GetMatches()->complete(col('.'))
3659
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003660complete_add({expr}) *complete_add()*
3661 Add {expr} to the list of matches. Only to be used by the
3662 function specified with the 'completefunc' option.
3663 Returns 0 for failure (empty string or out of memory),
3664 1 when the match was added, 2 when the match was already in
3665 the list.
3666 See |complete-functions| for an explanation of {expr}. It is
3667 the same as one item in the list that 'omnifunc' would return.
3668
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003669 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3670 GetMoreMatches()->complete_add()
3671
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003672complete_check() *complete_check()*
3673 Check for a key typed while looking for completion matches.
3674 This is to be used when looking for matches takes some time.
3675 Returns |TRUE| when searching for matches is to be aborted,
3676 zero otherwise.
3677 Only to be used by the function specified with the
3678 'completefunc' option.
3679
Bram Moolenaarfd133322019-03-29 12:20:27 +01003680 *complete_info()*
3681complete_info([{what}])
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02003682 Returns a |Dictionary| with information about Insert mode
Bram Moolenaarfd133322019-03-29 12:20:27 +01003683 completion. See |ins-completion|.
3684 The items are:
3685 mode Current completion mode name string.
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +02003686 See |complete_info_mode| for the values.
Bram Moolenaarfd133322019-03-29 12:20:27 +01003687 pum_visible |TRUE| if popup menu is visible.
3688 See |pumvisible()|.
3689 items List of completion matches. Each item is a
3690 dictionary containing the entries "word",
3691 "abbr", "menu", "kind", "info" and "user_data".
3692 See |complete-items|.
3693 selected Selected item index. First index is zero.
3694 Index is -1 if no item is selected (showing
3695 typed text only)
3696 inserted Inserted string. [NOT IMPLEMENT YET]
3697
3698 *complete_info_mode*
3699 mode values are:
3700 "" Not in completion mode
3701 "keyword" Keyword completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-N|
3702 "ctrl_x" Just pressed CTRL-X |i_CTRL-X|
3703 "whole_line" Whole lines |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L|
3704 "files" File names |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F|
3705 "tags" Tags |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]|
3706 "path_defines" Definition completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D|
3707 "path_patterns" Include completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I|
3708 "dictionary" Dictionary |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|
3709 "thesaurus" Thesaurus |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T|
3710 "cmdline" Vim Command line |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-V|
3711 "function" User defined completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U|
3712 "omni" Omni completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O|
3713 "spell" Spelling suggestions |i_CTRL-X_s|
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +02003714 "eval" |complete()| completion
Bram Moolenaarfd133322019-03-29 12:20:27 +01003715 "unknown" Other internal modes
3716
3717 If the optional {what} list argument is supplied, then only
3718 the items listed in {what} are returned. Unsupported items in
3719 {what} are silently ignored.
3720
Bram Moolenaare9bd5722019-08-17 19:36:06 +02003721 To get the position and size of the popup menu, see
3722 |pum_getpos()|. It's also available in |v:event| during the
3723 |CompleteChanged| event.
3724
Bram Moolenaarfd133322019-03-29 12:20:27 +01003725 Examples: >
3726 " Get all items
3727 call complete_info()
3728 " Get only 'mode'
3729 call complete_info(['mode'])
3730 " Get only 'mode' and 'pum_visible'
3731 call complete_info(['mode', 'pum_visible'])
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003732
3733< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3734 GetItems()->complete_info()
Bram Moolenaarfd133322019-03-29 12:20:27 +01003735<
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003736 *confirm()*
3737confirm({msg} [, {choices} [, {default} [, {type}]]])
Bram Moolenaar647e24b2019-03-17 16:39:46 +01003738 confirm() offers the user a dialog, from which a choice can be
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01003739 made. It returns the number of the choice. For the first
3740 choice this is 1.
3741 Note: confirm() is only supported when compiled with dialog
3742 support, see |+dialog_con| and |+dialog_gui|.
3743
3744 {msg} is displayed in a |dialog| with {choices} as the
3745 alternatives. When {choices} is missing or empty, "&OK" is
3746 used (and translated).
3747 {msg} is a String, use '\n' to include a newline. Only on
3748 some systems the string is wrapped when it doesn't fit.
3749
3750 {choices} is a String, with the individual choices separated
3751 by '\n', e.g. >
3752 confirm("Save changes?", "&Yes\n&No\n&Cancel")
3753< The letter after the '&' is the shortcut key for that choice.
3754 Thus you can type 'c' to select "Cancel". The shortcut does
3755 not need to be the first letter: >
3756 confirm("file has been modified", "&Save\nSave &All")
3757< For the console, the first letter of each choice is used as
3758 the default shortcut key.
3759
3760 The optional {default} argument is the number of the choice
3761 that is made if the user hits <CR>. Use 1 to make the first
3762 choice the default one. Use 0 to not set a default. If
3763 {default} is omitted, 1 is used.
3764
3765 The optional {type} argument gives the type of dialog. This
3766 is only used for the icon of the GTK, Mac, Motif and Win32
3767 GUI. It can be one of these values: "Error", "Question",
3768 "Info", "Warning" or "Generic". Only the first character is
3769 relevant. When {type} is omitted, "Generic" is used.
3770
3771 If the user aborts the dialog by pressing <Esc>, CTRL-C,
3772 or another valid interrupt key, confirm() returns 0.
3773
3774 An example: >
3775 :let choice = confirm("What do you want?", "&Apples\n&Oranges\n&Bananas", 2)
3776 :if choice == 0
3777 : echo "make up your mind!"
3778 :elseif choice == 3
3779 : echo "tasteful"
3780 :else
3781 : echo "I prefer bananas myself."
3782 :endif
3783< In a GUI dialog, buttons are used. The layout of the buttons
3784 depends on the 'v' flag in 'guioptions'. If it is included,
3785 the buttons are always put vertically. Otherwise, confirm()
3786 tries to put the buttons in one horizontal line. If they
3787 don't fit, a vertical layout is used anyway. For some systems
3788 the horizontal layout is always used.
3789
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003790 Can also be used as a |method|in: >
3791 BuildMessage()->confirm("&Yes\n&No")
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02003792<
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00003793 *copy()*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02003794copy({expr}) Make a copy of {expr}. For Numbers and Strings this isn't
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00003795 different from using {expr} directly.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00003796 When {expr} is a |List| a shallow copy is created. This means
3797 that the original |List| can be changed without changing the
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003798 copy, and vice versa. But the items are identical, thus
Bram Moolenaar7823a3b2016-02-11 21:08:32 +01003799 changing an item changes the contents of both |Lists|.
3800 A |Dictionary| is copied in a similar way as a |List|.
3801 Also see |deepcopy()|.
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02003802 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3803 mylist->copy()
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00003804
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003805cos({expr}) *cos()*
3806 Return the cosine of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|.
3807 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
3808 Examples: >
3809 :echo cos(100)
3810< 0.862319 >
3811 :echo cos(-4.01)
3812< -0.646043
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02003813
3814 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3815 Compute()->cos()
3816<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00003817 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
3818
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003819
3820cosh({expr}) *cosh()*
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02003821 Return the hyperbolic cosine of {expr} as a |Float| in the range
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003822 [1, inf].
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02003823 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003824 Examples: >
3825 :echo cosh(0.5)
3826< 1.127626 >
3827 :echo cosh(-0.5)
3828< -1.127626
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02003829
3830 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3831 Compute()->cosh()
3832<
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02003833 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02003834
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01003835
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00003836count({comp}, {expr} [, {ic} [, {start}]]) *count()*
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00003837 Return the number of times an item with value {expr} appears
Bram Moolenaar9966b212017-07-28 16:46:57 +02003838 in |String|, |List| or |Dictionary| {comp}.
3839
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00003840 If {start} is given then start with the item with this index.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00003841 {start} can only be used with a |List|.
Bram Moolenaar9966b212017-07-28 16:46:57 +02003842
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02003843 When {ic} is given and it's |TRUE| then case is ignored.
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00003844
Bram Moolenaar9966b212017-07-28 16:46:57 +02003845 When {comp} is a string then the number of not overlapping
Bram Moolenaar338e47f2017-12-19 11:55:26 +01003846 occurrences of {expr} is returned. Zero is returned when
3847 {expr} is an empty string.
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +02003848
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02003849 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3850 mylist->count(val)
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +02003851<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003852 *cscope_connection()*
3853cscope_connection([{num} , {dbpath} [, {prepend}]])
3854 Checks for the existence of a |cscope| connection. If no
3855 parameters are specified, then the function returns:
3856 0, if cscope was not available (not compiled in), or
3857 if there are no cscope connections;
3858 1, if there is at least one cscope connection.
3859
3860 If parameters are specified, then the value of {num}
3861 determines how existence of a cscope connection is checked:
3862
3863 {num} Description of existence check
3864 ----- ------------------------------
3865 0 Same as no parameters (e.g., "cscope_connection()").
3866 1 Ignore {prepend}, and use partial string matches for
3867 {dbpath}.
3868 2 Ignore {prepend}, and use exact string matches for
3869 {dbpath}.
3870 3 Use {prepend}, use partial string matches for both
3871 {dbpath} and {prepend}.
3872 4 Use {prepend}, use exact string matches for both
3873 {dbpath} and {prepend}.
3874
3875 Note: All string comparisons are case sensitive!
3876
3877 Examples. Suppose we had the following (from ":cs show"): >
3878
3879 # pid database name prepend path
3880 0 27664 cscope.out /usr/local
3881<
3882 Invocation Return Val ~
3883 ---------- ---------- >
3884 cscope_connection() 1
3885 cscope_connection(1, "out") 1
3886 cscope_connection(2, "out") 0
3887 cscope_connection(3, "out") 0
3888 cscope_connection(3, "out", "local") 1
3889 cscope_connection(4, "out") 0
3890 cscope_connection(4, "out", "local") 0
3891 cscope_connection(4, "cscope.out", "/usr/local") 1
3892<
Bram Moolenaar0b238792006-03-02 22:49:12 +00003893cursor({lnum}, {col} [, {off}]) *cursor()*
3894cursor({list})
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00003895 Positions the cursor at the column (byte count) {col} in the
3896 line {lnum}. The first column is one.
Bram Moolenaar493c1782014-05-28 14:34:46 +02003897
Bram Moolenaar0b238792006-03-02 22:49:12 +00003898 When there is one argument {list} this is used as a |List|
Bram Moolenaar493c1782014-05-28 14:34:46 +02003899 with two, three or four item:
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02003900 [{lnum}, {col}]
Bram Moolenaar493c1782014-05-28 14:34:46 +02003901 [{lnum}, {col}, {off}]
3902 [{lnum}, {col}, {off}, {curswant}]
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02003903 This is like the return value of |getpos()| or |getcurpos()|,
Bram Moolenaar6f6c0f82014-05-28 20:31:42 +02003904 but without the first item.
Bram Moolenaar493c1782014-05-28 14:34:46 +02003905
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003906 Does not change the jumplist.
3907 If {lnum} is greater than the number of lines in the buffer,
3908 the cursor will be positioned at the last line in the buffer.
3909 If {lnum} is zero, the cursor will stay in the current line.
Bram Moolenaar6f16eb82005-08-23 21:02:42 +00003910 If {col} is greater than the number of bytes in the line,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003911 the cursor will be positioned at the last character in the
3912 line.
3913 If {col} is zero, the cursor will stay in the current column.
Bram Moolenaar6f6c0f82014-05-28 20:31:42 +02003914 If {curswant} is given it is used to set the preferred column
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02003915 for vertical movement. Otherwise {col} is used.
Bram Moolenaar2f3b5102014-11-19 18:54:17 +01003916
Bram Moolenaar0b238792006-03-02 22:49:12 +00003917 When 'virtualedit' is used {off} specifies the offset in
3918 screen columns from the start of the character. E.g., a
Bram Moolenaard46bbc72007-05-12 14:38:41 +00003919 position within a <Tab> or after the last character.
Bram Moolenaar798b30b2009-04-22 10:56:16 +00003920 Returns 0 when the position could be set, -1 otherwise.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003921
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003922 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3923 GetCursorPos()->cursor()
3924
Bram Moolenaar4551c0a2018-06-20 22:38:21 +02003925debugbreak({pid}) *debugbreak()*
3926 Specifically used to interrupt a program being debugged. It
3927 will cause process {pid} to get a SIGTRAP. Behavior for other
3928 processes is undefined. See |terminal-debugger|.
3929 {only available on MS-Windows}
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00003930
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003931 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3932 GetPid()->debugbreak()
3933
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01003934deepcopy({expr} [, {noref}]) *deepcopy()* *E698*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02003935 Make a copy of {expr}. For Numbers and Strings this isn't
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00003936 different from using {expr} directly.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00003937 When {expr} is a |List| a full copy is created. This means
3938 that the original |List| can be changed without changing the
Bram Moolenaar6463ca22016-02-13 17:04:46 +01003939 copy, and vice versa. When an item is a |List| or
3940 |Dictionary|, a copy for it is made, recursively. Thus
3941 changing an item in the copy does not change the contents of
3942 the original |List|.
3943 A |Dictionary| is copied in a similar way as a |List|.
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02003944
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00003945 When {noref} is omitted or zero a contained |List| or
3946 |Dictionary| is only copied once. All references point to
3947 this single copy. With {noref} set to 1 every occurrence of a
3948 |List| or |Dictionary| results in a new copy. This also means
3949 that a cyclic reference causes deepcopy() to fail.
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +00003950 *E724*
3951 Nesting is possible up to 100 levels. When there is an item
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00003952 that refers back to a higher level making a deep copy with
3953 {noref} set to 1 will fail.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00003954 Also see |copy()|.
3955
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003956 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3957 GetObject()->deepcopy()
3958
Bram Moolenaarda440d22016-01-16 21:27:23 +01003959delete({fname} [, {flags}]) *delete()*
3960 Without {flags} or with {flags} empty: Deletes the file by the
Bram Moolenaar43a34f92016-01-17 15:56:34 +01003961 name {fname}. This also works when {fname} is a symbolic link.
Bram Moolenaarda440d22016-01-16 21:27:23 +01003962
3963 When {flags} is "d": Deletes the directory by the name
Bram Moolenaar43a34f92016-01-17 15:56:34 +01003964 {fname}. This fails when directory {fname} is not empty.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01003965
Bram Moolenaarda440d22016-01-16 21:27:23 +01003966 When {flags} is "rf": Deletes the directory by the name
Bram Moolenaar43a34f92016-01-17 15:56:34 +01003967 {fname} and everything in it, recursively. BE CAREFUL!
Bram Moolenaar36f44c22016-08-28 18:17:20 +02003968 Note: on MS-Windows it is not possible to delete a directory
3969 that is being used.
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02003970
Bram Moolenaar43a34f92016-01-17 15:56:34 +01003971 A symbolic link itself is deleted, not what it points to.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01003972
Bram Moolenaarda440d22016-01-16 21:27:23 +01003973 The result is a Number, which is 0 if the delete operation was
3974 successful and -1 when the deletion failed or partly failed.
3975
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00003976 Use |remove()| to delete an item from a |List|.
Bram Moolenaard79a2622018-06-07 18:17:46 +02003977 To delete a line from the buffer use |:delete| or
3978 |deletebufline()|.
3979
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003980 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3981 GetName()->delete()
3982
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02003983deletebufline({expr}, {first} [, {last}]) *deletebufline()*
Bram Moolenaard79a2622018-06-07 18:17:46 +02003984 Delete lines {first} to {last} (inclusive) from buffer {expr}.
3985 If {last} is omitted then delete line {first} only.
3986 On success 0 is returned, on failure 1 is returned.
3987
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02003988 This function works only for loaded buffers. First call
3989 |bufload()| if needed.
3990
Bram Moolenaard79a2622018-06-07 18:17:46 +02003991 For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above.
3992
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02003993 {first} and {last} are used like with |getline()|. Note that
Bram Moolenaard79a2622018-06-07 18:17:46 +02003994 when using |line()| this refers to the current buffer. Use "$"
3995 to refer to the last line in buffer {expr}.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003996
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02003997 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3998 GetBuffer()->deletebufline(1)
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02003999<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004000 *did_filetype()*
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02004001did_filetype() Returns |TRUE| when autocommands are being executed and the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004002 FileType event has been triggered at least once. Can be used
4003 to avoid triggering the FileType event again in the scripts
4004 that detect the file type. |FileType|
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02004005 Returns |FALSE| when `:setf FALLBACK` was used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004006 When editing another file, the counter is reset, thus this
4007 really checks if the FileType event has been triggered for the
4008 current buffer. This allows an autocommand that starts
4009 editing another buffer to set 'filetype' and load a syntax
4010 file.
4011
Bram Moolenaar47136d72004-10-12 20:02:24 +00004012diff_filler({lnum}) *diff_filler()*
4013 Returns the number of filler lines above line {lnum}.
4014 These are the lines that were inserted at this point in
4015 another diff'ed window. These filler lines are shown in the
4016 display but don't exist in the buffer.
4017 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
4018 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
4019 Returns 0 if the current window is not in diff mode.
4020
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02004021 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4022 GetLnum()->diff_filler()
4023
Bram Moolenaar47136d72004-10-12 20:02:24 +00004024diff_hlID({lnum}, {col}) *diff_hlID()*
4025 Returns the highlight ID for diff mode at line {lnum} column
4026 {col} (byte index). When the current line does not have a
4027 diff change zero is returned.
4028 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
4029 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
4030 {col} is 1 for the leftmost column, {lnum} is 1 for the first
4031 line.
4032 The highlight ID can be used with |synIDattr()| to obtain
4033 syntax information about the highlighting.
4034
Bram Moolenaar1a3a8912019-08-23 22:31:37 +02004035 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4036 GetLnum()->diff_hlID(col)
Bram Moolenaar691ddee2019-05-09 14:52:41 +02004037
Bram Moolenaar4132eb52020-02-14 16:53:00 +01004038
4039echoraw({expr}) *echoraw()*
4040 Output {expr} as-is, including unprintable characters. This
4041 can be used to output a terminal code. For example, to disable
4042 modifyOtherKeys: >
4043 call echoraw(&t_TE)
4044< and to enable it again: >
4045 call echoraw(&t_TI)
4046< Use with care, you can mess up the terminal this way.
4047
4048
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +00004049empty({expr}) *empty()*
4050 Return the Number 1 if {expr} is empty, zero otherwise.
Bram Moolenaar835dc632016-02-07 14:27:38 +01004051 - A |List| or |Dictionary| is empty when it does not have any
4052 items.
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +01004053 - A |String| is empty when its length is zero.
4054 - A |Number| and |Float| are empty when their value is zero.
Bram Moolenaar835dc632016-02-07 14:27:38 +01004055 - |v:false|, |v:none| and |v:null| are empty, |v:true| is not.
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +01004056 - A |Job| is empty when it failed to start.
4057 - A |Channel| is empty when it is closed.
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01004058 - A |Blob| is empty when its length is zero.
Bram Moolenaar835dc632016-02-07 14:27:38 +01004059
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004060 For a long |List| this is much faster than comparing the
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004061 length with zero.
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004062
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02004063 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4064 mylist->empty()
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +00004065
Bram Moolenaar29634562020-01-09 21:46:04 +01004066environ() *environ()*
4067 Return all of environment variables as dictionary. You can
4068 check if an environment variable exists like this: >
4069 :echo has_key(environ(), 'HOME')
4070< Note that the variable name may be CamelCase; to ignore case
4071 use this: >
4072 :echo index(keys(environ()), 'HOME', 0, 1) != -1
4073
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004074escape({string}, {chars}) *escape()*
4075 Escape the characters in {chars} that occur in {string} with a
4076 backslash. Example: >
4077 :echo escape('c:\program files\vim', ' \')
4078< results in: >
4079 c:\\program\ files\\vim
Bram Moolenaarb4d5fba2017-09-11 19:31:28 +02004080< Also see |shellescape()| and |fnameescape()|.
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00004081
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004082 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4083 GetText()->escape(' \')
4084<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004085 *eval()*
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00004086eval({string}) Evaluate {string} and return the result. Especially useful to
4087 turn the result of |string()| back into the original value.
Bram Moolenaar0d17f0d2019-01-22 22:20:38 +01004088 This works for Numbers, Floats, Strings, Blobs and composites
4089 of them. Also works for |Funcref|s that refer to existing
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004090 functions.
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00004091
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +02004092 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4093 argv->join()->eval()
4094
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004095eventhandler() *eventhandler()*
4096 Returns 1 when inside an event handler. That is that Vim got
4097 interrupted while waiting for the user to type a character,
4098 e.g., when dropping a file on Vim. This means interactive
4099 commands cannot be used. Otherwise zero is returned.
4100
4101executable({expr}) *executable()*
4102 This function checks if an executable with the name {expr}
4103 exists. {expr} must be the name of the program without any
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00004104 arguments.
4105 executable() uses the value of $PATH and/or the normal
4106 searchpath for programs. *PATHEXT*
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01004107 On MS-Windows the ".exe", ".bat", etc. can optionally be
4108 included. Then the extensions in $PATHEXT are tried. Thus if
4109 "foo.exe" does not exist, "foo.exe.bat" can be found. If
Bram Moolenaar95da1362020-05-30 18:37:55 +02004110 $PATHEXT is not set then ".com;.exe;.bat;.cmd" is used. A dot
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01004111 by itself can be used in $PATHEXT to try using the name
4112 without an extension. When 'shell' looks like a Unix shell,
4113 then the name is also tried without adding an extension.
4114 On MS-Windows it only checks if the file exists and is not a
4115 directory, not if it's really executable.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00004116 On MS-Windows an executable in the same directory as Vim is
4117 always found. Since this directory is added to $PATH it
4118 should also work to execute it |win32-PATH|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004119 The result is a Number:
4120 1 exists
4121 0 does not exist
4122 -1 not implemented on this system
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +02004123 |exepath()| can be used to get the full path of an executable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004124
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004125 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4126 GetCommand()->executable()
4127
Bram Moolenaar79815f12016-07-09 17:07:29 +02004128execute({command} [, {silent}]) *execute()*
4129 Execute an Ex command or commands and return the output as a
4130 string.
4131 {command} can be a string or a List. In case of a List the
4132 lines are executed one by one.
4133 This is equivalent to: >
4134 redir => var
4135 {command}
4136 redir END
4137<
4138 The optional {silent} argument can have these values:
4139 "" no `:silent` used
4140 "silent" `:silent` used
4141 "silent!" `:silent!` used
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01004142 The default is "silent". Note that with "silent!", unlike
Bram Moolenaar069c1e72016-07-15 21:25:08 +02004143 `:redir`, error messages are dropped. When using an external
4144 command the screen may be messed up, use `system()` instead.
Bram Moolenaar79815f12016-07-09 17:07:29 +02004145 *E930*
4146 It is not possible to use `:redir` anywhere in {command}.
4147
4148 To get a list of lines use |split()| on the result: >
Bram Moolenaar063b9d12016-07-09 20:21:48 +02004149 split(execute('args'), "\n")
Bram Moolenaar79815f12016-07-09 17:07:29 +02004150
Bram Moolenaar868b7b62019-05-29 21:44:40 +02004151< To execute a command in another window than the current one
4152 use `win_execute()`.
4153
4154 When used recursively the output of the recursive call is not
Bram Moolenaar79815f12016-07-09 17:07:29 +02004155 included in the output of the higher level call.
4156
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004157 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4158 GetCommand()->execute()
4159
Bram Moolenaarc7f02552014-04-01 21:00:59 +02004160exepath({expr}) *exepath()*
4161 If {expr} is an executable and is either an absolute path, a
4162 relative path or found in $PATH, return the full path.
4163 Note that the current directory is used when {expr} starts
4164 with "./", which may be a problem for Vim: >
4165 echo exepath(v:progpath)
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02004166< If {expr} cannot be found in $PATH or is not executable then
Bram Moolenaarc7f02552014-04-01 21:00:59 +02004167 an empty string is returned.
4168
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004169 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4170 GetCommand()->exepath()
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02004171<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004172 *exists()*
Bram Moolenaar8e97bd72016-08-06 22:05:07 +02004173exists({expr}) The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if {expr} is defined,
4174 zero otherwise.
4175
4176 For checking for a supported feature use |has()|.
4177 For checking if a file exists use |filereadable()|.
4178
4179 The {expr} argument is a string, which contains one of these:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004180 &option-name Vim option (only checks if it exists,
4181 not if it really works)
4182 +option-name Vim option that works.
4183 $ENVNAME environment variable (could also be
4184 done by comparing with an empty
4185 string)
4186 *funcname built-in function (see |functions|)
4187 or user defined function (see
Bram Moolenaar15c47602020-03-26 22:16:48 +01004188 |user-functions|) that is implemented.
4189 Also works for a variable that is a
4190 Funcref.
4191 ?funcname built-in function that could be
4192 implemented; to be used to check if
4193 "funcname" is valid
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004194 varname internal variable (see
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004195 |internal-variables|). Also works
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004196 for |curly-braces-names|, |Dictionary|
4197 entries, |List| items, etc. Beware
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004198 that evaluating an index may cause an
4199 error message for an invalid
4200 expression. E.g.: >
4201 :let l = [1, 2, 3]
4202 :echo exists("l[5]")
4203< 0 >
4204 :echo exists("l[xx]")
4205< E121: Undefined variable: xx
4206 0
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004207 :cmdname Ex command: built-in command, user
4208 command or command modifier |:command|.
4209 Returns:
4210 1 for match with start of a command
4211 2 full match with a command
4212 3 matches several user commands
4213 To check for a supported command
4214 always check the return value to be 2.
Bram Moolenaar14716812006-05-04 21:54:08 +00004215 :2match The |:2match| command.
4216 :3match The |:3match| command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004217 #event autocommand defined for this event
4218 #event#pattern autocommand defined for this event and
4219 pattern (the pattern is taken
4220 literally and compared to the
4221 autocommand patterns character by
4222 character)
Bram Moolenaara9b1e742005-12-19 22:14:58 +00004223 #group autocommand group exists
4224 #group#event autocommand defined for this group and
4225 event.
4226 #group#event#pattern
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00004227 autocommand defined for this group,
Bram Moolenaara9b1e742005-12-19 22:14:58 +00004228 event and pattern.
Bram Moolenaarf4cd3e82005-12-22 22:47:02 +00004229 ##event autocommand for this event is
4230 supported.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004231
4232 Examples: >
4233 exists("&shortname")
4234 exists("$HOSTNAME")
4235 exists("*strftime")
4236 exists("*s:MyFunc")
4237 exists("bufcount")
4238 exists(":Make")
Bram Moolenaara9b1e742005-12-19 22:14:58 +00004239 exists("#CursorHold")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004240 exists("#BufReadPre#*.gz")
Bram Moolenaara9b1e742005-12-19 22:14:58 +00004241 exists("#filetypeindent")
4242 exists("#filetypeindent#FileType")
4243 exists("#filetypeindent#FileType#*")
Bram Moolenaarf4cd3e82005-12-22 22:47:02 +00004244 exists("##ColorScheme")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004245< There must be no space between the symbol (&/$/*/#) and the
4246 name.
Bram Moolenaar91170f82006-05-05 21:15:17 +00004247 There must be no extra characters after the name, although in
4248 a few cases this is ignored. That may become more strict in
4249 the future, thus don't count on it!
4250 Working example: >
4251 exists(":make")
4252< NOT working example: >
4253 exists(":make install")
Bram Moolenaar9c102382006-05-03 21:26:49 +00004254
4255< Note that the argument must be a string, not the name of the
4256 variable itself. For example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004257 exists(bufcount)
4258< This doesn't check for existence of the "bufcount" variable,
Bram Moolenaar06a89a52006-04-29 22:01:03 +00004259 but gets the value of "bufcount", and checks if that exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004260
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004261 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4262 Varname()->exists()
4263
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02004264exp({expr}) *exp()*
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02004265 Return the exponential of {expr} as a |Float| in the range
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02004266 [0, inf].
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02004267 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02004268 Examples: >
4269 :echo exp(2)
4270< 7.389056 >
4271 :echo exp(-1)
4272< 0.367879
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02004273
4274 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4275 Compute()->exp()
4276<
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004277 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02004278
4279
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01004280expand({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list}]]) *expand()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004281 Expand wildcards and the following special keywords in {expr}.
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01004282 'wildignorecase' applies.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004283
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02004284 If {list} is given and it is |TRUE|, a List will be returned.
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01004285 Otherwise the result is a String and when there are several
4286 matches, they are separated by <NL> characters. [Note: in
4287 version 5.0 a space was used, which caused problems when a
4288 file name contains a space]
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004289
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004290 If the expansion fails, the result is an empty string. A name
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02004291 for a non-existing file is not included, unless {expr} does
4292 not start with '%', '#' or '<', see below.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004293
4294 When {expr} starts with '%', '#' or '<', the expansion is done
4295 like for the |cmdline-special| variables with their associated
4296 modifiers. Here is a short overview:
4297
4298 % current file name
4299 # alternate file name
4300 #n alternate file name n
4301 <cfile> file name under the cursor
4302 <afile> autocmd file name
4303 <abuf> autocmd buffer number (as a String!)
4304 <amatch> autocmd matched name
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +02004305 <cexpr> C expression under the cursor
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01004306 <sfile> sourced script file or function name
Bram Moolenaarf29c1c62018-09-10 21:05:02 +02004307 <slnum> sourced script line number or function
4308 line number
4309 <sflnum> script file line number, also when in
4310 a function
Bram Moolenaaraa970ab2020-08-02 16:10:39 +02004311 <SID> "<SNR>123_" where "123" is the
4312 current script ID |<SID>|
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +02004313 <stack> call stack
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004314 <cword> word under the cursor
4315 <cWORD> WORD under the cursor
4316 <client> the {clientid} of the last received
4317 message |server2client()|
4318 Modifiers:
4319 :p expand to full path
4320 :h head (last path component removed)
4321 :t tail (last path component only)
4322 :r root (one extension removed)
4323 :e extension only
4324
4325 Example: >
4326 :let &tags = expand("%:p:h") . "/tags"
4327< Note that when expanding a string that starts with '%', '#' or
4328 '<', any following text is ignored. This does NOT work: >
4329 :let doesntwork = expand("%:h.bak")
4330< Use this: >
4331 :let doeswork = expand("%:h") . ".bak"
4332< Also note that expanding "<cfile>" and others only returns the
4333 referenced file name without further expansion. If "<cfile>"
4334 is "~/.cshrc", you need to do another expand() to have the
4335 "~/" expanded into the path of the home directory: >
4336 :echo expand(expand("<cfile>"))
4337<
4338 There cannot be white space between the variables and the
4339 following modifier. The |fnamemodify()| function can be used
4340 to modify normal file names.
4341
4342 When using '%' or '#', and the current or alternate file name
4343 is not defined, an empty string is used. Using "%:p" in a
4344 buffer with no name, results in the current directory, with a
4345 '/' added.
4346
4347 When {expr} does not start with '%', '#' or '<', it is
4348 expanded like a file name is expanded on the command line.
4349 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' are used, unless the optional
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02004350 {nosuf} argument is given and it is |TRUE|.
Bram Moolenaar146e9c32012-03-07 19:18:23 +01004351 Names for non-existing files are included. The "**" item can
4352 be used to search in a directory tree. For example, to find
4353 all "README" files in the current directory and below: >
Bram Moolenaar02743632005-07-25 20:42:36 +00004354 :echo expand("**/README")
4355<
Bram Moolenaar647e24b2019-03-17 16:39:46 +01004356 expand() can also be used to expand variables and environment
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004357 variables that are only known in a shell. But this can be
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02004358 slow, because a shell may be used to do the expansion. See
4359 |expr-env-expand|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004360 The expanded variable is still handled like a list of file
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004361 names. When an environment variable cannot be expanded, it is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004362 left unchanged. Thus ":echo expand('$FOOBAR')" results in
4363 "$FOOBAR".
4364
4365 See |glob()| for finding existing files. See |system()| for
4366 getting the raw output of an external command.
4367
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004368 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4369 Getpattern()->expand()
4370
Bram Moolenaar80dad482019-06-09 17:22:31 +02004371expandcmd({expr}) *expandcmd()*
4372 Expand special items in {expr} like what is done for an Ex
4373 command such as `:edit`. This expands special keywords, like
4374 with |expand()|, and environment variables, anywhere in
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +02004375 {expr}. "~user" and "~/path" are only expanded at the start.
4376 Returns the expanded string. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar80dad482019-06-09 17:22:31 +02004377 :echo expandcmd('make %<.o')
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004378
4379< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4380 GetCommand()->expandcmd()
Bram Moolenaar80dad482019-06-09 17:22:31 +02004381<
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004382extend({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) *extend()*
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00004383 {expr1} and {expr2} must be both |Lists| or both
4384 |Dictionaries|.
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004385
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00004386 If they are |Lists|: Append {expr2} to {expr1}.
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004387 If {expr3} is given insert the items of {expr2} before item
4388 {expr3} in {expr1}. When {expr3} is zero insert before the
4389 first item. When {expr3} is equal to len({expr1}) then
4390 {expr2} is appended.
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00004391 Examples: >
4392 :echo sort(extend(mylist, [7, 5]))
4393 :call extend(mylist, [2, 3], 1)
Bram Moolenaardc9cf9c2008-08-08 10:36:31 +00004394< When {expr1} is the same List as {expr2} then the number of
4395 items copied is equal to the original length of the List.
4396 E.g., when {expr3} is 1 you get N new copies of the first item
4397 (where N is the original length of the List).
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004398 Use |add()| to concatenate one item to a list. To concatenate
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00004399 two lists into a new list use the + operator: >
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00004400 :let newlist = [1, 2, 3] + [4, 5]
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004401<
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00004402 If they are |Dictionaries|:
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004403 Add all entries from {expr2} to {expr1}.
4404 If a key exists in both {expr1} and {expr2} then {expr3} is
4405 used to decide what to do:
4406 {expr3} = "keep": keep the value of {expr1}
4407 {expr3} = "force": use the value of {expr2}
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00004408 {expr3} = "error": give an error message *E737*
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004409 When {expr3} is omitted then "force" is assumed.
4410
4411 {expr1} is changed when {expr2} is not empty. If necessary
4412 make a copy of {expr1} first.
4413 {expr2} remains unchanged.
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02004414 When {expr1} is locked and {expr2} is not empty the operation
4415 fails.
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004416 Returns {expr1}.
4417
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02004418 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4419 mylist->extend(otherlist)
4420
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00004421
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +00004422feedkeys({string} [, {mode}]) *feedkeys()*
4423 Characters in {string} are queued for processing as if they
Bram Moolenaar0a988df2015-01-27 15:19:24 +01004424 come from a mapping or were typed by the user.
Bram Moolenaarb328cca2019-01-06 16:24:01 +01004425
Bram Moolenaar0a988df2015-01-27 15:19:24 +01004426 By default the string is added to the end of the typeahead
4427 buffer, thus if a mapping is still being executed the
4428 characters come after them. Use the 'i' flag to insert before
4429 other characters, they will be executed next, before any
4430 characters from a mapping.
Bram Moolenaarb328cca2019-01-06 16:24:01 +01004431
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +00004432 The function does not wait for processing of keys contained in
4433 {string}.
Bram Moolenaarb328cca2019-01-06 16:24:01 +01004434
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +00004435 To include special keys into {string}, use double-quotes
4436 and "\..." notation |expr-quote|. For example,
Bram Moolenaar79166c42007-05-10 18:29:51 +00004437 feedkeys("\<CR>") simulates pressing of the <Enter> key. But
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +00004438 feedkeys('\<CR>') pushes 5 characters.
Bram Moolenaarbe0a2592019-05-09 13:50:16 +02004439 A special code that might be useful is <Ignore>, it exits the
4440 wait for a character without doing anything. *<Ignore>*
Bram Moolenaarb328cca2019-01-06 16:24:01 +01004441
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +00004442 {mode} is a String, which can contain these character flags:
Bram Moolenaarb328cca2019-01-06 16:24:01 +01004443 'm' Remap keys. This is default. If {mode} is absent,
4444 keys are remapped.
Bram Moolenaar551dbcc2006-04-25 22:13:59 +00004445 'n' Do not remap keys.
4446 't' Handle keys as if typed; otherwise they are handled as
4447 if coming from a mapping. This matters for undo,
4448 opening folds, etc.
Bram Moolenaar5e66b422019-01-24 21:58:10 +01004449 'L' Lowlevel input. Only works for Unix or when using the
4450 GUI. Keys are used as if they were coming from the
4451 terminal. Other flags are not used. *E980*
Bram Moolenaar79296512020-03-22 16:17:14 +01004452 When a CTRL-C interrupts and 't' is included it sets
4453 the internal "got_int" flag.
Bram Moolenaar0a988df2015-01-27 15:19:24 +01004454 'i' Insert the string instead of appending (see above).
Bram Moolenaar25281632016-01-21 23:32:32 +01004455 'x' Execute commands until typeahead is empty. This is
4456 similar to using ":normal!". You can call feedkeys()
4457 several times without 'x' and then one time with 'x'
4458 (possibly with an empty {string}) to execute all the
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02004459 typeahead. Note that when Vim ends in Insert mode it
4460 will behave as if <Esc> is typed, to avoid getting
4461 stuck, waiting for a character to be typed before the
4462 script continues.
Bram Moolenaarb328cca2019-01-06 16:24:01 +01004463 Note that if you manage to call feedkeys() while
Bram Moolenaar5b69c222019-01-11 14:50:06 +01004464 executing commands, thus calling it recursively, then
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02004465 all typeahead will be consumed by the last call.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02004466 '!' When used with 'x' will not end Insert mode. Can be
4467 used in a test when a timer is set to exit Insert mode
4468 a little later. Useful for testing CursorHoldI.
4469
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +00004470 Return value is always 0.
4471
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004472 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4473 GetInput()->feedkeys()
4474
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004475filereadable({file}) *filereadable()*
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02004476 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when a file with the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004477 name {file} exists, and can be read. If {file} doesn't exist,
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02004478 or is a directory, the result is |FALSE|. {file} is any
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004479 expression, which is used as a String.
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00004480 If you don't care about the file being readable you can use
4481 |glob()|.
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +02004482 {file} is used as-is, you may want to expand wildcards first: >
4483 echo filereadable('~/.vimrc')
4484 0
4485 echo filereadable(expand('~/.vimrc'))
4486 1
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004487
4488< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4489 GetName()->filereadable()
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +02004490< *file_readable()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004491 Obsolete name: file_readable().
4492
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00004493
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00004494filewritable({file}) *filewritable()*
4495 The result is a Number, which is 1 when a file with the
4496 name {file} exists, and can be written. If {file} doesn't
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004497 exist, or is not writable, the result is 0. If {file} is a
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00004498 directory, and we can write to it, the result is 2.
4499
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004500 Can also be used as a |method|: >
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02004501 GetName()->filewritable()
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004502
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00004503
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02004504filter({expr1}, {expr2}) *filter()*
4505 {expr1} must be a |List| or a |Dictionary|.
4506 For each item in {expr1} evaluate {expr2} and when the result
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004507 is zero remove the item from the |List| or |Dictionary|.
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02004508 {expr2} must be a |string| or |Funcref|.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01004509
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02004510 If {expr2} is a |string|, inside {expr2} |v:val| has the value
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02004511 of the current item. For a |Dictionary| |v:key| has the key
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02004512 of the current item and for a |List| |v:key| has the index of
4513 the current item.
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004514 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02004515 call filter(mylist, 'v:val !~ "OLD"')
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004516< Removes the items where "OLD" appears. >
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02004517 call filter(mydict, 'v:key >= 8')
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004518< Removes the items with a key below 8. >
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02004519 call filter(var, 0)
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004520< Removes all the items, thus clears the |List| or |Dictionary|.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00004521
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02004522 Note that {expr2} is the result of expression and is then
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004523 used as an expression again. Often it is good to use a
4524 |literal-string| to avoid having to double backslashes.
4525
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02004526 If {expr2} is a |Funcref| it must take two arguments:
4527 1. the key or the index of the current item.
4528 2. the value of the current item.
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02004529 The function must return |TRUE| if the item should be kept.
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02004530 Example that keeps the odd items of a list: >
4531 func Odd(idx, val)
4532 return a:idx % 2 == 1
4533 endfunc
4534 call filter(mylist, function('Odd'))
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02004535< It is shorter when using a |lambda|: >
4536 call filter(myList, {idx, val -> idx * val <= 42})
4537< If you do not use "val" you can leave it out: >
4538 call filter(myList, {idx -> idx % 2 == 1})
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02004539<
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004540 The operation is done in-place. If you want a |List| or
4541 |Dictionary| to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
Bram Moolenaarafeb4fa2006-02-01 21:51:12 +00004542 :let l = filter(copy(mylist), 'v:val =~ "KEEP"')
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004543
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02004544< Returns {expr1}, the |List| or |Dictionary| that was filtered.
4545 When an error is encountered while evaluating {expr2} no
4546 further items in {expr1} are processed. When {expr2} is a
4547 Funcref errors inside a function are ignored, unless it was
4548 defined with the "abort" flag.
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00004549
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02004550 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4551 mylist->filter(expr2)
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00004552
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01004553finddir({name} [, {path} [, {count}]]) *finddir()*
Bram Moolenaar5b6b1ca2007-03-27 08:19:43 +00004554 Find directory {name} in {path}. Supports both downwards and
4555 upwards recursive directory searches. See |file-searching|
4556 for the syntax of {path}.
4557 Returns the path of the first found match. When the found
4558 directory is below the current directory a relative path is
4559 returned. Otherwise a full path is returned.
Bram Moolenaar89cb5e02004-07-19 20:55:54 +00004560 If {path} is omitted or empty then 'path' is used.
4561 If the optional {count} is given, find {count}'s occurrence of
Bram Moolenaar433f7c82006-03-21 21:29:36 +00004562 {name} in {path} instead of the first one.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00004563 When {count} is negative return all the matches in a |List|.
Bram Moolenaar89cb5e02004-07-19 20:55:54 +00004564 This is quite similar to the ex-command |:find|.
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004565 {only available when compiled with the |+file_in_path|
4566 feature}
Bram Moolenaar89cb5e02004-07-19 20:55:54 +00004567
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004568 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4569 GetName()->finddir()
4570
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01004571findfile({name} [, {path} [, {count}]]) *findfile()*
Bram Moolenaar89cb5e02004-07-19 20:55:54 +00004572 Just like |finddir()|, but find a file instead of a directory.
Bram Moolenaar433f7c82006-03-21 21:29:36 +00004573 Uses 'suffixesadd'.
4574 Example: >
4575 :echo findfile("tags.vim", ".;")
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00004576< Searches from the directory of the current file upwards until
4577 it finds the file "tags.vim".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004578
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004579 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4580 GetName()->findfile()
4581
Bram Moolenaar077a1e62020-06-08 20:50:43 +02004582flatten({list} [, {maxdepth}]) *flatten()*
4583 Flatten {list} up to {maxdepth} levels. Without {maxdepth}
4584 the result is a |List| without nesting, as if {maxdepth} is
4585 a very large number.
4586 The {list} is changed in place, make a copy first if you do
4587 not want that.
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +02004588 *E900*
Bram Moolenaar077a1e62020-06-08 20:50:43 +02004589 {maxdepth} means how deep in nested lists changes are made.
4590 {list} is not modified when {maxdepth} is 0.
4591 {maxdepth} must be positive number.
4592
4593 If there is an error the number zero is returned.
4594
4595 Example: >
4596 :echo flatten([1, [2, [3, 4]], 5])
4597< [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] >
4598 :echo flatten([1, [2, [3, 4]], 5], 1)
4599< [1, 2, [3, 4], 5]
4600
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004601float2nr({expr}) *float2nr()*
4602 Convert {expr} to a Number by omitting the part after the
4603 decimal point.
4604 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a Number.
4605 When the value of {expr} is out of range for a |Number| the
Bram Moolenaar22fcfad2016-07-01 18:17:26 +02004606 result is truncated to 0x7fffffff or -0x7fffffff (or when
4607 64-bit Number support is enabled, 0x7fffffffffffffff or
Bram Moolenaarb4d5fba2017-09-11 19:31:28 +02004608 -0x7fffffffffffffff). NaN results in -0x80000000 (or when
Bram Moolenaar22fcfad2016-07-01 18:17:26 +02004609 64-bit Number support is enabled, -0x8000000000000000).
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004610 Examples: >
4611 echo float2nr(3.95)
4612< 3 >
4613 echo float2nr(-23.45)
4614< -23 >
4615 echo float2nr(1.0e100)
Bram Moolenaar22fcfad2016-07-01 18:17:26 +02004616< 2147483647 (or 9223372036854775807) >
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004617 echo float2nr(-1.0e150)
Bram Moolenaar22fcfad2016-07-01 18:17:26 +02004618< -2147483647 (or -9223372036854775807) >
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004619 echo float2nr(1.0e-100)
4620< 0
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02004621
4622 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4623 Compute()->float2nr()
4624<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004625 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
4626
4627
4628floor({expr}) *floor()*
4629 Return the largest integral value less than or equal to
4630 {expr} as a |Float| (round down).
4631 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
4632 Examples: >
4633 echo floor(1.856)
4634< 1.0 >
4635 echo floor(-5.456)
4636< -6.0 >
4637 echo floor(4.0)
4638< 4.0
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02004639
4640 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4641 Compute()->floor()
4642<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004643 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01004644
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02004645
4646fmod({expr1}, {expr2}) *fmod()*
4647 Return the remainder of {expr1} / {expr2}, even if the
4648 division is not representable. Returns {expr1} - i * {expr2}
4649 for some integer i such that if {expr2} is non-zero, the
4650 result has the same sign as {expr1} and magnitude less than
4651 the magnitude of {expr2}. If {expr2} is zero, the value
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02004652 returned is zero. The value returned is a |Float|.
4653 {expr1} and {expr2} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02004654 Examples: >
4655 :echo fmod(12.33, 1.22)
4656< 0.13 >
4657 :echo fmod(-12.33, 1.22)
4658< -0.13
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02004659
4660 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4661 Compute()->fmod(1.22)
4662<
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02004663 {only available when compiled with |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02004664
4665
Bram Moolenaaraebaf892008-05-28 14:49:58 +00004666fnameescape({string}) *fnameescape()*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004667 Escape {string} for use as file name command argument. All
Bram Moolenaaraebaf892008-05-28 14:49:58 +00004668 characters that have a special meaning, such as '%' and '|'
4669 are escaped with a backslash.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004670 For most systems the characters escaped are
4671 " \t\n*?[{`$\\%#'\"|!<". For systems where a backslash
4672 appears in a filename, it depends on the value of 'isfname'.
Bram Moolenaar1b24e4b2008-08-08 10:59:17 +00004673 A leading '+' and '>' is also escaped (special after |:edit|
4674 and |:write|). And a "-" by itself (special after |:cd|).
Bram Moolenaaraebaf892008-05-28 14:49:58 +00004675 Example: >
Bram Moolenaar1b24e4b2008-08-08 10:59:17 +00004676 :let fname = '+some str%nge|name'
Bram Moolenaaraebaf892008-05-28 14:49:58 +00004677 :exe "edit " . fnameescape(fname)
4678< results in executing: >
Bram Moolenaar1b24e4b2008-08-08 10:59:17 +00004679 edit \+some\ str\%nge\|name
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004680<
4681 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4682 GetName()->fnameescape()
Bram Moolenaaraebaf892008-05-28 14:49:58 +00004683
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004684fnamemodify({fname}, {mods}) *fnamemodify()*
4685 Modify file name {fname} according to {mods}. {mods} is a
4686 string of characters like it is used for file names on the
4687 command line. See |filename-modifiers|.
4688 Example: >
4689 :echo fnamemodify("main.c", ":p:h")
4690< results in: >
4691 /home/mool/vim/vim/src
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00004692< Note: Environment variables don't work in {fname}, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004693 |expand()| first then.
4694
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004695 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4696 GetName()->fnamemodify(':p:h')
4697
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004698foldclosed({lnum}) *foldclosed()*
4699 The result is a Number. If the line {lnum} is in a closed
4700 fold, the result is the number of the first line in that fold.
4701 If the line {lnum} is not in a closed fold, -1 is returned.
4702
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004703 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4704 GetLnum()->foldclosed()
4705
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004706foldclosedend({lnum}) *foldclosedend()*
4707 The result is a Number. If the line {lnum} is in a closed
4708 fold, the result is the number of the last line in that fold.
4709 If the line {lnum} is not in a closed fold, -1 is returned.
4710
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004711 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4712 GetLnum()->foldclosedend()
4713
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004714foldlevel({lnum}) *foldlevel()*
4715 The result is a Number, which is the foldlevel of line {lnum}
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004716 in the current buffer. For nested folds the deepest level is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004717 returned. If there is no fold at line {lnum}, zero is
4718 returned. It doesn't matter if the folds are open or closed.
4719 When used while updating folds (from 'foldexpr') -1 is
4720 returned for lines where folds are still to be updated and the
4721 foldlevel is unknown. As a special case the level of the
4722 previous line is usually available.
4723
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004724 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4725 GetLnum()->foldlevel()
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02004726<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004727 *foldtext()*
4728foldtext() Returns a String, to be displayed for a closed fold. This is
4729 the default function used for the 'foldtext' option and should
4730 only be called from evaluating 'foldtext'. It uses the
4731 |v:foldstart|, |v:foldend| and |v:folddashes| variables.
4732 The returned string looks like this: >
4733 +-- 45 lines: abcdef
Bram Moolenaar42205552017-03-18 19:42:22 +01004734< The number of leading dashes depends on the foldlevel. The
4735 "45" is the number of lines in the fold. "abcdef" is the text
4736 in the first non-blank line of the fold. Leading white space,
4737 "//" or "/*" and the text from the 'foldmarker' and
4738 'commentstring' options is removed.
4739 When used to draw the actual foldtext, the rest of the line
4740 will be filled with the fold char from the 'fillchars'
4741 setting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004742 {not available when compiled without the |+folding| feature}
4743
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +00004744foldtextresult({lnum}) *foldtextresult()*
4745 Returns the text that is displayed for the closed fold at line
4746 {lnum}. Evaluates 'foldtext' in the appropriate context.
4747 When there is no closed fold at {lnum} an empty string is
4748 returned.
4749 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
4750 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
4751 Useful when exporting folded text, e.g., to HTML.
4752 {not available when compiled without the |+folding| feature}
4753
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004754
4755 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4756 GetLnum()->foldtextresult()
4757<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004758 *foreground()*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004759foreground() Move the Vim window to the foreground. Useful when sent from
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004760 a client to a Vim server. |remote_send()|
4761 On Win32 systems this might not work, the OS does not always
4762 allow a window to bring itself to the foreground. Use
4763 |remote_foreground()| instead.
4764 {only in the Win32, Athena, Motif and GTK GUI versions and the
4765 Win32 console version}
4766
Bram Moolenaar437bafe2016-08-01 15:40:54 +02004767 *funcref()*
4768funcref({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
4769 Just like |function()|, but the returned Funcref will lookup
4770 the function by reference, not by name. This matters when the
4771 function {name} is redefined later.
4772
4773 Unlike |function()|, {name} must be an existing user function.
4774 Also for autoloaded functions. {name} cannot be a builtin
4775 function.
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00004776
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004777 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4778 GetFuncname()->funcref([arg])
4779<
Bram Moolenaar1735bc92016-03-14 23:05:14 +01004780 *function()* *E700* *E922* *E923*
4781function({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004782 Return a |Funcref| variable that refers to function {name}.
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +01004783 {name} can be the name of a user defined function or an
4784 internal function.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00004785
Bram Moolenaar437bafe2016-08-01 15:40:54 +02004786 {name} can also be a Funcref or a partial. When it is a
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +01004787 partial the dict stored in it will be used and the {dict}
4788 argument is not allowed. E.g.: >
4789 let FuncWithArg = function(dict.Func, [arg])
4790 let Broken = function(dict.Func, [arg], dict)
4791<
Bram Moolenaar437bafe2016-08-01 15:40:54 +02004792 When using the Funcref the function will be found by {name},
4793 also when it was redefined later. Use |funcref()| to keep the
4794 same function.
4795
Bram Moolenaar1735bc92016-03-14 23:05:14 +01004796 When {arglist} or {dict} is present this creates a partial.
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02004797 That means the argument list and/or the dictionary is stored in
Bram Moolenaar1735bc92016-03-14 23:05:14 +01004798 the Funcref and will be used when the Funcref is called.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01004799
Bram Moolenaar1735bc92016-03-14 23:05:14 +01004800 The arguments are passed to the function in front of other
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +02004801 arguments, but after any argument from |method|. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar1735bc92016-03-14 23:05:14 +01004802 func Callback(arg1, arg2, name)
4803 ...
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +02004804 let Partial = function('Callback', ['one', 'two'])
Bram Moolenaar1735bc92016-03-14 23:05:14 +01004805 ...
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +02004806 call Partial('name')
Bram Moolenaar1735bc92016-03-14 23:05:14 +01004807< Invokes the function as with: >
4808 call Callback('one', 'two', 'name')
4809
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +02004810< With a |method|: >
4811 func Callback(one, two, three)
4812 ...
4813 let Partial = function('Callback', ['two'])
4814 ...
4815 eval 'one'->Partial('three')
4816< Invokes the function as with: >
4817 call Callback('one', 'two', 'three')
4818
Bram Moolenaar03602ec2016-03-20 20:57:45 +01004819< The function() call can be nested to add more arguments to the
4820 Funcref. The extra arguments are appended to the list of
4821 arguments. Example: >
4822 func Callback(arg1, arg2, name)
4823 ...
4824 let Func = function('Callback', ['one'])
4825 let Func2 = function(Func, ['two'])
4826 ...
4827 call Func2('name')
4828< Invokes the function as with: >
4829 call Callback('one', 'two', 'name')
4830
Bram Moolenaar1735bc92016-03-14 23:05:14 +01004831< The Dictionary is only useful when calling a "dict" function.
4832 In that case the {dict} is passed in as "self". Example: >
4833 function Callback() dict
4834 echo "called for " . self.name
4835 endfunction
4836 ...
4837 let context = {"name": "example"}
4838 let Func = function('Callback', context)
4839 ...
4840 call Func() " will echo: called for example
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +01004841< The use of function() is not needed when there are no extra
4842 arguments, these two are equivalent: >
4843 let Func = function('Callback', context)
4844 let Func = context.Callback
Bram Moolenaar1735bc92016-03-14 23:05:14 +01004845
4846< The argument list and the Dictionary can be combined: >
4847 function Callback(arg1, count) dict
4848 ...
4849 let context = {"name": "example"}
4850 let Func = function('Callback', ['one'], context)
4851 ...
4852 call Func(500)
4853< Invokes the function as with: >
4854 call context.Callback('one', 500)
Bram Moolenaara4208962019-08-24 20:50:19 +02004855<
4856 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4857 GetFuncname()->function([arg])
Bram Moolenaar1735bc92016-03-14 23:05:14 +01004858
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00004859
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01004860garbagecollect([{atexit}]) *garbagecollect()*
Bram Moolenaarebf7dfa2016-04-14 12:46:51 +02004861 Cleanup unused |Lists|, |Dictionaries|, |Channels| and |Jobs|
4862 that have circular references.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01004863
Bram Moolenaarebf7dfa2016-04-14 12:46:51 +02004864 There is hardly ever a need to invoke this function, as it is
4865 automatically done when Vim runs out of memory or is waiting
4866 for the user to press a key after 'updatetime'. Items without
4867 circular references are always freed when they become unused.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004868 This is useful if you have deleted a very big |List| and/or
4869 |Dictionary| with circular references in a script that runs
4870 for a long time.
Bram Moolenaarebf7dfa2016-04-14 12:46:51 +02004871
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01004872 When the optional {atexit} argument is one, garbage
Bram Moolenaar9d2c8c12007-09-25 16:00:00 +00004873 collection will also be done when exiting Vim, if it wasn't
4874 done before. This is useful when checking for memory leaks.
Bram Moolenaar39a58ca2005-06-27 22:42:44 +00004875
Bram Moolenaar574860b2016-05-24 17:33:34 +02004876 The garbage collection is not done immediately but only when
4877 it's safe to perform. This is when waiting for the user to
4878 type a character. To force garbage collection immediately use
4879 |test_garbagecollect_now()|.
Bram Moolenaarebf7dfa2016-04-14 12:46:51 +02004880
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +00004881get({list}, {idx} [, {default}]) *get()*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004882 Get item {idx} from |List| {list}. When this item is not
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00004883 available return {default}. Return zero when {default} is
4884 omitted.
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02004885 Preferably used as a |method|: >
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02004886 mylist->get(idx)
Bram Moolenaard8968242019-01-15 22:51:57 +01004887get({blob}, {idx} [, {default}])
4888 Get byte {idx} from |Blob| {blob}. When this byte is not
4889 available return {default}. Return -1 when {default} is
4890 omitted.
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02004891 Preferably used as a |method|: >
4892 myblob->get(idx)
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004893get({dict}, {key} [, {default}])
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004894 Get item with key {key} from |Dictionary| {dict}. When this
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00004895 item is not available return {default}. Return zero when
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +02004896 {default} is omitted. Useful example: >
4897 let val = get(g:, 'var_name', 'default')
4898< This gets the value of g:var_name if it exists, and uses
4899 'default' when it does not exist.
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02004900 Preferably used as a |method|: >
4901 mydict->get(key)
Bram Moolenaar03e19a02016-05-24 22:29:49 +02004902get({func}, {what})
4903 Get an item with from Funcref {func}. Possible values for
Bram Moolenaar2bbf8ef2016-05-24 18:37:12 +02004904 {what} are:
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01004905 "name" The function name
4906 "func" The function
4907 "dict" The dictionary
4908 "args" The list with arguments
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02004909 Preferably used as a |method|: >
4910 myfunc->get(what)
4911<
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004912 *getbufinfo()*
4913getbufinfo([{expr}])
4914getbufinfo([{dict}])
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02004915 Get information about buffers as a List of Dictionaries.
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004916
4917 Without an argument information about all the buffers is
4918 returned.
4919
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02004920 When the argument is a |Dictionary| only the buffers matching
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004921 the specified criteria are returned. The following keys can
4922 be specified in {dict}:
4923 buflisted include only listed buffers.
4924 bufloaded include only loaded buffers.
Bram Moolenaar8e6a31d2017-12-10 21:06:22 +01004925 bufmodified include only modified buffers.
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004926
4927 Otherwise, {expr} specifies a particular buffer to return
4928 information for. For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()|
4929 above. If the buffer is found the returned List has one item.
4930 Otherwise the result is an empty list.
4931
4932 Each returned List item is a dictionary with the following
4933 entries:
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02004934 bufnr Buffer number.
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004935 changed TRUE if the buffer is modified.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02004936 changedtick Number of changes made to the buffer.
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004937 hidden TRUE if the buffer is hidden.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02004938 lastused Timestamp in seconds, like
Bram Moolenaar52410572019-10-27 05:12:45 +01004939 |localtime()|, when the buffer was
4940 last used.
4941 {only with the |+viminfo| feature}
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004942 listed TRUE if the buffer is listed.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02004943 lnum Line number used for the buffer when
4944 opened in the current window.
4945 linecount Number of lines in the buffer (only
Bram Moolenaara9e96792019-12-17 22:40:15 +01004946 valid when loaded)
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004947 loaded TRUE if the buffer is loaded.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02004948 name Full path to the file in the buffer.
4949 signs List of signs placed in the buffer.
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004950 Each list item is a dictionary with
4951 the following fields:
4952 id sign identifier
4953 lnum line number
4954 name sign name
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02004955 variables A reference to the dictionary with
Bram Moolenaar30567352016-08-27 21:25:44 +02004956 buffer-local variables.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02004957 windows List of |window-ID|s that display this
Bram Moolenaar30567352016-08-27 21:25:44 +02004958 buffer
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02004959 popups List of popup |window-ID|s that
Bram Moolenaar5ca1ac32019-07-04 15:39:28 +02004960 display this buffer
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004961
4962 Examples: >
4963 for buf in getbufinfo()
4964 echo buf.name
4965 endfor
4966 for buf in getbufinfo({'buflisted':1})
Bram Moolenaar30567352016-08-27 21:25:44 +02004967 if buf.changed
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02004968 ....
4969 endif
4970 endfor
4971<
Bram Moolenaar30567352016-08-27 21:25:44 +02004972 To get buffer-local options use: >
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02004973 getbufvar({bufnr}, '&option_name')
Bram Moolenaar30567352016-08-27 21:25:44 +02004974<
Bram Moolenaar6434fc52020-07-18 22:24:22 +02004975 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4976 GetBufnr()->getbufinfo()
4977<
4978
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +00004979 *getbufline()*
4980getbufline({expr}, {lnum} [, {end}])
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004981 Return a |List| with the lines starting from {lnum} to {end}
4982 (inclusive) in the buffer {expr}. If {end} is omitted, a
4983 |List| with only the line {lnum} is returned.
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +00004984
4985 For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above.
4986
Bram Moolenaar661b1822005-07-28 22:36:45 +00004987 For {lnum} and {end} "$" can be used for the last line of the
4988 buffer. Otherwise a number must be used.
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +00004989
4990 When {lnum} is smaller than 1 or bigger than the number of
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004991 lines in the buffer, an empty |List| is returned.
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +00004992
4993 When {end} is greater than the number of lines in the buffer,
4994 it is treated as {end} is set to the number of lines in the
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004995 buffer. When {end} is before {lnum} an empty |List| is
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +00004996 returned.
4997
Bram Moolenaar661b1822005-07-28 22:36:45 +00004998 This function works only for loaded buffers. For unloaded and
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00004999 non-existing buffers, an empty |List| is returned.
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +00005000
5001 Example: >
5002 :let lines = getbufline(bufnr("myfile"), 1, "$")
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00005003
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005004< Can also be used as a |method|: >
5005 GetBufnr()->getbufline(lnum)
5006
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01005007getbufvar({expr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *getbufvar()*
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00005008 The result is the value of option or local buffer variable
5009 {varname} in buffer {expr}. Note that the name without "b:"
5010 must be used.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00005011 When {varname} is empty returns a dictionary with all the
5012 buffer-local variables.
Bram Moolenaar30567352016-08-27 21:25:44 +02005013 When {varname} is equal to "&" returns a dictionary with all
5014 the buffer-local options.
5015 Otherwise, when {varname} starts with "&" returns the value of
5016 a buffer-local option.
Bram Moolenaar4317d9b2005-03-18 20:25:31 +00005017 This also works for a global or buffer-local option, but it
5018 doesn't work for a global variable, window-local variable or
5019 window-local option.
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00005020 For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above.
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01005021 When the buffer or variable doesn't exist {def} or an empty
5022 string is returned, there is no error message.
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00005023 Examples: >
5024 :let bufmodified = getbufvar(1, "&mod")
5025 :echo "todo myvar = " . getbufvar("todo", "myvar")
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005026
5027< Can also be used as a |method|: >
5028 GetBufnr()->getbufvar(varname)
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00005029<
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005030getchangelist([{expr}]) *getchangelist()*
Bram Moolenaar07ad8162018-02-13 13:59:59 +01005031 Returns the |changelist| for the buffer {expr}. For the use
5032 of {expr}, see |bufname()| above. If buffer {expr} doesn't
5033 exist, an empty list is returned.
5034
5035 The returned list contains two entries: a list with the change
5036 locations and the current position in the list. Each
5037 entry in the change list is a dictionary with the following
5038 entries:
5039 col column number
5040 coladd column offset for 'virtualedit'
5041 lnum line number
5042 If buffer {expr} is the current buffer, then the current
5043 position refers to the position in the list. For other
5044 buffers, it is set to the length of the list.
5045
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005046 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5047 GetBufnr()->getchangelist()
5048
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005049getchar([expr]) *getchar()*
Bram Moolenaar91170f82006-05-05 21:15:17 +00005050 Get a single character from the user or input stream.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005051 If [expr] is omitted, wait until a character is available.
5052 If [expr] is 0, only get a character when one is available.
Bram Moolenaar91170f82006-05-05 21:15:17 +00005053 Return zero otherwise.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005054 If [expr] is 1, only check if a character is available, it is
Bram Moolenaar91170f82006-05-05 21:15:17 +00005055 not consumed. Return zero if no character available.
5056
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01005057 Without [expr] and when [expr] is 0 a whole character or
Bram Moolenaarc577d812017-07-08 22:37:34 +02005058 special key is returned. If it is a single character, the
Bram Moolenaar91170f82006-05-05 21:15:17 +00005059 result is a number. Use nr2char() to convert it to a String.
5060 Otherwise a String is returned with the encoded character.
Bram Moolenaarc577d812017-07-08 22:37:34 +02005061 For a special key it's a String with a sequence of bytes
5062 starting with 0x80 (decimal: 128). This is the same value as
5063 the String "\<Key>", e.g., "\<Left>". The returned value is
5064 also a String when a modifier (shift, control, alt) was used
5065 that is not included in the character.
Bram Moolenaar91170f82006-05-05 21:15:17 +00005066
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02005067 When [expr] is 0 and Esc is typed, there will be a short delay
5068 while Vim waits to see if this is the start of an escape
5069 sequence.
5070
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01005071 When [expr] is 1 only the first byte is returned. For a
Bram Moolenaar56a907a2006-05-06 21:44:30 +00005072 one-byte character it is the character itself as a number.
5073 Use nr2char() to convert it to a String.
Bram Moolenaar91170f82006-05-05 21:15:17 +00005074
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01005075 Use getcharmod() to obtain any additional modifiers.
5076
Bram Moolenaar219b8702006-11-01 14:32:36 +00005077 When the user clicks a mouse button, the mouse event will be
5078 returned. The position can then be found in |v:mouse_col|,
Bram Moolenaardb3a2052019-11-16 18:22:41 +01005079 |v:mouse_lnum|, |v:mouse_winid| and |v:mouse_win|.
Bram Moolenaarae97b942020-07-09 19:16:35 +02005080 |getmousepos()| can also be used. Mouse move events will be
5081 ignored.
5082 This example positions the mouse as it would normally happen: >
Bram Moolenaar219b8702006-11-01 14:32:36 +00005083 let c = getchar()
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00005084 if c == "\<LeftMouse>" && v:mouse_win > 0
Bram Moolenaar219b8702006-11-01 14:32:36 +00005085 exe v:mouse_win . "wincmd w"
5086 exe v:mouse_lnum
5087 exe "normal " . v:mouse_col . "|"
5088 endif
5089<
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01005090 When using bracketed paste only the first character is
5091 returned, the rest of the pasted text is dropped.
5092 |xterm-bracketed-paste|.
5093
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005094 There is no prompt, you will somehow have to make clear to the
5095 user that a character has to be typed.
5096 There is no mapping for the character.
5097 Key codes are replaced, thus when the user presses the <Del>
5098 key you get the code for the <Del> key, not the raw character
5099 sequence. Examples: >
5100 getchar() == "\<Del>"
5101 getchar() == "\<S-Left>"
5102< This example redefines "f" to ignore case: >
5103 :nmap f :call FindChar()<CR>
5104 :function FindChar()
5105 : let c = nr2char(getchar())
5106 : while col('.') < col('$') - 1
5107 : normal l
5108 : if getline('.')[col('.') - 1] ==? c
5109 : break
5110 : endif
5111 : endwhile
5112 :endfunction
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01005113<
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01005114 You may also receive synthetic characters, such as
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01005115 |<CursorHold>|. Often you will want to ignore this and get
5116 another character: >
5117 :function GetKey()
5118 : let c = getchar()
5119 : while c == "\<CursorHold>"
5120 : let c = getchar()
5121 : endwhile
5122 : return c
5123 :endfunction
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005124
5125getcharmod() *getcharmod()*
5126 The result is a Number which is the state of the modifiers for
5127 the last obtained character with getchar() or in another way.
5128 These values are added together:
5129 2 shift
5130 4 control
5131 8 alt (meta)
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01005132 16 meta (when it's different from ALT)
5133 32 mouse double click
5134 64 mouse triple click
5135 96 mouse quadruple click (== 32 + 64)
5136 128 command (Macintosh only)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005137 Only the modifiers that have not been included in the
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02005138 character itself are obtained. Thus Shift-a results in "A"
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005139 without a modifier.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005140
Bram Moolenaardbd24b52015-08-11 14:26:19 +02005141getcharsearch() *getcharsearch()*
5142 Return the current character search information as a {dict}
5143 with the following entries:
5144
5145 char character previously used for a character
5146 search (|t|, |f|, |T|, or |F|); empty string
5147 if no character search has been performed
5148 forward direction of character search; 1 for forward,
5149 0 for backward
5150 until type of character search; 1 for a |t| or |T|
5151 character search, 0 for an |f| or |F|
5152 character search
5153
5154 This can be useful to always have |;| and |,| search
5155 forward/backward regardless of the direction of the previous
5156 character search: >
5157 :nnoremap <expr> ; getcharsearch().forward ? ';' : ','
5158 :nnoremap <expr> , getcharsearch().forward ? ',' : ';'
5159< Also see |setcharsearch()|.
5160
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005161getcmdline() *getcmdline()*
5162 Return the current command-line. Only works when the command
5163 line is being edited, thus requires use of |c_CTRL-\_e| or
5164 |c_CTRL-R_=|.
5165 Example: >
5166 :cmap <F7> <C-\>eescape(getcmdline(), ' \')<CR>
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00005167< Also see |getcmdtype()|, |getcmdpos()| and |setcmdpos()|.
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02005168 Returns an empty string when entering a password or using
5169 |inputsecret()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005170
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00005171getcmdpos() *getcmdpos()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005172 Return the position of the cursor in the command line as a
5173 byte count. The first column is 1.
5174 Only works when editing the command line, thus requires use of
Bram Moolenaar5b435d62012-04-05 17:33:26 +02005175 |c_CTRL-\_e| or |c_CTRL-R_=| or an expression mapping.
5176 Returns 0 otherwise.
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00005177 Also see |getcmdtype()|, |setcmdpos()| and |getcmdline()|.
5178
5179getcmdtype() *getcmdtype()*
5180 Return the current command-line type. Possible return values
5181 are:
Bram Moolenaar1e015462005-09-25 22:16:38 +00005182 : normal Ex command
5183 > debug mode command |debug-mode|
5184 / forward search command
5185 ? backward search command
5186 @ |input()| command
5187 - |:insert| or |:append| command
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02005188 = |i_CTRL-R_=|
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00005189 Only works when editing the command line, thus requires use of
Bram Moolenaar5b435d62012-04-05 17:33:26 +02005190 |c_CTRL-\_e| or |c_CTRL-R_=| or an expression mapping.
5191 Returns an empty string otherwise.
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00005192 Also see |getcmdpos()|, |setcmdpos()| and |getcmdline()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005193
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +02005194getcmdwintype() *getcmdwintype()*
5195 Return the current |command-line-window| type. Possible return
5196 values are the same as |getcmdtype()|. Returns an empty string
5197 when not in the command-line window.
5198
Bram Moolenaare9d58a62016-08-13 15:07:41 +02005199getcompletion({pat}, {type} [, {filtered}]) *getcompletion()*
Bram Moolenaaraa4d7322016-07-09 18:50:29 +02005200 Return a list of command-line completion matches. {type}
5201 specifies what for. The following completion types are
5202 supported:
5203
Bram Moolenaarcd43eff2018-03-29 15:55:38 +02005204 arglist file names in argument list
Bram Moolenaaraa4d7322016-07-09 18:50:29 +02005205 augroup autocmd groups
5206 buffer buffer names
5207 behave :behave suboptions
5208 color color schemes
5209 command Ex command (and arguments)
Bram Moolenaar1f1fd442020-06-07 18:45:14 +02005210 cmdline |cmdline-completion| result
Bram Moolenaaraa4d7322016-07-09 18:50:29 +02005211 compiler compilers
5212 cscope |:cscope| suboptions
Bram Moolenaarae7dba82019-12-29 13:56:33 +01005213 diff_buffer |:diffget| and |:diffput| completion
Bram Moolenaaraa4d7322016-07-09 18:50:29 +02005214 dir directory names
5215 environment environment variable names
5216 event autocommand events
5217 expression Vim expression
5218 file file and directory names
5219 file_in_path file and directory names in |'path'|
5220 filetype filetype names |'filetype'|
5221 function function name
5222 help help subjects
5223 highlight highlight groups
5224 history :history suboptions
5225 locale locale names (as output of locale -a)
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +02005226 mapclear buffer argument
Bram Moolenaaraa4d7322016-07-09 18:50:29 +02005227 mapping mapping name
5228 menu menus
Bram Moolenaar9e507ca2016-10-15 15:39:39 +02005229 messages |:messages| suboptions
Bram Moolenaaraa4d7322016-07-09 18:50:29 +02005230 option options
Bram Moolenaar9e507ca2016-10-15 15:39:39 +02005231 packadd optional package |pack-add| names
Bram Moolenaaraa4d7322016-07-09 18:50:29 +02005232 shellcmd Shell command
5233 sign |:sign| suboptions
5234 syntax syntax file names |'syntax'|
5235 syntime |:syntime| suboptions
5236 tag tags
5237 tag_listfiles tags, file names
5238 user user names
5239 var user variables
5240
Bram Moolenaar1f1fd442020-06-07 18:45:14 +02005241 If {pat} is an empty string, then all the matches are
5242 returned. Otherwise only items matching {pat} are returned.
5243 See |wildcards| for the use of special characters in {pat}.
Bram Moolenaaraa4d7322016-07-09 18:50:29 +02005244
Bram Moolenaare9d58a62016-08-13 15:07:41 +02005245 If the optional {filtered} flag is set to 1, then 'wildignore'
5246 is applied to filter the results. Otherwise all the matches
5247 are returned. The 'wildignorecase' option always applies.
5248
Bram Moolenaar1f1fd442020-06-07 18:45:14 +02005249 If {type} is "cmdline", then the |cmdline-completion| result is
5250 returned. For example, to complete the possible values after
5251 a ":call" command: >
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +02005252 echo getcompletion('call ', 'cmdline')
Bram Moolenaar1f1fd442020-06-07 18:45:14 +02005253<
Bram Moolenaaraa4d7322016-07-09 18:50:29 +02005254 If there are no matches, an empty list is returned. An
5255 invalid value for {type} produces an error.
5256
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005257 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5258 GetPattern()->getcompletion('color')
5259<
Bram Moolenaar6f6c0f82014-05-28 20:31:42 +02005260 *getcurpos()*
5261getcurpos() Get the position of the cursor. This is like getpos('.'), but
Bram Moolenaard1caa942020-04-10 22:10:56 +02005262 includes an extra "curswant" item in the list:
5263 [0, lnum, col, off, curswant] ~
Bram Moolenaar6f6c0f82014-05-28 20:31:42 +02005264 The "curswant" number is the preferred column when moving the
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +02005265 cursor vertically. Also see |getpos()|.
Bram Moolenaard1caa942020-04-10 22:10:56 +02005266 The first "bufnum" item is always zero.
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +02005267
Bram Moolenaar6f6c0f82014-05-28 20:31:42 +02005268 This can be used to save and restore the cursor position: >
5269 let save_cursor = getcurpos()
5270 MoveTheCursorAround
5271 call setpos('.', save_cursor)
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +02005272< Note that this only works within the window. See
5273 |winrestview()| for restoring more state.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005274 *getcwd()*
Bram Moolenaarc9703302016-01-17 21:49:33 +01005275getcwd([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
5276 The result is a String, which is the name of the current
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005277 working directory.
Bram Moolenaarc9703302016-01-17 21:49:33 +01005278
5279 With {winnr} return the local current directory of this window
Bram Moolenaar54591292018-02-09 20:53:59 +01005280 in the current tab page. {winnr} can be the window number or
5281 the |window-ID|.
5282 If {winnr} is -1 return the name of the global working
5283 directory. See also |haslocaldir()|.
5284
Bram Moolenaarc9703302016-01-17 21:49:33 +01005285 With {winnr} and {tabnr} return the local current directory of
Bram Moolenaar00aa0692019-04-27 20:37:57 +02005286 the window in the specified tab page. If {winnr} is -1 return
5287 the working directory of the tabpage.
5288 If {winnr} is zero use the current window, if {tabnr} is zero
5289 use the current tabpage.
5290 Without any arguments, return the working directory of the
5291 current window.
Bram Moolenaarc9703302016-01-17 21:49:33 +01005292 Return an empty string if the arguments are invalid.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005293
Bram Moolenaar00aa0692019-04-27 20:37:57 +02005294 Examples: >
5295 " Get the working directory of the current window
5296 :echo getcwd()
5297 :echo getcwd(0)
5298 :echo getcwd(0, 0)
5299 " Get the working directory of window 3 in tabpage 2
5300 :echo getcwd(3, 2)
5301 " Get the global working directory
5302 :echo getcwd(-1)
5303 " Get the working directory of tabpage 3
5304 :echo getcwd(-1, 3)
5305 " Get the working directory of current tabpage
5306 :echo getcwd(-1, 0)
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005307
5308< Can also be used as a |method|: >
5309 GetWinnr()->getcwd()
Bram Moolenaar00aa0692019-04-27 20:37:57 +02005310<
Bram Moolenaar691ddee2019-05-09 14:52:41 +02005311getenv({name}) *getenv()*
5312 Return the value of environment variable {name}.
5313 When the variable does not exist |v:null| is returned. That
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +02005314 is different from a variable set to an empty string, although
5315 some systems interpret the empty value as the variable being
5316 deleted. See also |expr-env|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005317
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005318 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5319 GetVarname()->getenv()
5320
Bram Moolenaard8b0cf12004-12-12 11:33:30 +00005321getfontname([{name}]) *getfontname()*
5322 Without an argument returns the name of the normal font being
5323 used. Like what is used for the Normal highlight group
5324 |hl-Normal|.
5325 With an argument a check is done whether {name} is a valid
5326 font name. If not then an empty string is returned.
5327 Otherwise the actual font name is returned, or {name} if the
5328 GUI does not support obtaining the real name.
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +00005329 Only works when the GUI is running, thus not in your vimrc or
Bram Moolenaard8b0cf12004-12-12 11:33:30 +00005330 gvimrc file. Use the |GUIEnter| autocommand to use this
5331 function just after the GUI has started.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01005332 Note that the GTK GUI accepts any font name, thus checking for
5333 a valid name does not work.
Bram Moolenaard8b0cf12004-12-12 11:33:30 +00005334
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00005335getfperm({fname}) *getfperm()*
5336 The result is a String, which is the read, write, and execute
5337 permissions of the given file {fname}.
5338 If {fname} does not exist or its directory cannot be read, an
5339 empty string is returned.
5340 The result is of the form "rwxrwxrwx", where each group of
5341 "rwx" flags represent, in turn, the permissions of the owner
5342 of the file, the group the file belongs to, and other users.
5343 If a user does not have a given permission the flag for this
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02005344 is replaced with the string "-". Examples: >
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00005345 :echo getfperm("/etc/passwd")
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02005346 :echo getfperm(expand("~/.vimrc"))
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00005347< This will hopefully (from a security point of view) display
5348 the string "rw-r--r--" or even "rw-------".
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +00005349
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005350 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5351 GetFilename()->getfperm()
5352<
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02005353 For setting permissions use |setfperm()|.
Bram Moolenaar80492532016-03-08 17:08:53 +01005354
Bram Moolenaar691ddee2019-05-09 14:52:41 +02005355getfsize({fname}) *getfsize()*
5356 The result is a Number, which is the size in bytes of the
5357 given file {fname}.
5358 If {fname} is a directory, 0 is returned.
5359 If the file {fname} can't be found, -1 is returned.
5360 If the size of {fname} is too big to fit in a Number then -2
5361 is returned.
5362
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005363 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5364 GetFilename()->getfsize()
5365
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005366getftime({fname}) *getftime()*
5367 The result is a Number, which is the last modification time of
5368 the given file {fname}. The value is measured as seconds
5369 since 1st Jan 1970, and may be passed to strftime(). See also
5370 |localtime()| and |strftime()|.
5371 If the file {fname} can't be found -1 is returned.
5372
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005373 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5374 GetFilename()->getftime()
5375
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00005376getftype({fname}) *getftype()*
5377 The result is a String, which is a description of the kind of
5378 file of the given file {fname}.
5379 If {fname} does not exist an empty string is returned.
5380 Here is a table over different kinds of files and their
5381 results:
5382 Normal file "file"
5383 Directory "dir"
5384 Symbolic link "link"
5385 Block device "bdev"
5386 Character device "cdev"
5387 Socket "socket"
5388 FIFO "fifo"
5389 All other "other"
5390 Example: >
5391 getftype("/home")
5392< Note that a type such as "link" will only be returned on
5393 systems that support it. On some systems only "dir" and
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01005394 "file" are returned. On MS-Windows a symbolic link to a
5395 directory returns "dir" instead of "link".
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00005396
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005397 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5398 GetFilename()->getftype()
5399
Bram Moolenaara3a12462019-09-07 15:08:38 +02005400getimstatus() *getimstatus()*
5401 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when the IME status is
5402 active.
5403 See 'imstatusfunc'.
5404
Bram Moolenaard96ff162018-02-18 22:13:29 +01005405getjumplist([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) *getjumplist()*
Bram Moolenaar4f505882018-02-10 21:06:32 +01005406 Returns the |jumplist| for the specified window.
5407
5408 Without arguments use the current window.
5409 With {winnr} only use this window in the current tab page.
5410 {winnr} can also be a |window-ID|.
5411 With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab
5412 page.
5413
5414 The returned list contains two entries: a list with the jump
5415 locations and the last used jump position number in the list.
5416 Each entry in the jump location list is a dictionary with
5417 the following entries:
5418 bufnr buffer number
5419 col column number
5420 coladd column offset for 'virtualedit'
5421 filename filename if available
5422 lnum line number
5423
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005424 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5425 GetWinnr()->getjumplist()
5426
5427< *getline()*
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00005428getline({lnum} [, {end}])
5429 Without {end} the result is a String, which is line {lnum}
5430 from the current buffer. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005431 getline(1)
5432< When {lnum} is a String that doesn't start with a
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +02005433 digit, |line()| is called to translate the String into a Number.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005434 To get the line under the cursor: >
5435 getline(".")
5436< When {lnum} is smaller than 1 or bigger than the number of
5437 lines in the buffer, an empty string is returned.
5438
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00005439 When {end} is given the result is a |List| where each item is
5440 a line from the current buffer in the range {lnum} to {end},
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00005441 including line {end}.
5442 {end} is used in the same way as {lnum}.
5443 Non-existing lines are silently omitted.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00005444 When {end} is before {lnum} an empty |List| is returned.
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00005445 Example: >
5446 :let start = line('.')
5447 :let end = search("^$") - 1
5448 :let lines = getline(start, end)
5449
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005450< Can also be used as a |method|: >
5451 ComputeLnum()->getline()
5452
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00005453< To get lines from another buffer see |getbufline()|
5454
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01005455getloclist({nr} [, {what}]) *getloclist()*
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005456 Returns a |List| with all the entries in the location list for
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02005457 window {nr}. {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
Bram Moolenaar888ccac2016-06-04 18:49:36 +02005458 When {nr} is zero the current window is used.
5459
Bram Moolenaar17c7c012006-01-26 22:25:15 +00005460 For a location list window, the displayed location list is
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00005461 returned. For an invalid window number {nr}, an empty list is
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005462 returned. Otherwise, same as |getqflist()|.
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00005463
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005464 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
5465 returns the items listed in {what} as a dictionary. Refer to
5466 |getqflist()| for the supported items in {what}.
Bram Moolenaar647e24b2019-03-17 16:39:46 +01005467
5468 In addition to the items supported by |getqflist()| in {what},
5469 the following item is supported by |getloclist()|:
5470
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +02005471 filewinid id of the window used to display files
Bram Moolenaar647e24b2019-03-17 16:39:46 +01005472 from the location list. This field is
5473 applicable only when called from a
5474 location list window. See
5475 |location-list-file-window| for more
5476 details.
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005477
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005478 Returns an empty Dictionary if there is no location list for
5479 the window {nr} or the window is not present.
5480
5481 Examples (See also |getqflist-examples|): >
5482 :echo getloclist(3, {'all': 0})
5483 :echo getloclist(5, {'filewinid': 0})
5484
5485
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02005486getmarklist([{expr}]) *getmarklist()*
Bram Moolenaarcfb4b472020-05-31 15:41:57 +02005487 Without the {expr} argument returns a |List| with information
5488 about all the global marks. |mark|
5489
5490 If the optional {expr} argument is specified, returns the
5491 local marks defined in buffer {expr}. For the use of {expr},
5492 see |bufname()|.
5493
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +02005494 Each item in the returned List is a |Dict| with the following:
Bram Moolenaarcfb4b472020-05-31 15:41:57 +02005495 name - name of the mark prefixed by "'"
5496 pos - a |List| with the position of the mark:
5497 [bufnum, lnum, col, off]
5498 Refer to |getpos()| for more information.
5499 file - file name
5500
5501 Refer to |getpos()| for getting information about a specific
5502 mark.
5503
Bram Moolenaarf17e7ea2020-06-01 14:14:44 +02005504 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5505 GetBufnr()->getmarklist()
Bram Moolenaarcfb4b472020-05-31 15:41:57 +02005506
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01005507getmatches([{win}]) *getmatches()*
Bram Moolenaarfd133322019-03-29 12:20:27 +01005508 Returns a |List| with all matches previously defined for the
5509 current window by |matchadd()| and the |:match| commands.
5510 |getmatches()| is useful in combination with |setmatches()|,
5511 as |setmatches()| can restore a list of matches saved by
5512 |getmatches()|.
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00005513 Example: >
5514 :echo getmatches()
5515< [{'group': 'MyGroup1', 'pattern': 'TODO',
5516 'priority': 10, 'id': 1}, {'group': 'MyGroup2',
5517 'pattern': 'FIXME', 'priority': 10, 'id': 2}] >
5518 :let m = getmatches()
5519 :call clearmatches()
5520 :echo getmatches()
5521< [] >
5522 :call setmatches(m)
5523 :echo getmatches()
5524< [{'group': 'MyGroup1', 'pattern': 'TODO',
5525 'priority': 10, 'id': 1}, {'group': 'MyGroup2',
5526 'pattern': 'FIXME', 'priority': 10, 'id': 2}] >
5527 :unlet m
5528<
Bram Moolenaardb3a2052019-11-16 18:22:41 +01005529getmousepos() *getmousepos()*
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005530 Returns a |Dictionary| with the last known position of the
Bram Moolenaardb3a2052019-11-16 18:22:41 +01005531 mouse. This can be used in a mapping for a mouse click or in
5532 a filter of a popup window. The items are:
5533 screenrow screen row
5534 screencol screen column
5535 winid Window ID of the click
5536 winrow row inside "winid"
5537 wincol column inside "winid"
5538 line text line inside "winid"
5539 column text column inside "winid"
5540 All numbers are 1-based.
5541
5542 If not over a window, e.g. when in the command line, then only
5543 "screenrow" and "screencol" are valid, the others are zero.
5544
5545 When on the status line below a window or the vertical
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02005546 separator right of a window, the "line" and "column" values
Bram Moolenaardb3a2052019-11-16 18:22:41 +01005547 are zero.
5548
5549 When the position is after the text then "column" is the
5550 length of the text in bytes.
5551
5552 If the mouse is over a popup window then that window is used.
5553
5554
5555 When using |getchar()| the Vim variables |v:mouse_lnum|,
5556 |v:mouse_col| and |v:mouse_winid| also provide these values.
5557
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02005558 *getpid()*
5559getpid() Return a Number which is the process ID of the Vim process.
5560 On Unix and MS-Windows this is a unique number, until Vim
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +01005561 exits.
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02005562
5563 *getpos()*
5564getpos({expr}) Get the position for {expr}. For possible values of {expr}
5565 see |line()|. For getting the cursor position see
5566 |getcurpos()|.
5567 The result is a |List| with four numbers:
5568 [bufnum, lnum, col, off]
5569 "bufnum" is zero, unless a mark like '0 or 'A is used, then it
5570 is the buffer number of the mark.
5571 "lnum" and "col" are the position in the buffer. The first
5572 column is 1.
5573 The "off" number is zero, unless 'virtualedit' is used. Then
5574 it is the offset in screen columns from the start of the
5575 character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last
5576 character.
5577 Note that for '< and '> Visual mode matters: when it is "V"
5578 (visual line mode) the column of '< is zero and the column of
5579 '> is a large number.
5580 This can be used to save and restore the position of a mark: >
5581 let save_a_mark = getpos("'a")
5582 ...
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01005583 call setpos("'a", save_a_mark)
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02005584< Also see |getcurpos()| and |setpos()|.
5585
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005586 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5587 GetMark()->getpos()
5588
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00005589
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005590getqflist([{what}]) *getqflist()*
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00005591 Returns a list with all the current quickfix errors. Each
5592 list item is a dictionary with these entries:
5593 bufnr number of buffer that has the file name, use
5594 bufname() to get the name
Bram Moolenaard76ce852018-05-01 15:02:04 +02005595 module module name
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00005596 lnum line number in the buffer (first line is 1)
5597 col column number (first column is 1)
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02005598 vcol |TRUE|: "col" is visual column
5599 |FALSE|: "col" is byte index
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00005600 nr error number
Bram Moolenaar48b66fb2007-02-04 01:58:18 +00005601 pattern search pattern used to locate the error
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00005602 text description of the error
5603 type type of the error, 'E', '1', etc.
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02005604 valid |TRUE|: recognized error message
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00005605
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02005606 When there is no error list or it's empty, an empty list is
Bram Moolenaar48b66fb2007-02-04 01:58:18 +00005607 returned. Quickfix list entries with non-existing buffer
5608 number are returned with "bufnr" set to zero.
Bram Moolenaare7eb9df2005-09-09 19:49:30 +00005609
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00005610 Useful application: Find pattern matches in multiple files and
5611 do something with them: >
5612 :vimgrep /theword/jg *.c
5613 :for d in getqflist()
5614 : echo bufname(d.bufnr) ':' d.lnum '=' d.text
5615 :endfor
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005616<
5617 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
5618 returns only the items listed in {what} as a dictionary. The
5619 following string items are supported in {what}:
Bram Moolenaarb254af32017-12-18 19:48:58 +01005620 changedtick get the total number of changes made
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +02005621 to the list |quickfix-changedtick|
5622 context get the |quickfix-context|
Bram Moolenaar36538222017-09-02 19:51:44 +02005623 efm errorformat to use when parsing "lines". If
Bram Moolenaar2f058492017-11-30 20:27:52 +01005624 not present, then the 'errorformat' option
Bram Moolenaar36538222017-09-02 19:51:44 +02005625 value is used.
Bram Moolenaara539f4f2017-08-30 20:33:55 +02005626 id get information for the quickfix list with
5627 |quickfix-ID|; zero means the id for the
Bram Moolenaar2f058492017-11-30 20:27:52 +01005628 current list or the list specified by "nr"
Bram Moolenaar858ba062020-05-31 23:11:59 +02005629 idx get information for the quickfix entry at this
5630 index in the list specified by 'id' or 'nr'.
5631 If set to zero, then uses the current entry.
Bram Moolenaar5b69c222019-01-11 14:50:06 +01005632 See |quickfix-index|
Bram Moolenaar6a8958d2017-06-22 21:33:20 +02005633 items quickfix list entries
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +02005634 lines parse a list of lines using 'efm' and return
5635 the resulting entries. Only a |List| type is
5636 accepted. The current quickfix list is not
5637 modified. See |quickfix-parse|.
Bram Moolenaar890680c2016-09-27 21:28:56 +02005638 nr get information for this quickfix list; zero
Bram Moolenaar36538222017-09-02 19:51:44 +02005639 means the current quickfix list and "$" means
Bram Moolenaar875feea2017-06-11 16:07:51 +02005640 the last quickfix list
Bram Moolenaar647e24b2019-03-17 16:39:46 +01005641 qfbufnr number of the buffer displayed in the quickfix
5642 window. Returns 0 if the quickfix buffer is
5643 not present. See |quickfix-buffer|.
Bram Moolenaarfc2b2702017-09-15 22:43:07 +02005644 size number of entries in the quickfix list
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +02005645 title get the list title |quickfix-title|
Bram Moolenaar74240d32017-12-10 15:26:15 +01005646 winid get the quickfix |window-ID|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005647 all all of the above quickfix properties
Bram Moolenaar74240d32017-12-10 15:26:15 +01005648 Non-string items in {what} are ignored. To get the value of a
Bram Moolenaara6d48492017-12-12 22:45:31 +01005649 particular item, set it to zero.
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005650 If "nr" is not present then the current quickfix list is used.
Bram Moolenaara539f4f2017-08-30 20:33:55 +02005651 If both "nr" and a non-zero "id" are specified, then the list
5652 specified by "id" is used.
Bram Moolenaarb4d5fba2017-09-11 19:31:28 +02005653 To get the number of lists in the quickfix stack, set "nr" to
5654 "$" in {what}. The "nr" value in the returned dictionary
Bram Moolenaar875feea2017-06-11 16:07:51 +02005655 contains the quickfix stack size.
Bram Moolenaarb4d5fba2017-09-11 19:31:28 +02005656 When "lines" is specified, all the other items except "efm"
5657 are ignored. The returned dictionary contains the entry
5658 "items" with the list of entries.
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00005659
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005660 The returned dictionary contains the following entries:
Bram Moolenaarb254af32017-12-18 19:48:58 +01005661 changedtick total number of changes made to the
5662 list |quickfix-changedtick|
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +02005663 context quickfix list context. See |quickfix-context|
Bram Moolenaara6d48492017-12-12 22:45:31 +01005664 If not present, set to "".
5665 id quickfix list ID |quickfix-ID|. If not
5666 present, set to 0.
Bram Moolenaar858ba062020-05-31 23:11:59 +02005667 idx index of the quickfix entry in the list. If not
Bram Moolenaara6d48492017-12-12 22:45:31 +01005668 present, set to 0.
5669 items quickfix list entries. If not present, set to
5670 an empty list.
5671 nr quickfix list number. If not present, set to 0
Bram Moolenaar647e24b2019-03-17 16:39:46 +01005672 qfbufnr number of the buffer displayed in the quickfix
5673 window. If not present, set to 0.
Bram Moolenaara6d48492017-12-12 22:45:31 +01005674 size number of entries in the quickfix list. If not
5675 present, set to 0.
5676 title quickfix list title text. If not present, set
5677 to "".
Bram Moolenaar74240d32017-12-10 15:26:15 +01005678 winid quickfix |window-ID|. If not present, set to 0
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005679
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +02005680 Examples (See also |getqflist-examples|): >
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005681 :echo getqflist({'all': 1})
5682 :echo getqflist({'nr': 2, 'title': 1})
Bram Moolenaar2c809b72017-09-01 18:34:02 +02005683 :echo getqflist({'lines' : ["F1:10:L10"]})
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005684<
Bram Moolenaarb7cb42b2014-04-02 19:55:10 +02005685getreg([{regname} [, 1 [, {list}]]]) *getreg()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005686 The result is a String, which is the contents of register
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00005687 {regname}. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005688 :let cliptext = getreg('*')
Bram Moolenaardc1f1642016-08-16 18:33:43 +02005689< When {regname} was not set the result is an empty string.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02005690
5691 getreg('=') returns the last evaluated value of the expression
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00005692 register. (For use in maps.)
Bram Moolenaar2389c3c2005-05-22 22:07:59 +00005693 getreg('=', 1) returns the expression itself, so that it can
5694 be restored with |setreg()|. For other registers the extra
5695 argument is ignored, thus you can always give it.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02005696
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02005697 If {list} is present and |TRUE|, the result type is changed
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02005698 to |List|. Each list item is one text line. Use it if you care
Bram Moolenaarb7cb42b2014-04-02 19:55:10 +02005699 about zero bytes possibly present inside register: without
5700 third argument both NLs and zero bytes are represented as NLs
5701 (see |NL-used-for-Nul|).
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02005702 When the register was not set an empty list is returned.
5703
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005704 If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used.
5705
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005706 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5707 GetRegname()->getreg()
5708
Bram Moolenaarbb861e22020-06-07 18:16:36 +02005709getreginfo([{regname}]) *getreginfo()*
5710 Returns detailed information about register {regname} as a
5711 Dictionary with the following entries:
5712 regcontents List of lines contained in register
5713 {regname}, like
5714 |getreg|({regname}, 1, 1).
5715 regtype the type of register {regname}, as in
5716 |getregtype()|.
5717 isunnamed Boolean flag, v:true if this register
5718 is currently pointed to by the unnamed
5719 register.
5720 points_to for the unnamed register, gives the
5721 single letter name of the register
5722 currently pointed to (see |quotequote|).
5723 For example, after deleting a line
5724 with `dd`, this field will be "1",
5725 which is the register that got the
5726 deleted text.
5727
5728 If {regname} is invalid or not set, an empty Dictionary
5729 will be returned.
5730 If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02005731 The returned Dictionary can be passed to |setreg()|.
Bram Moolenaarbb861e22020-06-07 18:16:36 +02005732
5733 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5734 GetRegname()->getreginfo()
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00005735
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005736getregtype([{regname}]) *getregtype()*
5737 The result is a String, which is type of register {regname}.
5738 The value will be one of:
5739 "v" for |characterwise| text
5740 "V" for |linewise| text
5741 "<CTRL-V>{width}" for |blockwise-visual| text
Bram Moolenaar32b92012014-01-14 12:33:36 +01005742 "" for an empty or unknown register
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005743 <CTRL-V> is one character with value 0x16.
5744 If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used.
5745
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005746 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5747 GetRegname()->getregtype()
5748
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02005749gettabinfo([{arg}]) *gettabinfo()*
5750 If {arg} is not specified, then information about all the tab
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005751 pages is returned as a |List|. Each List item is a |Dictionary|.
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02005752 Otherwise, {arg} specifies the tab page number and information
5753 about that one is returned. If the tab page does not exist an
5754 empty List is returned.
5755
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005756 Each List item is a |Dictionary| with the following entries:
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02005757 tabnr tab page number.
Bram Moolenaar30567352016-08-27 21:25:44 +02005758 variables a reference to the dictionary with
5759 tabpage-local variables
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +01005760 windows List of |window-ID|s in the tab page.
Bram Moolenaarb5ae48e2016-08-12 22:23:25 +02005761
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005762 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5763 GetTabnr()->gettabinfo()
5764
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01005765gettabvar({tabnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *gettabvar()*
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02005766 Get the value of a tab-local variable {varname} in tab page
5767 {tabnr}. |t:var|
5768 Tabs are numbered starting with one.
Bram Moolenaar0e2ea1b2014-09-09 16:13:08 +02005769 When {varname} is empty a dictionary with all tab-local
5770 variables is returned.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02005771 Note that the name without "t:" must be used.
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01005772 When the tab or variable doesn't exist {def} or an empty
5773 string is returned, there is no error message.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02005774
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005775 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5776 GetTabnr()->gettabvar(varname)
5777
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01005778gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *gettabwinvar()*
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00005779 Get the value of window-local variable {varname} in window
5780 {winnr} in tab page {tabnr}.
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01005781 When {varname} is empty a dictionary with all window-local
5782 variables is returned.
Bram Moolenaar30567352016-08-27 21:25:44 +02005783 When {varname} is equal to "&" get the values of all
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005784 window-local options in a |Dictionary|.
Bram Moolenaar30567352016-08-27 21:25:44 +02005785 Otherwise, when {varname} starts with "&" get the value of a
5786 window-local option.
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01005787 Note that {varname} must be the name without "w:".
Bram Moolenaarc6249bb2006-04-15 20:25:09 +00005788 Tabs are numbered starting with one. For the current tabpage
5789 use |getwinvar()|.
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02005790 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
Bram Moolenaarc6249bb2006-04-15 20:25:09 +00005791 When {winnr} is zero the current window is used.
5792 This also works for a global option, buffer-local option and
5793 window-local option, but it doesn't work for a global variable
5794 or buffer-local variable.
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01005795 When the tab, window or variable doesn't exist {def} or an
5796 empty string is returned, there is no error message.
Bram Moolenaarc6249bb2006-04-15 20:25:09 +00005797 Examples: >
5798 :let list_is_on = gettabwinvar(1, 2, '&list')
5799 :echo "myvar = " . gettabwinvar(3, 1, 'myvar')
Bram Moolenaard46bbc72007-05-12 14:38:41 +00005800<
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02005801 To obtain all window-local variables use: >
5802 gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, '&')
5803
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005804< Can also be used as a |method|: >
Bram Moolenaar5d69fdb2019-08-31 19:13:58 +02005805 GetTabnr()->gettabwinvar(winnr, varname)
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02005806
Bram Moolenaarf49cc602018-11-11 15:21:05 +01005807gettagstack([{nr}]) *gettagstack()*
5808 The result is a Dict, which is the tag stack of window {nr}.
5809 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
5810 When {nr} is not specified, the current window is used.
5811 When window {nr} doesn't exist, an empty Dict is returned.
5812
5813 The returned dictionary contains the following entries:
5814 curidx Current index in the stack. When at
5815 top of the stack, set to (length + 1).
5816 Index of bottom of the stack is 1.
5817 items List of items in the stack. Each item
5818 is a dictionary containing the
5819 entries described below.
5820 length Number of entries in the stack.
5821
5822 Each item in the stack is a dictionary with the following
5823 entries:
5824 bufnr buffer number of the current jump
5825 from cursor position before the tag jump.
5826 See |getpos()| for the format of the
5827 returned list.
5828 matchnr current matching tag number. Used when
5829 multiple matching tags are found for a
5830 name.
5831 tagname name of the tag
5832
5833 See |tagstack| for more information about the tag stack.
5834
Bram Moolenaar5d69fdb2019-08-31 19:13:58 +02005835 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5836 GetWinnr()->gettagstack()
5837
Bram Moolenaar0b39c3f2020-08-30 15:52:10 +02005838
5839gettext({text}) *gettext()*
5840 Translate {text} if possible.
5841 This is mainly for use in the distributed Vim scripts. When
5842 generating message translations the {text} is extracted by
5843 xgettext, the translator can add the translated message in the
5844 .po file and Vim will lookup the translation when gettext() is
5845 called.
5846 For {text} double quoted strings are preferred, because
5847 xgettext does not understand escaping in single quoted
5848 strings.
5849
5850
Bram Moolenaar7132ddc2018-07-15 17:01:11 +02005851getwininfo([{winid}]) *getwininfo()*
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005852 Returns information about windows as a |List| with Dictionaries.
Bram Moolenaar7132ddc2018-07-15 17:01:11 +02005853
5854 If {winid} is given Information about the window with that ID
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005855 is returned, as a |List| with one item. If the window does not
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +02005856 exist the result is an empty list.
Bram Moolenaar7132ddc2018-07-15 17:01:11 +02005857
5858 Without {winid} information about all the windows in all the
5859 tab pages is returned.
5860
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005861 Each List item is a |Dictionary| with the following entries:
Bram Moolenaar8fcb60f2019-03-04 13:18:30 +01005862 botline last displayed buffer line
Bram Moolenaar7132ddc2018-07-15 17:01:11 +02005863 bufnr number of buffer in the window
5864 height window height (excluding winbar)
Bram Moolenaar7132ddc2018-07-15 17:01:11 +02005865 loclist 1 if showing a location list
5866 {only with the +quickfix feature}
5867 quickfix 1 if quickfix or location list window
5868 {only with the +quickfix feature}
5869 terminal 1 if a terminal window
5870 {only with the +terminal feature}
5871 tabnr tab page number
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +01005872 topline first displayed buffer line
Bram Moolenaar7132ddc2018-07-15 17:01:11 +02005873 variables a reference to the dictionary with
5874 window-local variables
5875 width window width
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02005876 winbar 1 if the window has a toolbar, 0
5877 otherwise
Bram Moolenaar7132ddc2018-07-15 17:01:11 +02005878 wincol leftmost screen column of the window,
5879 col from |win_screenpos()|
5880 winid |window-ID|
5881 winnr window number
5882 winrow topmost screen column of the window,
5883 row from |win_screenpos()|
5884
Bram Moolenaar5d69fdb2019-08-31 19:13:58 +02005885 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5886 GetWinnr()->getwininfo()
5887
Bram Moolenaar3f54fd32018-03-03 21:29:55 +01005888getwinpos([{timeout}]) *getwinpos()*
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005889 The result is a |List| with two numbers, the result of
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +01005890 |getwinposx()| and |getwinposy()| combined:
Bram Moolenaar3f54fd32018-03-03 21:29:55 +01005891 [x-pos, y-pos]
5892 {timeout} can be used to specify how long to wait in msec for
5893 a response from the terminal. When omitted 100 msec is used.
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +01005894 Use a longer time for a remote terminal.
5895 When using a value less than 10 and no response is received
5896 within that time, a previously reported position is returned,
5897 if available. This can be used to poll for the position and
Bram Moolenaar5b69c222019-01-11 14:50:06 +01005898 do some work in the meantime: >
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +01005899 while 1
5900 let res = getwinpos(1)
5901 if res[0] >= 0
5902 break
5903 endif
5904 " Do some work here
5905 endwhile
5906<
Bram Moolenaar5d69fdb2019-08-31 19:13:58 +02005907
5908 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5909 GetTimeout()->getwinpos()
5910<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005911 *getwinposx()*
5912getwinposx() The result is a Number, which is the X coordinate in pixels of
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +02005913 the left hand side of the GUI Vim window. Also works for an
Bram Moolenaar3f54fd32018-03-03 21:29:55 +01005914 xterm (uses a timeout of 100 msec).
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +02005915 The result will be -1 if the information is not available.
5916 The value can be used with `:winpos`.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005917
5918 *getwinposy()*
5919getwinposy() The result is a Number, which is the Y coordinate in pixels of
Bram Moolenaar3f54fd32018-03-03 21:29:55 +01005920 the top of the GUI Vim window. Also works for an xterm (uses
5921 a timeout of 100 msec).
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +02005922 The result will be -1 if the information is not available.
5923 The value can be used with `:winpos`.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005924
Bram Moolenaar63dbda12013-02-20 21:12:10 +01005925getwinvar({winnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *getwinvar()*
Bram Moolenaarc6249bb2006-04-15 20:25:09 +00005926 Like |gettabwinvar()| for the current tabpage.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005927 Examples: >
5928 :let list_is_on = getwinvar(2, '&list')
5929 :echo "myvar = " . getwinvar(1, 'myvar')
Bram Moolenaar5d69fdb2019-08-31 19:13:58 +02005930
5931< Can also be used as a |method|: >
5932 GetWinnr()->getwinvar(varname)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005933<
Bram Moolenaard8b77f72015-03-05 21:21:19 +01005934glob({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]]) *glob()*
Bram Moolenaarbb5ddda2008-11-28 10:01:10 +00005935 Expand the file wildcards in {expr}. See |wildcards| for the
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00005936 use of special characters.
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01005937
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02005938 Unless the optional {nosuf} argument is given and is |TRUE|,
Bram Moolenaarbb5ddda2008-11-28 10:01:10 +00005939 the 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' options apply: Names matching
5940 one of the patterns in 'wildignore' will be skipped and
5941 'suffixes' affect the ordering of matches.
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01005942 'wildignorecase' always applies.
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01005943
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02005944 When {list} is present and it is |TRUE| the result is a |List|
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01005945 with all matching files. The advantage of using a List is,
5946 you also get filenames containing newlines correctly.
5947 Otherwise the result is a String and when there are several
5948 matches, they are separated by <NL> characters.
5949
5950 If the expansion fails, the result is an empty String or List.
Bram Moolenaard8b77f72015-03-05 21:21:19 +01005951
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +02005952 You can also use |readdir()| if you need to do complicated
5953 things, such as limiting the number of matches.
5954
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02005955 A name for a non-existing file is not included. A symbolic
5956 link is only included if it points to an existing file.
Bram Moolenaard8b77f72015-03-05 21:21:19 +01005957 However, when the {alllinks} argument is present and it is
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02005958 |TRUE| then all symbolic links are included.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005959
5960 For most systems backticks can be used to get files names from
5961 any external command. Example: >
5962 :let tagfiles = glob("`find . -name tags -print`")
5963 :let &tags = substitute(tagfiles, "\n", ",", "g")
5964< The result of the program inside the backticks should be one
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02005965 item per line. Spaces inside an item are allowed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005966
5967 See |expand()| for expanding special Vim variables. See
5968 |system()| for getting the raw output of an external command.
5969
Bram Moolenaar5d69fdb2019-08-31 19:13:58 +02005970 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5971 GetExpr()->glob()
5972
Bram Moolenaar5837f1f2015-03-21 18:06:14 +01005973glob2regpat({expr}) *glob2regpat()*
5974 Convert a file pattern, as used by glob(), into a search
5975 pattern. The result can be used to match with a string that
5976 is a file name. E.g. >
5977 if filename =~ glob2regpat('Make*.mak')
5978< This is equivalent to: >
5979 if filename =~ '^Make.*\.mak$'
Bram Moolenaar3b5f9292016-01-28 22:37:01 +01005980< When {expr} is an empty string the result is "^$", match an
5981 empty string.
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02005982 Note that the result depends on the system. On MS-Windows
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02005983 a backslash usually means a path separator.
Bram Moolenaar3b5f9292016-01-28 22:37:01 +01005984
Bram Moolenaar5d69fdb2019-08-31 19:13:58 +02005985 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5986 GetExpr()->glob2regpat()
5987< *globpath()*
Bram Moolenaar6463ca22016-02-13 17:04:46 +01005988globpath({path}, {expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]])
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02005989 Perform glob() for {expr} on all directories in {path} and
5990 concatenate the results. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005991 :echo globpath(&rtp, "syntax/c.vim")
Bram Moolenaar1b1063a2014-05-07 18:35:30 +02005992<
5993 {path} is a comma-separated list of directory names. Each
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005994 directory name is prepended to {expr} and expanded like with
Bram Moolenaarbb5ddda2008-11-28 10:01:10 +00005995 |glob()|. A path separator is inserted when needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005996 To add a comma inside a directory name escape it with a
5997 backslash. Note that on MS-Windows a directory may have a
5998 trailing backslash, remove it if you put a comma after it.
5999 If the expansion fails for one of the directories, there is no
6000 error message.
Bram Moolenaar1b1063a2014-05-07 18:35:30 +02006001
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02006002 Unless the optional {nosuf} argument is given and is |TRUE|,
Bram Moolenaarbb5ddda2008-11-28 10:01:10 +00006003 the 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' options apply: Names matching
6004 one of the patterns in 'wildignore' will be skipped and
6005 'suffixes' affect the ordering of matches.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006006
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02006007 When {list} is present and it is |TRUE| the result is a |List|
Bram Moolenaar1b1063a2014-05-07 18:35:30 +02006008 with all matching files. The advantage of using a List is, you
6009 also get filenames containing newlines correctly. Otherwise
6010 the result is a String and when there are several matches,
6011 they are separated by <NL> characters. Example: >
6012 :echo globpath(&rtp, "syntax/c.vim", 0, 1)
6013<
Bram Moolenaar6463ca22016-02-13 17:04:46 +01006014 {alllinks} is used as with |glob()|.
Bram Moolenaard8b77f72015-03-05 21:21:19 +01006015
Bram Moolenaar02743632005-07-25 20:42:36 +00006016 The "**" item can be used to search in a directory tree.
6017 For example, to find all "README.txt" files in the directories
6018 in 'runtimepath' and below: >
6019 :echo globpath(&rtp, "**/README.txt")
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00006020< Upwards search and limiting the depth of "**" is not
6021 supported, thus using 'path' will not always work properly.
6022
Bram Moolenaar5d69fdb2019-08-31 19:13:58 +02006023 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
6024 second argument: >
6025 GetExpr()->globpath(&rtp)
6026<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006027 *has()*
Bram Moolenaar79296512020-03-22 16:17:14 +01006028has({feature} [, {check}])
6029 When {check} is omitted or is zero: The result is a Number,
6030 which is 1 if the feature {feature} is supported, zero
6031 otherwise. The {feature} argument is a string, case is
6032 ignored. See |feature-list| below.
6033
6034 When {check} is present and not zero: The result is a Number,
6035 which is 1 if the feature {feature} could ever be supported,
6036 zero otherwise. This is useful to check for a typo in
Bram Moolenaar191acfd2020-03-27 20:42:43 +01006037 {feature} and to detect dead code. Keep in mind that an older
6038 Vim version will not know about a feature added later and
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02006039 features that have been abandoned will not be known by the
Bram Moolenaar191acfd2020-03-27 20:42:43 +01006040 current Vim version.
Bram Moolenaar79296512020-03-22 16:17:14 +01006041
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006042 Also see |exists()|.
Bram Moolenaar79296512020-03-22 16:17:14 +01006043
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +01006044 Note that to skip code that has a syntax error when the
6045 feature is not available, Vim may skip the rest of the line
Bram Moolenaar7ceefb32020-05-01 16:07:38 +02006046 and miss a following `endif`. Therefore put the `endif` on a
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +01006047 separate line: >
6048 if has('feature')
6049 let x = this->breaks->without->the->feature
6050 endif
Bram Moolenaarff781552020-03-19 20:37:11 +01006051< If the `endif` would be moved to the second line as "| endif" it
6052 would not be found.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006053
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00006054
6055has_key({dict}, {key}) *has_key()*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00006056 The result is a Number, which is 1 if |Dictionary| {dict} has
6057 an entry with key {key}. Zero otherwise.
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00006058
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +02006059 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6060 mydict->has_key(key)
6061
Bram Moolenaarc9703302016-01-17 21:49:33 +01006062haslocaldir([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) *haslocaldir()*
Bram Moolenaar00aa0692019-04-27 20:37:57 +02006063 The result is a Number:
6064 1 when the window has set a local directory via |:lcd|
6065 2 when the tab-page has set a local directory via |:tcd|
6066 0 otherwise.
Bram Moolenaarc9703302016-01-17 21:49:33 +01006067
6068 Without arguments use the current window.
6069 With {winnr} use this window in the current tab page.
6070 With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab
6071 page.
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02006072 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
Bram Moolenaar00aa0692019-04-27 20:37:57 +02006073 If {winnr} is -1 it is ignored and only the tabpage is used.
Bram Moolenaarc9703302016-01-17 21:49:33 +01006074 Return 0 if the arguments are invalid.
Bram Moolenaar00aa0692019-04-27 20:37:57 +02006075 Examples: >
6076 if haslocaldir() == 1
6077 " window local directory case
6078 elseif haslocaldir() == 2
6079 " tab-local directory case
6080 else
6081 " global directory case
6082 endif
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00006083
Bram Moolenaar00aa0692019-04-27 20:37:57 +02006084 " current window
6085 :echo haslocaldir()
6086 :echo haslocaldir(0)
6087 :echo haslocaldir(0, 0)
6088 " window n in current tab page
6089 :echo haslocaldir(n)
6090 :echo haslocaldir(n, 0)
6091 " window n in tab page m
6092 :echo haslocaldir(n, m)
6093 " tab page m
6094 :echo haslocaldir(-1, m)
6095<
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006096 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6097 GetWinnr()->haslocaldir()
6098
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00006099hasmapto({what} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]]) *hasmapto()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006100 The result is a Number, which is 1 if there is a mapping that
6101 contains {what} in somewhere in the rhs (what it is mapped to)
6102 and this mapping exists in one of the modes indicated by
6103 {mode}.
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02006104 When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations
Bram Moolenaar39f05632006-03-19 22:15:26 +00006105 instead of mappings. Don't forget to specify Insert and/or
6106 Command-line mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006107 Both the global mappings and the mappings local to the current
6108 buffer are checked for a match.
6109 If no matching mapping is found 0 is returned.
6110 The following characters are recognized in {mode}:
6111 n Normal mode
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02006112 v Visual and Select mode
6113 x Visual mode
6114 s Select mode
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006115 o Operator-pending mode
6116 i Insert mode
6117 l Language-Argument ("r", "f", "t", etc.)
6118 c Command-line mode
6119 When {mode} is omitted, "nvo" is used.
6120
6121 This function is useful to check if a mapping already exists
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02006122 to a function in a Vim script. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006123 :if !hasmapto('\ABCdoit')
6124 : map <Leader>d \ABCdoit
6125 :endif
6126< This installs the mapping to "\ABCdoit" only if there isn't
6127 already a mapping to "\ABCdoit".
6128
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006129 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6130 GetRHS()->hasmapto()
6131
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006132histadd({history}, {item}) *histadd()*
6133 Add the String {item} to the history {history} which can be
6134 one of: *hist-names*
6135 "cmd" or ":" command line history
6136 "search" or "/" search pattern history
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00006137 "expr" or "=" typed expression history
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006138 "input" or "@" input line history
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006139 "debug" or ">" debug command history
Bram Moolenaar3e496b02016-09-25 22:11:48 +02006140 empty the current or last used history
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006141 The {history} string does not need to be the whole name, one
6142 character is sufficient.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006143 If {item} does already exist in the history, it will be
6144 shifted to become the newest entry.
6145 The result is a Number: 1 if the operation was successful,
6146 otherwise 0 is returned.
6147
6148 Example: >
6149 :call histadd("input", strftime("%Y %b %d"))
6150 :let date=input("Enter date: ")
6151< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6152
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02006153 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006154 second argument: >
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02006155 GetHistory()->histadd('search')
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006156
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006157histdel({history} [, {item}]) *histdel()*
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00006158 Clear {history}, i.e. delete all its entries. See |hist-names|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006159 for the possible values of {history}.
6160
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00006161 If the parameter {item} evaluates to a String, it is used as a
6162 regular expression. All entries matching that expression will
6163 be removed from the history (if there are any).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006164 Upper/lowercase must match, unless "\c" is used |/\c|.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00006165 If {item} evaluates to a Number, it will be interpreted as
6166 an index, see |:history-indexing|. The respective entry will
6167 be removed if it exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006168
6169 The result is a Number: 1 for a successful operation,
6170 otherwise 0 is returned.
6171
6172 Examples:
6173 Clear expression register history: >
6174 :call histdel("expr")
6175<
6176 Remove all entries starting with "*" from the search history: >
6177 :call histdel("/", '^\*')
6178<
6179 The following three are equivalent: >
6180 :call histdel("search", histnr("search"))
6181 :call histdel("search", -1)
6182 :call histdel("search", '^'.histget("search", -1).'$')
6183<
6184 To delete the last search pattern and use the last-but-one for
6185 the "n" command and 'hlsearch': >
6186 :call histdel("search", -1)
6187 :let @/ = histget("search", -1)
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006188<
6189 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6190 GetHistory()->histdel()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006191
6192histget({history} [, {index}]) *histget()*
6193 The result is a String, the entry with Number {index} from
6194 {history}. See |hist-names| for the possible values of
6195 {history}, and |:history-indexing| for {index}. If there is
6196 no such entry, an empty String is returned. When {index} is
6197 omitted, the most recent item from the history is used.
6198
6199 Examples:
6200 Redo the second last search from history. >
6201 :execute '/' . histget("search", -2)
6202
6203< Define an Ex command ":H {num}" that supports re-execution of
6204 the {num}th entry from the output of |:history|. >
6205 :command -nargs=1 H execute histget("cmd", 0+<args>)
6206<
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006207 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6208 GetHistory()->histget()
6209
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006210histnr({history}) *histnr()*
6211 The result is the Number of the current entry in {history}.
6212 See |hist-names| for the possible values of {history}.
6213 If an error occurred, -1 is returned.
6214
6215 Example: >
6216 :let inp_index = histnr("expr")
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006217
6218< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6219 GetHistory()->histnr()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006220<
6221hlexists({name}) *hlexists()*
6222 The result is a Number, which is non-zero if a highlight group
6223 called {name} exists. This is when the group has been
6224 defined in some way. Not necessarily when highlighting has
6225 been defined for it, it may also have been used for a syntax
6226 item.
6227 *highlight_exists()*
6228 Obsolete name: highlight_exists().
6229
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006230 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6231 GetName()->hlexists()
6232<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006233 *hlID()*
6234hlID({name}) The result is a Number, which is the ID of the highlight group
6235 with name {name}. When the highlight group doesn't exist,
6236 zero is returned.
6237 This can be used to retrieve information about the highlight
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02006238 group. For example, to get the background color of the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006239 "Comment" group: >
6240 :echo synIDattr(synIDtrans(hlID("Comment")), "bg")
6241< *highlightID()*
6242 Obsolete name: highlightID().
6243
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006244 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6245 GetName()->hlID()
6246
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006247hostname() *hostname()*
6248 The result is a String, which is the name of the machine on
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00006249 which Vim is currently running. Machine names greater than
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006250 256 characters long are truncated.
6251
6252iconv({expr}, {from}, {to}) *iconv()*
6253 The result is a String, which is the text {expr} converted
6254 from encoding {from} to encoding {to}.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006255 When the conversion completely fails an empty string is
6256 returned. When some characters could not be converted they
6257 are replaced with "?".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006258 The encoding names are whatever the iconv() library function
6259 can accept, see ":!man 3 iconv".
6260 Most conversions require Vim to be compiled with the |+iconv|
6261 feature. Otherwise only UTF-8 to latin1 conversion and back
6262 can be done.
6263 This can be used to display messages with special characters,
6264 no matter what 'encoding' is set to. Write the message in
6265 UTF-8 and use: >
6266 echo iconv(utf8_str, "utf-8", &enc)
6267< Note that Vim uses UTF-8 for all Unicode encodings, conversion
6268 from/to UCS-2 is automatically changed to use UTF-8. You
6269 cannot use UCS-2 in a string anyway, because of the NUL bytes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006270
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006271 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6272 GetText()->iconv('latin1', 'utf-8')
6273<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006274 *indent()*
6275indent({lnum}) The result is a Number, which is indent of line {lnum} in the
6276 current buffer. The indent is counted in spaces, the value
6277 of 'tabstop' is relevant. {lnum} is used just like in
6278 |getline()|.
6279 When {lnum} is invalid -1 is returned.
6280
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006281 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6282 GetLnum()->indent()
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00006283
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01006284index({object}, {expr} [, {start} [, {ic}]]) *index()*
6285 If {object} is a |List| return the lowest index where the item
6286 has a value equal to {expr}. There is no automatic
6287 conversion, so the String "4" is different from the Number 4.
6288 And the number 4 is different from the Float 4.0. The value
6289 of 'ignorecase' is not used here, case always matters.
6290
6291 If {object} is |Blob| return the lowest index where the byte
6292 value is equal to {expr}.
6293
Bram Moolenaar748bf032005-02-02 23:04:36 +00006294 If {start} is given then start looking at the item with index
6295 {start} (may be negative for an item relative to the end).
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02006296 When {ic} is given and it is |TRUE|, ignore case. Otherwise
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00006297 case must match.
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01006298 -1 is returned when {expr} is not found in {object}.
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00006299 Example: >
6300 :let idx = index(words, "the")
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +00006301 :if index(numbers, 123) >= 0
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00006302
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006303< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6304 GetObject()->index(what)
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00006305
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00006306input({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]]) *input()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006307 The result is a String, which is whatever the user typed on
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006308 the command-line. The {prompt} argument is either a prompt
6309 string, or a blank string (for no prompt). A '\n' can be used
6310 in the prompt to start a new line.
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00006311 The highlighting set with |:echohl| is used for the prompt.
6312 The input is entered just like a command-line, with the same
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02006313 editing commands and mappings. There is a separate history
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00006314 for lines typed for input().
6315 Example: >
6316 :if input("Coffee or beer? ") == "beer"
6317 : echo "Cheers!"
6318 :endif
6319<
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006320 If the optional {text} argument is present and not empty, this
6321 is used for the default reply, as if the user typed this.
6322 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00006323 :let color = input("Color? ", "white")
6324
6325< The optional {completion} argument specifies the type of
6326 completion supported for the input. Without it completion is
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02006327 not performed. The supported completion types are the same as
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00006328 that can be supplied to a user-defined command using the
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02006329 "-complete=" argument. Refer to |:command-completion| for
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00006330 more information. Example: >
6331 let fname = input("File: ", "", "file")
6332<
6333 NOTE: This function must not be used in a startup file, for
6334 the versions that only run in GUI mode (e.g., the Win32 GUI).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006335 Note: When input() is called from within a mapping it will
6336 consume remaining characters from that mapping, because a
6337 mapping is handled like the characters were typed.
6338 Use |inputsave()| before input() and |inputrestore()|
6339 after input() to avoid that. Another solution is to avoid
6340 that further characters follow in the mapping, e.g., by using
6341 |:execute| or |:normal|.
6342
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00006343 Example with a mapping: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006344 :nmap \x :call GetFoo()<CR>:exe "/" . Foo<CR>
6345 :function GetFoo()
6346 : call inputsave()
6347 : let g:Foo = input("enter search pattern: ")
6348 : call inputrestore()
6349 :endfunction
6350
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006351< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6352 GetPrompt()->input()
6353
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006354inputdialog({prompt} [, {text} [, {cancelreturn}]]) *inputdialog()*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006355 Like |input()|, but when the GUI is running and text dialogs
6356 are supported, a dialog window pops up to input the text.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006357 Example: >
Bram Moolenaar2d17fa32012-10-21 00:45:18 +02006358 :let n = inputdialog("value for shiftwidth", shiftwidth())
6359 :if n != ""
6360 : let &sw = n
6361 :endif
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006362< When the dialog is cancelled {cancelreturn} is returned. When
6363 omitted an empty string is returned.
6364 Hitting <Enter> works like pressing the OK button. Hitting
6365 <Esc> works like pressing the Cancel button.
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00006366 NOTE: Command-line completion is not supported.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006367
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006368 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6369 GetPrompt()->inputdialog()
6370
Bram Moolenaar578b49e2005-09-10 19:22:57 +00006371inputlist({textlist}) *inputlist()*
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00006372 {textlist} must be a |List| of strings. This |List| is
6373 displayed, one string per line. The user will be prompted to
6374 enter a number, which is returned.
Bram Moolenaar578b49e2005-09-10 19:22:57 +00006375 The user can also select an item by clicking on it with the
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +02006376 mouse, if the mouse is enabled in the command line ('mouse' is
6377 "a" or includes "c"). For the first string 0 is returned.
6378 When clicking above the first item a negative number is
6379 returned. When clicking on the prompt one more than the
6380 length of {textlist} is returned.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006381 Make sure {textlist} has less than 'lines' entries, otherwise
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02006382 it won't work. It's a good idea to put the entry number at
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00006383 the start of the string. And put a prompt in the first item.
6384 Example: >
Bram Moolenaar578b49e2005-09-10 19:22:57 +00006385 let color = inputlist(['Select color:', '1. red',
6386 \ '2. green', '3. blue'])
6387
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006388< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6389 GetChoices()->inputlist()
6390
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006391inputrestore() *inputrestore()*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006392 Restore typeahead that was saved with a previous |inputsave()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006393 Should be called the same number of times inputsave() is
6394 called. Calling it more often is harmless though.
6395 Returns 1 when there is nothing to restore, 0 otherwise.
6396
6397inputsave() *inputsave()*
6398 Preserve typeahead (also from mappings) and clear it, so that
6399 a following prompt gets input from the user. Should be
6400 followed by a matching inputrestore() after the prompt. Can
6401 be used several times, in which case there must be just as
6402 many inputrestore() calls.
6403 Returns 1 when out of memory, 0 otherwise.
6404
6405inputsecret({prompt} [, {text}]) *inputsecret()*
6406 This function acts much like the |input()| function with but
6407 two exceptions:
6408 a) the user's response will be displayed as a sequence of
6409 asterisks ("*") thereby keeping the entry secret, and
6410 b) the user's response will not be recorded on the input
6411 |history| stack.
6412 The result is a String, which is whatever the user actually
6413 typed on the command-line in response to the issued prompt.
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +00006414 NOTE: Command-line completion is not supported.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006415
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006416 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6417 GetPrompt()->inputsecret()
6418
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01006419insert({object}, {item} [, {idx}]) *insert()*
6420 When {object} is a |List| or a |Blob| insert {item} at the start
6421 of it.
6422
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00006423 If {idx} is specified insert {item} before the item with index
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02006424 {idx}. If {idx} is zero it goes before the first item, just
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00006425 like omitting {idx}. A negative {idx} is also possible, see
6426 |list-index|. -1 inserts just before the last item.
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01006427
6428 Returns the resulting |List| or |Blob|. Examples: >
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00006429 :let mylist = insert([2, 3, 5], 1)
6430 :call insert(mylist, 4, -1)
6431 :call insert(mylist, 6, len(mylist))
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00006432< The last example can be done simpler with |add()|.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00006433 Note that when {item} is a |List| it is inserted as a single
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00006434 item. Use |extend()| to concatenate |Lists|.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00006435
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02006436 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6437 mylist->insert(item)
6438
Bram Moolenaar67a2deb2019-11-25 00:05:32 +01006439interrupt() *interrupt()*
6440 Interrupt script execution. It works more or less like the
6441 user typing CTRL-C, most commands won't execute and control
6442 returns to the user. This is useful to abort execution
6443 from lower down, e.g. in an autocommand. Example: >
6444 :function s:check_typoname(file)
6445 : if fnamemodify(a:file, ':t') == '['
6446 : echomsg 'Maybe typo'
6447 : call interrupt()
6448 : endif
6449 :endfunction
6450 :au BufWritePre * call s:check_typoname(expand('<amatch>'))
6451
Bram Moolenaard6e256c2011-12-14 15:32:50 +01006452invert({expr}) *invert()*
6453 Bitwise invert. The argument is converted to a number. A
6454 List, Dict or Float argument causes an error. Example: >
6455 :let bits = invert(bits)
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02006456< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6457 :let bits = bits->invert()
Bram Moolenaard6e256c2011-12-14 15:32:50 +01006458
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006459isdirectory({directory}) *isdirectory()*
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02006460 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when a directory
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006461 with the name {directory} exists. If {directory} doesn't
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02006462 exist, or isn't a directory, the result is |FALSE|. {directory}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006463 is any expression, which is used as a String.
6464
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006465 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6466 GetName()->isdirectory()
6467
Bram Moolenaarfda1bff2019-04-04 13:44:37 +02006468isinf({expr}) *isinf()*
6469 Return 1 if {expr} is a positive infinity, or -1 a negative
6470 infinity, otherwise 0. >
6471 :echo isinf(1.0 / 0.0)
6472< 1 >
6473 :echo isinf(-1.0 / 0.0)
6474< -1
6475
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02006476 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6477 Compute()->isinf()
6478<
Bram Moolenaarfda1bff2019-04-04 13:44:37 +02006479 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
6480
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00006481islocked({expr}) *islocked()* *E786*
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02006482 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when {expr} is the
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +00006483 name of a locked variable.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00006484 {expr} must be the name of a variable, |List| item or
6485 |Dictionary| entry, not the variable itself! Example: >
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +00006486 :let alist = [0, ['a', 'b'], 2, 3]
6487 :lockvar 1 alist
6488 :echo islocked('alist') " 1
6489 :echo islocked('alist[1]') " 0
6490
6491< When {expr} is a variable that does not exist you get an error
Bram Moolenaar551dbcc2006-04-25 22:13:59 +00006492 message. Use |exists()| to check for existence.
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +00006493
Bram Moolenaarf9f24ce2019-08-31 21:17:39 +02006494 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6495 GetName()->islocked()
6496
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01006497isnan({expr}) *isnan()*
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02006498 Return |TRUE| if {expr} is a float with value NaN. >
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01006499 echo isnan(0.0 / 0.0)
Bram Moolenaar0f248b02019-04-04 15:36:05 +02006500< 1
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01006501
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02006502 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6503 Compute()->isnan()
6504<
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01006505 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
6506
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +00006507items({dict}) *items()*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00006508 Return a |List| with all the key-value pairs of {dict}. Each
6509 |List| item is a list with two items: the key of a {dict}
6510 entry and the value of this entry. The |List| is in arbitrary
Bram Moolenaar0d17f0d2019-01-22 22:20:38 +01006511 order. Also see |keys()| and |values()|.
6512 Example: >
6513 for [key, value] in items(mydict)
6514 echo key . ': ' . value
6515 endfor
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +00006516
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02006517< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6518 mydict->items()
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01006519
Bram Moolenaared997ad2019-07-21 16:42:00 +02006520job_ functions are documented here: |job-functions-details|
Bram Moolenaarf6f32c32016-03-12 19:03:59 +01006521
Bram Moolenaar835dc632016-02-07 14:27:38 +01006522
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00006523join({list} [, {sep}]) *join()*
6524 Join the items in {list} together into one String.
6525 When {sep} is specified it is put in between the items. If
6526 {sep} is omitted a single space is used.
6527 Note that {sep} is not added at the end. You might want to
6528 add it there too: >
6529 let lines = join(mylist, "\n") . "\n"
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00006530< String items are used as-is. |Lists| and |Dictionaries| are
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00006531 converted into a string like with |string()|.
6532 The opposite function is |split()|.
6533
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02006534 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6535 mylist->join()
6536
Bram Moolenaar7823a3b2016-02-11 21:08:32 +01006537js_decode({string}) *js_decode()*
6538 This is similar to |json_decode()| with these differences:
Bram Moolenaar595e64e2016-02-07 19:19:53 +01006539 - Object key names do not have to be in quotes.
Bram Moolenaaree142ad2017-01-11 21:50:08 +01006540 - Strings can be in single quotes.
Bram Moolenaar595e64e2016-02-07 19:19:53 +01006541 - Empty items in an array (between two commas) are allowed and
6542 result in v:none items.
6543
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006544 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6545 ReadObject()->js_decode()
6546
Bram Moolenaar7823a3b2016-02-11 21:08:32 +01006547js_encode({expr}) *js_encode()*
6548 This is similar to |json_encode()| with these differences:
Bram Moolenaar595e64e2016-02-07 19:19:53 +01006549 - Object key names are not in quotes.
6550 - v:none items in an array result in an empty item between
6551 commas.
6552 For example, the Vim object:
Bram Moolenaar7823a3b2016-02-11 21:08:32 +01006553 [1,v:none,{"one":1},v:none] ~
Bram Moolenaar595e64e2016-02-07 19:19:53 +01006554 Will be encoded as:
6555 [1,,{one:1},,] ~
Bram Moolenaar7823a3b2016-02-11 21:08:32 +01006556 While json_encode() would produce:
Bram Moolenaar595e64e2016-02-07 19:19:53 +01006557 [1,null,{"one":1},null] ~
6558 This encoding is valid for JavaScript. It is more efficient
6559 than JSON, especially when using an array with optional items.
6560
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006561 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6562 GetObject()->js_encode()
Bram Moolenaar595e64e2016-02-07 19:19:53 +01006563
Bram Moolenaar7823a3b2016-02-11 21:08:32 +01006564json_decode({string}) *json_decode()*
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01006565 This parses a JSON formatted string and returns the equivalent
Bram Moolenaar7823a3b2016-02-11 21:08:32 +01006566 in Vim values. See |json_encode()| for the relation between
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01006567 JSON and Vim values.
6568 The decoding is permissive:
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +02006569 - A trailing comma in an array and object is ignored, e.g.
6570 "[1, 2, ]" is the same as "[1, 2]".
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01006571 - Integer keys are accepted in objects, e.g. {1:2} is the
Bram Moolenaar0d17f0d2019-01-22 22:20:38 +01006572 same as {"1":2}.
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01006573 - More floating point numbers are recognized, e.g. "1." for
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +02006574 "1.0", or "001.2" for "1.2". Special floating point values
Bram Moolenaar5f6b3792019-01-12 14:24:27 +01006575 "Infinity", "-Infinity" and "NaN" (capitalization ignored)
6576 are accepted.
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +02006577 - Leading zeroes in integer numbers are ignored, e.g. "012"
6578 for "12" or "-012" for "-12".
6579 - Capitalization is ignored in literal names null, true or
6580 false, e.g. "NULL" for "null", "True" for "true".
6581 - Control characters U+0000 through U+001F which are not
6582 escaped in strings are accepted, e.g. " " (tab
6583 character in string) for "\t".
Bram Moolenaar0d17f0d2019-01-22 22:20:38 +01006584 - An empty JSON expression or made of only spaces is accepted
6585 and results in v:none.
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +02006586 - Backslash in an invalid 2-character sequence escape is
6587 ignored, e.g. "\a" is decoded as "a".
6588 - A correct surrogate pair in JSON strings should normally be
6589 a 12 character sequence such as "\uD834\uDD1E", but
6590 json_decode() silently accepts truncated surrogate pairs
6591 such as "\uD834" or "\uD834\u"
6592 *E938*
6593 A duplicate key in an object, valid in rfc7159, is not
6594 accepted by json_decode() as the result must be a valid Vim
6595 type, e.g. this fails: {"a":"b", "a":"c"}
6596
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006597 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6598 ReadObject()->json_decode()
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01006599
Bram Moolenaar7823a3b2016-02-11 21:08:32 +01006600json_encode({expr}) *json_encode()*
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +01006601 Encode {expr} as JSON and return this as a string.
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01006602 The encoding is specified in:
Bram Moolenaar009d84a2016-01-28 14:12:00 +01006603 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159.html
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01006604 Vim values are converted as follows:
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01006605 |Number| decimal number
6606 |Float| floating point number
Bram Moolenaar7ce686c2016-02-27 16:33:22 +01006607 Float nan "NaN"
6608 Float inf "Infinity"
Bram Moolenaar5f6b3792019-01-12 14:24:27 +01006609 Float -inf "-Infinity"
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01006610 |String| in double quotes (possibly null)
6611 |Funcref| not possible, error
6612 |List| as an array (possibly null); when
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02006613 used recursively: []
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01006614 |Dict| as an object (possibly null); when
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02006615 used recursively: {}
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01006616 |Blob| as an array of the individual bytes
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01006617 v:false "false"
6618 v:true "true"
Bram Moolenaar595e64e2016-02-07 19:19:53 +01006619 v:none "null"
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01006620 v:null "null"
Bram Moolenaar7ce686c2016-02-27 16:33:22 +01006621 Note that NaN and Infinity are passed on as values. This is
6622 missing in the JSON standard, but several implementations do
6623 allow it. If not then you will get an error.
Bram Moolenaar520e1e42016-01-23 19:46:28 +01006624
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006625 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6626 GetObject()->json_encode()
6627
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00006628keys({dict}) *keys()*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00006629 Return a |List| with all the keys of {dict}. The |List| is in
Bram Moolenaar0d17f0d2019-01-22 22:20:38 +01006630 arbitrary order. Also see |items()| and |values()|.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00006631
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02006632 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6633 mydict->keys()
6634
6635< *len()* *E701*
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00006636len({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the length of the argument.
6637 When {expr} is a String or a Number the length in bytes is
6638 used, as with |strlen()|.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00006639 When {expr} is a |List| the number of items in the |List| is
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00006640 returned.
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01006641 When {expr} is a |Blob| the number of bytes is returned.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00006642 When {expr} is a |Dictionary| the number of entries in the
6643 |Dictionary| is returned.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00006644 Otherwise an error is given.
6645
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02006646 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6647 mylist->len()
6648
6649< *libcall()* *E364* *E368*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006650libcall({libname}, {funcname}, {argument})
6651 Call function {funcname} in the run-time library {libname}
6652 with single argument {argument}.
6653 This is useful to call functions in a library that you
6654 especially made to be used with Vim. Since only one argument
6655 is possible, calling standard library functions is rather
6656 limited.
6657 The result is the String returned by the function. If the
6658 function returns NULL, this will appear as an empty string ""
6659 to Vim.
6660 If the function returns a number, use libcallnr()!
6661 If {argument} is a number, it is passed to the function as an
6662 int; if {argument} is a string, it is passed as a
6663 null-terminated string.
6664 This function will fail in |restricted-mode|.
6665
6666 libcall() allows you to write your own 'plug-in' extensions to
6667 Vim without having to recompile the program. It is NOT a
6668 means to call system functions! If you try to do so Vim will
6669 very probably crash.
6670
6671 For Win32, the functions you write must be placed in a DLL
6672 and use the normal C calling convention (NOT Pascal which is
6673 used in Windows System DLLs). The function must take exactly
6674 one parameter, either a character pointer or a long integer,
6675 and must return a character pointer or NULL. The character
6676 pointer returned must point to memory that will remain valid
6677 after the function has returned (e.g. in static data in the
6678 DLL). If it points to allocated memory, that memory will
6679 leak away. Using a static buffer in the function should work,
6680 it's then freed when the DLL is unloaded.
6681
6682 WARNING: If the function returns a non-valid pointer, Vim may
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00006683 crash! This also happens if the function returns a number,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006684 because Vim thinks it's a pointer.
6685 For Win32 systems, {libname} should be the filename of the DLL
6686 without the ".DLL" suffix. A full path is only required if
6687 the DLL is not in the usual places.
6688 For Unix: When compiling your own plugins, remember that the
6689 object code must be compiled as position-independent ('PIC').
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006690 {only in Win32 and some Unix versions, when the |+libcall|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006691 feature is present}
6692 Examples: >
6693 :echo libcall("libc.so", "getenv", "HOME")
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006694
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02006695< Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
6696 third argument: >
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006697 GetValue()->libcall("libc.so", "getenv")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006698<
6699 *libcallnr()*
6700libcallnr({libname}, {funcname}, {argument})
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006701 Just like |libcall()|, but used for a function that returns an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006702 int instead of a string.
6703 {only in Win32 on some Unix versions, when the |+libcall|
6704 feature is present}
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00006705 Examples: >
6706 :echo libcallnr("/usr/lib/libc.so", "getpid", "")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006707 :call libcallnr("libc.so", "printf", "Hello World!\n")
6708 :call libcallnr("libc.so", "sleep", 10)
6709<
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02006710 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
6711 third argument: >
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006712 GetValue()->libcallnr("libc.so", "printf")
6713<
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02006714
6715line({expr} [, {winid}]) *line()*
6716 The result is a Number, which is the line number of the file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006717 position given with {expr}. The accepted positions are:
6718 . the cursor position
6719 $ the last line in the current buffer
6720 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is
6721 returned)
Bram Moolenaara1d5fa62017-04-03 22:02:55 +02006722 w0 first line visible in current window (one if the
6723 display isn't updated, e.g. in silent Ex mode)
6724 w$ last line visible in current window (this is one
6725 less than "w0" if no lines are visible)
Bram Moolenaar9ecd0232008-06-20 15:31:51 +00006726 v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the
6727 cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode
6728 returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in
6729 that it's updated right away.
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00006730 Note that a mark in another file can be used. The line number
6731 then applies to another buffer.
Bram Moolenaar0b238792006-03-02 22:49:12 +00006732 To get the column number use |col()|. To get both use
6733 |getpos()|.
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02006734 With the optional {winid} argument the values are obtained for
6735 that window instead of the current window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006736 Examples: >
6737 line(".") line number of the cursor
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02006738 line(".", winid) idem, in window "winid"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006739 line("'t") line number of mark t
6740 line("'" . marker) line number of mark marker
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01006741<
6742 To jump to the last known position when opening a file see
6743 |last-position-jump|.
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00006744
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006745 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6746 GetValue()->line()
6747
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006748line2byte({lnum}) *line2byte()*
6749 Return the byte count from the start of the buffer for line
6750 {lnum}. This includes the end-of-line character, depending on
6751 the 'fileformat' option for the current buffer. The first
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01006752 line returns 1. 'encoding' matters, 'fileencoding' is ignored.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006753 This can also be used to get the byte count for the line just
6754 below the last line: >
6755 line2byte(line("$") + 1)
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01006756< This is the buffer size plus one. If 'fileencoding' is empty
6757 it is the file size plus one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006758 When {lnum} is invalid, or the |+byte_offset| feature has been
6759 disabled at compile time, -1 is returned.
6760 Also see |byte2line()|, |go| and |:goto|.
6761
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006762 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6763 GetLnum()->line2byte()
6764
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006765lispindent({lnum}) *lispindent()*
6766 Get the amount of indent for line {lnum} according the lisp
6767 indenting rules, as with 'lisp'.
6768 The indent is counted in spaces, the value of 'tabstop' is
6769 relevant. {lnum} is used just like in |getline()|.
6770 When {lnum} is invalid or Vim was not compiled the
6771 |+lispindent| feature, -1 is returned.
6772
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006773 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6774 GetLnum()->lispindent()
6775
Bram Moolenaar9d401282019-04-06 13:18:12 +02006776list2str({list} [, {utf8}]) *list2str()*
6777 Convert each number in {list} to a character string can
6778 concatenate them all. Examples: >
6779 list2str([32]) returns " "
6780 list2str([65, 66, 67]) returns "ABC"
6781< The same can be done (slowly) with: >
6782 join(map(list, {nr, val -> nr2char(val)}), '')
6783< |str2list()| does the opposite.
6784
6785 When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
6786 With {utf8} is 1, always return utf-8 characters.
6787 With utf-8 composing characters work as expected: >
6788 list2str([97, 769]) returns "á"
6789<
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006790 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6791 GetList()->list2str()
6792
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02006793listener_add({callback} [, {buf}]) *listener_add()*
6794 Add a callback function that will be invoked when changes have
6795 been made to buffer {buf}.
6796 {buf} refers to a buffer name or number. For the accepted
6797 values, see |bufname()|. When {buf} is omitted the current
6798 buffer is used.
6799 Returns a unique ID that can be passed to |listener_remove()|.
6800
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02006801 The {callback} is invoked with five arguments:
Bram Moolenaarfe1ade02019-05-14 21:20:36 +02006802 a:bufnr the buffer that was changed
6803 a:start first changed line number
6804 a:end first line number below the change
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +02006805 a:added number of lines added, negative if lines were
6806 deleted
Bram Moolenaarfe1ade02019-05-14 21:20:36 +02006807 a:changes a List of items with details about the changes
6808
6809 Example: >
6810 func Listener(bufnr, start, end, added, changes)
6811 echo 'lines ' .. a:start .. ' until ' .. a:end .. ' changed'
6812 endfunc
6813 call listener_add('Listener', bufnr)
6814
6815< The List cannot be changed. Each item in a:changes is a
Bram Moolenaar8aad88d2019-05-12 13:53:50 +02006816 dictionary with these entries:
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02006817 lnum the first line number of the change
6818 end the first line below the change
6819 added number of lines added; negative if lines were
6820 deleted
6821 col first column in "lnum" that was affected by
6822 the change; one if unknown or the whole line
6823 was affected; this is a byte index, first
6824 character has a value of one.
6825 When lines are inserted the values are:
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +02006826 lnum line above which the new line is added
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02006827 end equal to "lnum"
6828 added number of lines inserted
Bram Moolenaarfe1ade02019-05-14 21:20:36 +02006829 col 1
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02006830 When lines are deleted the values are:
6831 lnum the first deleted line
6832 end the line below the first deleted line, before
6833 the deletion was done
6834 added negative, number of lines deleted
Bram Moolenaarfe1ade02019-05-14 21:20:36 +02006835 col 1
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02006836 When lines are changed:
6837 lnum the first changed line
6838 end the line below the last changed line
Bram Moolenaarfe1ade02019-05-14 21:20:36 +02006839 added 0
6840 col first column with a change or 1
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02006841
Bram Moolenaarfe1ade02019-05-14 21:20:36 +02006842 The entries are in the order the changes were made, thus the
6843 most recent change is at the end. The line numbers are valid
6844 when the callback is invoked, but later changes may make them
6845 invalid, thus keeping a copy for later might not work.
Bram Moolenaar8aad88d2019-05-12 13:53:50 +02006846
Bram Moolenaarfe1ade02019-05-14 21:20:36 +02006847 The {callback} is invoked just before the screen is updated,
6848 when |listener_flush()| is called or when a change is being
6849 made that changes the line count in a way it causes a line
6850 number in the list of changes to become invalid.
Bram Moolenaar8aad88d2019-05-12 13:53:50 +02006851
Bram Moolenaarfe1ade02019-05-14 21:20:36 +02006852 The {callback} is invoked with the text locked, see
6853 |textlock|. If you do need to make changes to the buffer, use
6854 a timer to do this later |timer_start()|.
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02006855
6856 The {callback} is not invoked when the buffer is first loaded.
6857 Use the |BufReadPost| autocmd event to handle the initial text
6858 of a buffer.
6859 The {callback} is also not invoked when the buffer is
6860 unloaded, use the |BufUnload| autocmd event for that.
6861
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02006862 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
6863 second argument: >
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006864 GetBuffer()->listener_add(callback)
6865
Bram Moolenaarfe1ade02019-05-14 21:20:36 +02006866listener_flush([{buf}]) *listener_flush()*
6867 Invoke listener callbacks for buffer {buf}. If there are no
6868 pending changes then no callbacks are invoked.
6869
6870 {buf} refers to a buffer name or number. For the accepted
6871 values, see |bufname()|. When {buf} is omitted the current
6872 buffer is used.
6873
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006874 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6875 GetBuffer()->listener_flush()
6876
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02006877listener_remove({id}) *listener_remove()*
6878 Remove a listener previously added with listener_add().
Bram Moolenaar809ce4d2019-07-13 21:21:40 +02006879 Returns zero when {id} could not be found, one when {id} was
6880 removed.
Bram Moolenaara3347722019-05-11 21:14:24 +02006881
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006882 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6883 GetListenerId()->listener_remove()
6884
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006885localtime() *localtime()*
6886 Return the current time, measured as seconds since 1st Jan
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +01006887 1970. See also |strftime()|, |strptime()| and |getftime()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006888
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00006889
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02006890log({expr}) *log()*
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02006891 Return the natural logarithm (base e) of {expr} as a |Float|.
6892 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02006893 (0, inf].
6894 Examples: >
6895 :echo log(10)
6896< 2.302585 >
6897 :echo log(exp(5))
6898< 5.0
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02006899
6900 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6901 Compute()->log()
6902<
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02006903 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02006904
6905
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00006906log10({expr}) *log10()*
6907 Return the logarithm of Float {expr} to base 10 as a |Float|.
6908 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
6909 Examples: >
6910 :echo log10(1000)
6911< 3.0 >
6912 :echo log10(0.01)
6913< -2.0
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02006914
6915 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6916 Compute()->log10()
6917<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00006918 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01006919
6920luaeval({expr} [, {expr}]) *luaeval()*
6921 Evaluate Lua expression {expr} and return its result converted
6922 to Vim data structures. Second {expr} may hold additional
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02006923 argument accessible as _A inside first {expr}.
6924 Strings are returned as they are.
6925 Boolean objects are converted to numbers.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01006926 Numbers are converted to |Float| values if vim was compiled
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02006927 with |+float| and to numbers otherwise.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01006928 Dictionaries and lists obtained by vim.eval() are returned
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02006929 as-is.
6930 Other objects are returned as zero without any errors.
6931 See |lua-luaeval| for more details.
Bram Moolenaar02b31112019-08-31 22:16:38 +02006932
6933 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6934 GetExpr()->luaeval()
6935
6936< {only available when compiled with the |+lua| feature}
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02006937
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02006938map({expr1}, {expr2}) *map()*
6939 {expr1} must be a |List| or a |Dictionary|.
6940 Replace each item in {expr1} with the result of evaluating
6941 {expr2}. {expr2} must be a |string| or |Funcref|.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01006942
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02006943 If {expr2} is a |string|, inside {expr2} |v:val| has the value
6944 of the current item. For a |Dictionary| |v:key| has the key
6945 of the current item and for a |List| |v:key| has the index of
6946 the current item.
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00006947 Example: >
6948 :call map(mylist, '"> " . v:val . " <"')
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00006949< This puts "> " before and " <" after each item in "mylist".
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00006950
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02006951 Note that {expr2} is the result of an expression and is then
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00006952 used as an expression again. Often it is good to use a
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +00006953 |literal-string| to avoid having to double backslashes. You
6954 still have to double ' quotes
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00006955
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02006956 If {expr2} is a |Funcref| it is called with two arguments:
6957 1. The key or the index of the current item.
6958 2. the value of the current item.
6959 The function must return the new value of the item. Example
6960 that changes each value by "key-value": >
6961 func KeyValue(key, val)
6962 return a:key . '-' . a:val
6963 endfunc
6964 call map(myDict, function('KeyValue'))
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02006965< It is shorter when using a |lambda|: >
6966 call map(myDict, {key, val -> key . '-' . val})
6967< If you do not use "val" you can leave it out: >
6968 call map(myDict, {key -> 'item: ' . key})
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +02006969< If you do not use "key" you can use a short name: >
6970 call map(myDict, {_, val -> 'item: ' . val})
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02006971<
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00006972 The operation is done in-place. If you want a |List| or
6973 |Dictionary| to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006974 :let tlist = map(copy(mylist), ' v:val . "\t"')
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +00006975
Bram Moolenaarb33c7eb2016-07-04 22:29:49 +02006976< Returns {expr1}, the |List| or |Dictionary| that was filtered.
6977 When an error is encountered while evaluating {expr2} no
6978 further items in {expr1} are processed. When {expr2} is a
6979 Funcref errors inside a function are ignored, unless it was
6980 defined with the "abort" flag.
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00006981
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02006982 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6983 mylist->map(expr2)
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00006984
Bram Moolenaar4c9243f2020-05-22 13:10:44 +02006985
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01006986maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict}]]]) *maparg()*
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02006987 When {dict} is omitted or zero: Return the rhs of mapping
6988 {name} in mode {mode}. The returned String has special
6989 characters translated like in the output of the ":map" command
6990 listing.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01006991
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02006992 When there is no mapping for {name}, an empty String is
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +02006993 returned. When the mapping for {name} is empty, then "<Nop>"
6994 is returned.
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02006995
6996 The {name} can have special key names, like in the ":map"
6997 command.
6998
Bram Moolenaard12f5c12006-01-25 22:10:52 +00006999 {mode} can be one of these strings:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007000 "n" Normal
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02007001 "v" Visual (including Select)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007002 "o" Operator-pending
7003 "i" Insert
7004 "c" Cmd-line
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02007005 "s" Select
7006 "x" Visual
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007007 "l" langmap |language-mapping|
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02007008 "t" Terminal-Job
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007009 "" Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
Bram Moolenaard12f5c12006-01-25 22:10:52 +00007010 When {mode} is omitted, the modes for "" are used.
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02007011
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02007012 When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00007013 instead of mappings.
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02007014
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02007015 When {dict} is there and it is |TRUE| return a dictionary
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02007016 containing all the information of the mapping with the
7017 following items:
Bram Moolenaar9c652532020-05-24 13:10:18 +02007018 "lhs" The {lhs} of the mapping as it would be typed
7019 "lhsraw" The {lhs} of the mapping as raw bytes
7020 "lhsrawalt" The {lhs} of the mapping as raw bytes, alternate
7021 form, only present when it differs from "lhsraw"
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02007022 "rhs" The {rhs} of the mapping as typed.
7023 "silent" 1 for a |:map-silent| mapping, else 0.
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02007024 "noremap" 1 if the {rhs} of the mapping is not remappable.
Bram Moolenaar2da0f0c2020-04-01 19:22:12 +02007025 "script" 1 if mapping was defined with <script>.
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02007026 "expr" 1 for an expression mapping (|:map-<expr>|).
7027 "buffer" 1 for a buffer local mapping (|:map-local|).
7028 "mode" Modes for which the mapping is defined. In
7029 addition to the modes mentioned above, these
7030 characters will be used:
7031 " " Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
7032 "!" Insert and Commandline mode
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01007033 (|mapmode-ic|)
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02007034 "sid" The script local ID, used for <sid> mappings
7035 (|<SID>|).
Bram Moolenaarf29c1c62018-09-10 21:05:02 +02007036 "lnum" The line number in "sid", zero if unknown.
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01007037 "nowait" Do not wait for other, longer mappings.
7038 (|:map-<nowait>|).
Bram Moolenaar4c9243f2020-05-22 13:10:44 +02007039
7040 The dictionary can be used to restore a mapping with
7041 |mapset()|.
Bram Moolenaarbd743252010-10-20 21:23:33 +02007042
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007043 The mappings local to the current buffer are checked first,
7044 then the global mappings.
Bram Moolenaara40ceaf2006-01-13 22:35:40 +00007045 This function can be used to map a key even when it's already
7046 mapped, and have it do the original mapping too. Sketch: >
7047 exe 'nnoremap <Tab> ==' . maparg('<Tab>', 'n')
7048
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007049< Can also be used as a |method|: >
7050 GetKey()->maparg('n')
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007051
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007052mapcheck({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]]) *mapcheck()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007053 Check if there is a mapping that matches with {name} in mode
7054 {mode}. See |maparg()| for {mode} and special names in
7055 {name}.
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02007056 When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00007057 instead of mappings.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007058 A match happens with a mapping that starts with {name} and
7059 with a mapping which is equal to the start of {name}.
7060
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007061 matches mapping "a" "ab" "abc" ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007062 mapcheck("a") yes yes yes
7063 mapcheck("abc") yes yes yes
7064 mapcheck("ax") yes no no
7065 mapcheck("b") no no no
7066
7067 The difference with maparg() is that mapcheck() finds a
7068 mapping that matches with {name}, while maparg() only finds a
7069 mapping for {name} exactly.
7070 When there is no mapping that starts with {name}, an empty
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +02007071 String is returned. If there is one, the RHS of that mapping
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007072 is returned. If there are several mappings that start with
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +02007073 {name}, the RHS of one of them is returned. This will be
7074 "<Nop>" if the RHS is empty.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007075 The mappings local to the current buffer are checked first,
7076 then the global mappings.
7077 This function can be used to check if a mapping can be added
7078 without being ambiguous. Example: >
7079 :if mapcheck("_vv") == ""
7080 : map _vv :set guifont=7x13<CR>
7081 :endif
7082< This avoids adding the "_vv" mapping when there already is a
7083 mapping for "_v" or for "_vvv".
7084
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007085 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7086 GetKey()->mapcheck('n')
7087
Bram Moolenaar9c652532020-05-24 13:10:18 +02007088
Bram Moolenaar4c9243f2020-05-22 13:10:44 +02007089mapset({mode}, {abbr}, {dict}) *mapset()*
7090 Restore a mapping from a dictionary returned by |maparg()|.
Bram Moolenaar9c652532020-05-24 13:10:18 +02007091 {mode} and {abbr} should be the same as for the call to
7092 |maparg()|. *E460*
Bram Moolenaar4c9243f2020-05-22 13:10:44 +02007093 {mode} is used to define the mode in which the mapping is set,
7094 not the "mode" entry in {dict}.
7095 Example for saving and restoring a mapping: >
7096 let save_map = maparg('K', 'n', 0, 1)
7097 nnoremap K somethingelse
7098 ...
7099 call mapset('n', 0, save_map)
Bram Moolenaar9c652532020-05-24 13:10:18 +02007100< Note that if you are going to replace a map in several modes,
7101 e.g. with `:map!`, you need to save the mapping for all of
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02007102 them, since they can differ.
Bram Moolenaar9c652532020-05-24 13:10:18 +02007103
7104
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007105match({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *match()*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00007106 When {expr} is a |List| then this returns the index of the
7107 first item where {pat} matches. Each item is used as a
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00007108 String, |Lists| and |Dictionaries| are used as echoed.
Bram Moolenaar93a1df22018-09-10 11:51:50 +02007109
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02007110 Otherwise, {expr} is used as a String. The result is a
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00007111 Number, which gives the index (byte offset) in {expr} where
7112 {pat} matches.
Bram Moolenaar93a1df22018-09-10 11:51:50 +02007113
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00007114 A match at the first character or |List| item returns zero.
Bram Moolenaar89cb5e02004-07-19 20:55:54 +00007115 If there is no match -1 is returned.
Bram Moolenaar93a1df22018-09-10 11:51:50 +02007116
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02007117 For getting submatches see |matchlist()|.
Bram Moolenaar89cb5e02004-07-19 20:55:54 +00007118 Example: >
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00007119 :echo match("testing", "ing") " results in 4
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00007120 :echo match([1, 'x'], '\a') " results in 1
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00007121< See |string-match| for how {pat} is used.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00007122 *strpbrk()*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02007123 Vim doesn't have a strpbrk() function. But you can do: >
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00007124 :let sepidx = match(line, '[.,;: \t]')
7125< *strcasestr()*
7126 Vim doesn't have a strcasestr() function. But you can add
7127 "\c" to the pattern to ignore case: >
7128 :let idx = match(haystack, '\cneedle')
7129<
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00007130 If {start} is given, the search starts from byte index
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00007131 {start} in a String or item {start} in a |List|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007132 The result, however, is still the index counted from the
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00007133 first character/item. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007134 :echo match("testing", "ing", 2)
7135< result is again "4". >
7136 :echo match("testing", "ing", 4)
7137< result is again "4". >
7138 :echo match("testing", "t", 2)
7139< result is "3".
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00007140 For a String, if {start} > 0 then it is like the string starts
Bram Moolenaar0b238792006-03-02 22:49:12 +00007141 {start} bytes later, thus "^" will match at {start}. Except
7142 when {count} is given, then it's like matches before the
7143 {start} byte are ignored (this is a bit complicated to keep it
7144 backwards compatible).
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00007145 For a String, if {start} < 0, it will be set to 0. For a list
7146 the index is counted from the end.
Bram Moolenaare224ffa2006-03-01 00:01:28 +00007147 If {start} is out of range ({start} > strlen({expr}) for a
7148 String or {start} > len({expr}) for a |List|) -1 is returned.
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00007149
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00007150 When {count} is given use the {count}'th match. When a match
Bram Moolenaare224ffa2006-03-01 00:01:28 +00007151 is found in a String the search for the next one starts one
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00007152 character further. Thus this example results in 1: >
7153 echo match("testing", "..", 0, 2)
7154< In a |List| the search continues in the next item.
Bram Moolenaar0b238792006-03-02 22:49:12 +00007155 Note that when {count} is added the way {start} works changes,
7156 see above.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00007157
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007158 See |pattern| for the patterns that are accepted.
7159 The 'ignorecase' option is used to set the ignore-caseness of
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02007160 the pattern. 'smartcase' is NOT used. The matching is always
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007161 done like 'magic' is set and 'cpoptions' is empty.
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +01007162 Note that a match at the start is preferred, thus when the
7163 pattern is using "*" (any number of matches) it tends to find
7164 zero matches at the start instead of a number of matches
7165 further down in the text.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007166
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007167 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7168 GetList()->match('word')
7169<
Bram Moolenaar95e51472018-07-28 16:55:56 +02007170 *matchadd()* *E798* *E799* *E801* *E957*
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007171matchadd({group}, {pattern} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00007172 Defines a pattern to be highlighted in the current window (a
7173 "match"). It will be highlighted with {group}. Returns an
7174 identification number (ID), which can be used to delete the
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01007175 match using |matchdelete()|. The ID is bound to the window.
Bram Moolenaar8e69b4a2013-11-09 03:41:58 +01007176 Matching is case sensitive and magic, unless case sensitivity
7177 or magicness are explicitly overridden in {pattern}. The
7178 'magic', 'smartcase' and 'ignorecase' options are not used.
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02007179 The "Conceal" value is special, it causes the match to be
7180 concealed.
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00007181
7182 The optional {priority} argument assigns a priority to the
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02007183 match. A match with a high priority will have its
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00007184 highlighting overrule that of a match with a lower priority.
7185 A priority is specified as an integer (negative numbers are no
7186 exception). If the {priority} argument is not specified, the
7187 default priority is 10. The priority of 'hlsearch' is zero,
7188 hence all matches with a priority greater than zero will
7189 overrule it. Syntax highlighting (see 'syntax') is a separate
7190 mechanism, and regardless of the chosen priority a match will
7191 always overrule syntax highlighting.
7192
7193 The optional {id} argument allows the request for a specific
7194 match ID. If a specified ID is already taken, an error
7195 message will appear and the match will not be added. An ID
7196 is specified as a positive integer (zero excluded). IDs 1, 2
7197 and 3 are reserved for |:match|, |:2match| and |:3match|,
Bram Moolenaar6561d522015-07-21 15:48:27 +02007198 respectively. If the {id} argument is not specified or -1,
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00007199 |matchadd()| automatically chooses a free ID.
7200
Bram Moolenaar85084ef2016-01-17 22:26:33 +01007201 The optional {dict} argument allows for further custom
7202 values. Currently this is used to specify a match specific
Bram Moolenaar6561d522015-07-21 15:48:27 +02007203 conceal character that will be shown for |hl-Conceal|
7204 highlighted matches. The dict can have the following members:
7205
7206 conceal Special character to show instead of the
Bram Moolenaar6463ca22016-02-13 17:04:46 +01007207 match (only for |hl-Conceal| highlighted
Bram Moolenaar6561d522015-07-21 15:48:27 +02007208 matches, see |:syn-cchar|)
Bram Moolenaar95e51472018-07-28 16:55:56 +02007209 window Instead of the current window use the
7210 window with this number or window ID.
Bram Moolenaar6561d522015-07-21 15:48:27 +02007211
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00007212 The number of matches is not limited, as it is the case with
7213 the |:match| commands.
7214
7215 Example: >
7216 :highlight MyGroup ctermbg=green guibg=green
7217 :let m = matchadd("MyGroup", "TODO")
7218< Deletion of the pattern: >
7219 :call matchdelete(m)
7220
7221< A list of matches defined by |matchadd()| and |:match| are
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02007222 available from |getmatches()|. All matches can be deleted in
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00007223 one operation by |clearmatches()|.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00007224
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007225 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7226 GetGroup()->matchadd('TODO')
7227<
Bram Moolenaar8e97bd72016-08-06 22:05:07 +02007228 *matchaddpos()*
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007229matchaddpos({group}, {pos} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
Bram Moolenaarb3414592014-06-17 17:48:32 +02007230 Same as |matchadd()|, but requires a list of positions {pos}
7231 instead of a pattern. This command is faster than |matchadd()|
7232 because it does not require to handle regular expressions and
7233 sets buffer line boundaries to redraw screen. It is supposed
7234 to be used when fast match additions and deletions are
7235 required, for example to highlight matching parentheses.
7236
7237 The list {pos} can contain one of these items:
Bram Moolenaarb6da44a2014-06-25 18:15:22 +02007238 - A number. This whole line will be highlighted. The first
Bram Moolenaarb3414592014-06-17 17:48:32 +02007239 line has number 1.
7240 - A list with one number, e.g., [23]. The whole line with this
7241 number will be highlighted.
7242 - A list with two numbers, e.g., [23, 11]. The first number is
Bram Moolenaarb6da44a2014-06-25 18:15:22 +02007243 the line number, the second one is the column number (first
7244 column is 1, the value must correspond to the byte index as
7245 |col()| would return). The character at this position will
7246 be highlighted.
Bram Moolenaarb3414592014-06-17 17:48:32 +02007247 - A list with three numbers, e.g., [23, 11, 3]. As above, but
Bram Moolenaarb6da44a2014-06-25 18:15:22 +02007248 the third number gives the length of the highlight in bytes.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007249
Bram Moolenaarb3414592014-06-17 17:48:32 +02007250 The maximum number of positions is 8.
7251
7252 Example: >
7253 :highlight MyGroup ctermbg=green guibg=green
7254 :let m = matchaddpos("MyGroup", [[23, 24], 34])
7255< Deletion of the pattern: >
7256 :call matchdelete(m)
7257
7258< Matches added by |matchaddpos()| are returned by
7259 |getmatches()| with an entry "pos1", "pos2", etc., with the
7260 value a list like the {pos} item.
Bram Moolenaarb3414592014-06-17 17:48:32 +02007261
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007262 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7263 GetGroup()->matchaddpos([23, 11])
7264
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00007265matcharg({nr}) *matcharg()*
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00007266 Selects the {nr} match item, as set with a |:match|,
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00007267 |:2match| or |:3match| command.
7268 Return a |List| with two elements:
7269 The name of the highlight group used
7270 The pattern used.
7271 When {nr} is not 1, 2 or 3 returns an empty |List|.
7272 When there is no match item set returns ['', ''].
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00007273 This is useful to save and restore a |:match|.
7274 Highlighting matches using the |:match| commands are limited
7275 to three matches. |matchadd()| does not have this limitation.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00007276
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007277 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7278 GetMatch()->matcharg()
7279
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01007280matchdelete({id} [, {win}) *matchdelete()* *E802* *E803*
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00007281 Deletes a match with ID {id} previously defined by |matchadd()|
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007282 or one of the |:match| commands. Returns 0 if successful,
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00007283 otherwise -1. See example for |matchadd()|. All matches can
7284 be deleted in one operation by |clearmatches()|.
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01007285 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
7286 window ID instead of the current window.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00007287
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007288 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7289 GetMatch()->matchdelete()
7290
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007291matchend({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchend()*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007292 Same as |match()|, but return the index of first character
7293 after the match. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007294 :echo matchend("testing", "ing")
7295< results in "7".
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00007296 *strspn()* *strcspn()*
7297 Vim doesn't have a strspn() or strcspn() function, but you can
7298 do it with matchend(): >
7299 :let span = matchend(line, '[a-zA-Z]')
7300 :let span = matchend(line, '[^a-zA-Z]')
7301< Except that -1 is returned when there are no matches.
7302
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007303 The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007304 :echo matchend("testing", "ing", 2)
7305< results in "7". >
7306 :echo matchend("testing", "ing", 5)
7307< result is "-1".
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007308 When {expr} is a |List| the result is equal to |match()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007309
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007310 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7311 GetText()->matchend('word')
7312
Bram Moolenaar635414d2020-09-11 22:25:15 +02007313
7314matchfuzzy({list}, {str}) *matchfuzzy()*
7315 Returns a list with all the strings in {list} that fuzzy
7316 match {str}. The strings in the returned list are sorted
7317 based on the matching score. {str} is treated as a literal
7318 string and regular expression matching is NOT supported.
7319 The maximum supported {str} length is 256.
7320
7321 If there are no matching strings or there is an error, then an
7322 empty list is returned. If length of {str} is greater than
7323 256, then returns an empty list.
7324
7325 Example: >
7326 :echo matchfuzzy(["clay", "crow"], "cay")
7327< results in ["clay"]. >
7328 :echo getbufinfo()->map({_, v -> v.name})->matchfuzzy("ndl")
7329< results in a list of buffer names fuzzy matching "ndl". >
7330 :echo v:oldfiles->matchfuzzy("test")
7331< results in a list of file names fuzzy matching "test". >
7332 :let l = readfile("buffer.c")->matchfuzzy("str")
7333< results in a list of lines in "buffer.c" fuzzy matching "str".
7334
7335
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007336matchlist({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchlist()*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007337 Same as |match()|, but return a |List|. The first item in the
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +00007338 list is the matched string, same as what matchstr() would
7339 return. Following items are submatches, like "\1", "\2", etc.
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +00007340 in |:substitute|. When an optional submatch didn't match an
7341 empty string is used. Example: >
7342 echo matchlist('acd', '\(a\)\?\(b\)\?\(c\)\?\(.*\)')
7343< Results in: ['acd', 'a', '', 'c', 'd', '', '', '', '', '']
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +00007344 When there is no match an empty list is returned.
7345
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007346 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7347 GetList()->matchlist('word')
7348
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007349matchstr({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchstr()*
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007350 Same as |match()|, but return the matched string. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007351 :echo matchstr("testing", "ing")
7352< results in "ing".
7353 When there is no match "" is returned.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01007354 The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007355 :echo matchstr("testing", "ing", 2)
7356< results in "ing". >
7357 :echo matchstr("testing", "ing", 5)
7358< result is "".
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00007359 When {expr} is a |List| then the matching item is returned.
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00007360 The type isn't changed, it's not necessarily a String.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007361
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007362 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7363 GetText()->matchstr('word')
7364
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007365matchstrpos({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchstrpos()*
Bram Moolenaar7fed5c12016-03-29 23:10:31 +02007366 Same as |matchstr()|, but return the matched string, the start
7367 position and the end position of the match. Example: >
7368 :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing")
7369< results in ["ing", 4, 7].
7370 When there is no match ["", -1, -1] is returned.
7371 The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. >
7372 :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing", 2)
7373< results in ["ing", 4, 7]. >
7374 :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing", 5)
7375< result is ["", -1, -1].
7376 When {expr} is a |List| then the matching item, the index
7377 of first item where {pat} matches, the start position and the
7378 end position of the match are returned. >
7379 :echo matchstrpos([1, '__x'], '\a')
7380< result is ["x", 1, 2, 3].
7381 The type isn't changed, it's not necessarily a String.
7382
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007383 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7384 GetText()->matchstrpos('word')
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02007385<
Bram Moolenaar0eabd4d2020-03-15 16:13:53 +01007386
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +00007387 *max()*
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01007388max({expr}) Return the maximum value of all items in {expr}.
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02007389 {expr} can be a |List| or a |Dictionary|. For a Dictionary,
Bram Moolenaar29634562020-01-09 21:46:04 +01007390 it returns the maximum of all values in the Dictionary.
7391 If {expr} is neither a List nor a Dictionary, or one of the
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01007392 items in {expr} cannot be used as a Number this results in
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +02007393 an error. An empty |List| or |Dictionary| results in zero.
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +00007394
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02007395 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7396 mylist->max()
7397
Bram Moolenaar0eabd4d2020-03-15 16:13:53 +01007398
7399menu_info({name} [, {mode}]) *menu_info()*
7400 Return information about the specified menu {name} in
7401 mode {mode}. The menu name should be specified without the
7402 shortcut character ('&').
7403
7404 {mode} can be one of these strings:
7405 "n" Normal
7406 "v" Visual (including Select)
7407 "o" Operator-pending
7408 "i" Insert
7409 "c" Cmd-line
7410 "s" Select
7411 "x" Visual
7412 "t" Terminal-Job
7413 "" Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
7414 "!" Insert and Cmd-line
7415 When {mode} is omitted, the modes for "" are used.
7416
7417 Returns a |Dictionary| containing the following items:
7418 accel menu item accelerator text |menu-text|
7419 display display name (name without '&')
7420 enabled v:true if this menu item is enabled
7421 Refer to |:menu-enable|
7422 icon name of the icon file (for toolbar)
7423 |toolbar-icon|
7424 iconidx index of a built-in icon
7425 modes modes for which the menu is defined. In
7426 addition to the modes mentioned above, these
7427 characters will be used:
7428 " " Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
7429 name menu item name.
7430 noremenu v:true if the {rhs} of the menu item is not
7431 remappable else v:false.
7432 priority menu order priority |menu-priority|
7433 rhs right-hand-side of the menu item. The returned
7434 string has special characters translated like
7435 in the output of the ":menu" command listing.
7436 When the {rhs} of a menu item is empty, then
7437 "<Nop>" is returned.
7438 script v:true if script-local remapping of {rhs} is
7439 allowed else v:false. See |:menu-script|.
7440 shortcut shortcut key (character after '&' in
7441 the menu name) |menu-shortcut|
7442 silent v:true if the menu item is created
7443 with <silent> argument |:menu-silent|
7444 submenus |List| containing the names of
7445 all the submenus. Present only if the menu
7446 item has submenus.
7447
7448 Returns an empty dictionary if the menu item is not found.
7449
7450 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarff781552020-03-19 20:37:11 +01007451 :echo menu_info('Edit.Cut')
7452 :echo menu_info('File.Save', 'n')
Bram Moolenaar0eabd4d2020-03-15 16:13:53 +01007453<
7454 Can also be used as a |method|: >
Bram Moolenaarff781552020-03-19 20:37:11 +01007455 GetMenuName()->menu_info('v')
Bram Moolenaar0eabd4d2020-03-15 16:13:53 +01007456
7457
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02007458< *min()*
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01007459min({expr}) Return the minimum value of all items in {expr}.
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02007460 {expr} can be a |List| or a |Dictionary|. For a Dictionary,
Bram Moolenaar29634562020-01-09 21:46:04 +01007461 it returns the minimum of all values in the Dictionary.
7462 If {expr} is neither a List nor a Dictionary, or one of the
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01007463 items in {expr} cannot be used as a Number this results in
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +02007464 an error. An empty |List| or |Dictionary| results in zero.
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +00007465
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02007466 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7467 mylist->min()
7468
7469< *mkdir()* *E739*
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00007470mkdir({name} [, {path} [, {prot}]])
7471 Create directory {name}.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01007472
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00007473 If {path} is "p" then intermediate directories are created as
7474 necessary. Otherwise it must be "".
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01007475
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00007476 If {prot} is given it is used to set the protection bits of
7477 the new directory. The default is 0755 (rwxr-xr-x: r/w for
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02007478 the user readable for others). Use 0700 to make it unreadable
Bram Moolenaared39e1d2008-08-09 17:55:22 +00007479 for others. This is only used for the last part of {name}.
7480 Thus if you create /tmp/foo/bar then /tmp/foo will be created
7481 with 0755.
7482 Example: >
7483 :call mkdir($HOME . "/tmp/foo/bar", "p", 0700)
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01007484
Bram Moolenaared39e1d2008-08-09 17:55:22 +00007485< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01007486
Bram Moolenaar78a16b02018-04-14 13:51:55 +02007487 There is no error if the directory already exists and the "p"
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01007488 flag is passed (since patch 8.0.1708). However, without the
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +01007489 "p" option the call will fail.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01007490
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +01007491 The function result is a Number, which is 1 if the call was
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01007492 successful or 0 if the directory creation failed or partly
7493 failed.
7494
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00007495 Not available on all systems. To check use: >
7496 :if exists("*mkdir")
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007497
7498< Can also be used as a |method|: >
7499 GetName()->mkdir()
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00007500<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007501 *mode()*
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007502mode([expr]) Return a string that indicates the current mode.
Bram Moolenaar05bb9532008-07-04 09:44:11 +00007503 If [expr] is supplied and it evaluates to a non-zero Number or
7504 a non-empty String (|non-zero-arg|), then the full mode is
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02007505 returned, otherwise only the first letter is returned.
Bram Moolenaar0e57dd82019-09-16 22:56:03 +02007506 Also see |state()|.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007507
Bram Moolenaar612cc382018-07-29 15:34:26 +02007508 n Normal, Terminal-Normal
7509 no Operator-pending
Bram Moolenaar5976f8f2018-12-27 23:44:44 +01007510 nov Operator-pending (forced characterwise |o_v|)
7511 noV Operator-pending (forced linewise |o_V|)
7512 noCTRL-V Operator-pending (forced blockwise |o_CTRL-V|);
Bram Moolenaar5b69c222019-01-11 14:50:06 +01007513 CTRL-V is one character
Bram Moolenaar612cc382018-07-29 15:34:26 +02007514 niI Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Insert-mode|
7515 niR Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Replace-mode|
7516 niV Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Virtual-Replace-mode|
7517 v Visual by character
7518 V Visual by line
7519 CTRL-V Visual blockwise
7520 s Select by character
7521 S Select by line
7522 CTRL-S Select blockwise
7523 i Insert
7524 ic Insert mode completion |compl-generic|
7525 ix Insert mode |i_CTRL-X| completion
7526 R Replace |R|
7527 Rc Replace mode completion |compl-generic|
7528 Rv Virtual Replace |gR|
7529 Rx Replace mode |i_CTRL-X| completion
7530 c Command-line editing
7531 cv Vim Ex mode |gQ|
7532 ce Normal Ex mode |Q|
7533 r Hit-enter prompt
7534 rm The -- more -- prompt
7535 r? A |:confirm| query of some sort
7536 ! Shell or external command is executing
7537 t Terminal-Job mode: keys go to the job
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007538 This is useful in the 'statusline' option or when used
7539 with |remote_expr()| In most other places it always returns
7540 "c" or "n".
Bram Moolenaar612cc382018-07-29 15:34:26 +02007541 Note that in the future more modes and more specific modes may
7542 be added. It's better not to compare the whole string but only
7543 the leading character(s).
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007544 Also see |visualmode()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007545
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007546 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7547 DoFull()->mode()
7548
Bram Moolenaar7e506b62010-01-19 15:55:06 +01007549mzeval({expr}) *mzeval()*
7550 Evaluate MzScheme expression {expr} and return its result
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02007551 converted to Vim data structures.
Bram Moolenaar7e506b62010-01-19 15:55:06 +01007552 Numbers and strings are returned as they are.
7553 Pairs (including lists and improper lists) and vectors are
7554 returned as Vim |Lists|.
7555 Hash tables are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type with keys
7556 converted to strings.
7557 All other types are converted to string with display function.
7558 Examples: >
7559 :mz (define l (list 1 2 3))
7560 :mz (define h (make-hash)) (hash-set! h "list" l)
7561 :echo mzeval("l")
7562 :echo mzeval("h")
7563<
Bram Moolenaara1449832019-09-01 20:16:52 +02007564 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7565 GetExpr()->mzeval()
7566<
Bram Moolenaar7e506b62010-01-19 15:55:06 +01007567 {only available when compiled with the |+mzscheme| feature}
7568
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007569nextnonblank({lnum}) *nextnonblank()*
7570 Return the line number of the first line at or below {lnum}
7571 that is not blank. Example: >
7572 if getline(nextnonblank(1)) =~ "Java"
7573< When {lnum} is invalid or there is no non-blank line at or
7574 below it, zero is returned.
7575 See also |prevnonblank()|.
7576
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007577 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7578 GetLnum()->nextnonblank()
7579
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007580nr2char({expr} [, {utf8}]) *nr2char()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007581 Return a string with a single character, which has the number
7582 value {expr}. Examples: >
7583 nr2char(64) returns "@"
7584 nr2char(32) returns " "
Bram Moolenaard35d7842013-01-23 17:17:10 +01007585< When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
7586 Example for "utf-8": >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007587 nr2char(300) returns I with bow character
Bram Moolenaard35d7842013-01-23 17:17:10 +01007588< With {utf8} set to 1, always return utf-8 characters.
7589 Note that a NUL character in the file is specified with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007590 nr2char(10), because NULs are represented with newline
7591 characters. nr2char(0) is a real NUL and terminates the
Bram Moolenaar383f9bc2005-01-19 22:18:32 +00007592 string, thus results in an empty string.
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01007593 To turn a list of character numbers into a string: >
7594 let list = [65, 66, 67]
7595 let str = join(map(list, {_, val -> nr2char(val)}), '')
7596< Result: "ABC"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007597
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007598 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7599 GetNumber()->nr2char()
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02007600
Bram Moolenaard6e256c2011-12-14 15:32:50 +01007601or({expr}, {expr}) *or()*
7602 Bitwise OR on the two arguments. The arguments are converted
7603 to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error.
7604 Example: >
7605 :let bits = or(bits, 0x80)
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +02007606< Can also be used as a |method|: >
7607 :let bits = bits->or(0x80)
Bram Moolenaard6e256c2011-12-14 15:32:50 +01007608
7609
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00007610pathshorten({expr}) *pathshorten()*
7611 Shorten directory names in the path {expr} and return the
7612 result. The tail, the file name, is kept as-is. The other
7613 components in the path are reduced to single letters. Leading
7614 '~' and '.' characters are kept. Example: >
7615 :echo pathshorten('~/.vim/autoload/myfile.vim')
7616< ~/.v/a/myfile.vim ~
7617 It doesn't matter if the path exists or not.
7618
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007619 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7620 GetDirectories()->pathshorten()
7621
Bram Moolenaare9b892e2016-01-17 21:15:58 +01007622perleval({expr}) *perleval()*
7623 Evaluate Perl expression {expr} in scalar context and return
7624 its result converted to Vim data structures. If value can't be
Bram Moolenaar85084ef2016-01-17 22:26:33 +01007625 converted, it is returned as a string Perl representation.
7626 Note: If you want an array or hash, {expr} must return a
7627 reference to it.
Bram Moolenaare9b892e2016-01-17 21:15:58 +01007628 Example: >
7629 :echo perleval('[1 .. 4]')
7630< [1, 2, 3, 4]
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007631
7632 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7633 GetExpr()->perleval()
7634
7635< {only available when compiled with the |+perl| feature}
Bram Moolenaare9b892e2016-01-17 21:15:58 +01007636
Bram Moolenaar931a2772019-07-04 16:54:54 +02007637
Bram Moolenaar1c6737b2020-09-07 22:18:52 +02007638popup_ functions are documented here: |popup-functions|
Bram Moolenaar931a2772019-07-04 16:54:54 +02007639
7640
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007641pow({x}, {y}) *pow()*
7642 Return the power of {x} to the exponent {y} as a |Float|.
7643 {x} and {y} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
7644 Examples: >
7645 :echo pow(3, 3)
7646< 27.0 >
7647 :echo pow(2, 16)
7648< 65536.0 >
7649 :echo pow(32, 0.20)
7650< 2.0
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02007651
7652 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7653 Compute()->pow(3)
7654<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007655 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007656
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00007657prevnonblank({lnum}) *prevnonblank()*
7658 Return the line number of the first line at or above {lnum}
7659 that is not blank. Example: >
7660 let ind = indent(prevnonblank(v:lnum - 1))
7661< When {lnum} is invalid or there is no non-blank line at or
7662 above it, zero is returned.
7663 Also see |nextnonblank()|.
7664
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007665 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7666 GetLnum()->prevnonblank()
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00007667
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007668printf({fmt}, {expr1} ...) *printf()*
7669 Return a String with {fmt}, where "%" items are replaced by
7670 the formatted form of their respective arguments. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007671 printf("%4d: E%d %.30s", lnum, errno, msg)
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007672< May result in:
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007673 " 99: E42 asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfas" ~
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007674
Bram Moolenaarfd8ca212019-08-10 00:13:30 +02007675 When used as a |method| the base is passed as the second
7676 argument: >
7677 Compute()->printf("result: %d")
7678
7679< Often used items are:
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00007680 %s string
Bram Moolenaar3ab72c52012-11-14 18:10:56 +01007681 %6S string right-aligned in 6 display cells
Bram Moolenaar98692072006-02-04 00:57:42 +00007682 %6s string right-aligned in 6 bytes
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007683 %.9s string truncated to 9 bytes
7684 %c single byte
7685 %d decimal number
7686 %5d decimal number padded with spaces to 5 characters
7687 %x hex number
7688 %04x hex number padded with zeros to at least 4 characters
7689 %X hex number using upper case letters
7690 %o octal number
Bram Moolenaar91984b92016-08-16 21:58:41 +02007691 %08b binary number padded with zeros to at least 8 chars
Bram Moolenaar04186092016-08-29 21:55:35 +02007692 %f floating point number as 12.23, inf, -inf or nan
7693 %F floating point number as 12.23, INF, -INF or NAN
7694 %e floating point number as 1.23e3, inf, -inf or nan
7695 %E floating point number as 1.23E3, INF, -INF or NAN
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007696 %g floating point number, as %f or %e depending on value
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01007697 %G floating point number, as %F or %E depending on value
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007698 %% the % character itself
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007699
7700 Conversion specifications start with '%' and end with the
7701 conversion type. All other characters are copied unchanged to
7702 the result.
7703
7704 The "%" starts a conversion specification. The following
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007705 arguments appear in sequence:
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007706
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007707 % [flags] [field-width] [.precision] type
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007708
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00007709 flags
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007710 Zero or more of the following flags:
7711
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007712 # The value should be converted to an "alternate
7713 form". For c, d, and s conversions, this option
7714 has no effect. For o conversions, the precision
7715 of the number is increased to force the first
7716 character of the output string to a zero (except
7717 if a zero value is printed with an explicit
7718 precision of zero).
Bram Moolenaar91984b92016-08-16 21:58:41 +02007719 For b and B conversions, a non-zero result has
7720 the string "0b" (or "0B" for B conversions)
7721 prepended to it.
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007722 For x and X conversions, a non-zero result has
7723 the string "0x" (or "0X" for X conversions)
7724 prepended to it.
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007725
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007726 0 (zero) Zero padding. For all conversions the converted
7727 value is padded on the left with zeros rather
7728 than blanks. If a precision is given with a
Bram Moolenaar91984b92016-08-16 21:58:41 +02007729 numeric conversion (d, b, B, o, x, and X), the 0
7730 flag is ignored.
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007731
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007732 - A negative field width flag; the converted value
7733 is to be left adjusted on the field boundary.
7734 The converted value is padded on the right with
7735 blanks, rather than on the left with blanks or
7736 zeros. A - overrides a 0 if both are given.
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007737
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007738 ' ' (space) A blank should be left before a positive
7739 number produced by a signed conversion (d).
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007740
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007741 + A sign must always be placed before a number
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02007742 produced by a signed conversion. A + overrides
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007743 a space if both are used.
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007744
7745 field-width
7746 An optional decimal digit string specifying a minimum
Bram Moolenaar98692072006-02-04 00:57:42 +00007747 field width. If the converted value has fewer bytes
7748 than the field width, it will be padded with spaces on
7749 the left (or right, if the left-adjustment flag has
7750 been given) to fill out the field width.
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007751
7752 .precision
7753 An optional precision, in the form of a period '.'
7754 followed by an optional digit string. If the digit
7755 string is omitted, the precision is taken as zero.
7756 This gives the minimum number of digits to appear for
7757 d, o, x, and X conversions, or the maximum number of
Bram Moolenaar98692072006-02-04 00:57:42 +00007758 bytes to be printed from a string for s conversions.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007759 For floating point it is the number of digits after
7760 the decimal point.
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007761
7762 type
7763 A character that specifies the type of conversion to
7764 be applied, see below.
7765
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007766 A field width or precision, or both, may be indicated by an
7767 asterisk '*' instead of a digit string. In this case, a
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02007768 Number argument supplies the field width or precision. A
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007769 negative field width is treated as a left adjustment flag
7770 followed by a positive field width; a negative precision is
7771 treated as though it were missing. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007772 :echo printf("%d: %.*s", nr, width, line)
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007773< This limits the length of the text used from "line" to
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007774 "width" bytes.
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007775
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00007776 The conversion specifiers and their meanings are:
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007777
Bram Moolenaar91984b92016-08-16 21:58:41 +02007778 *printf-d* *printf-b* *printf-B* *printf-o*
7779 *printf-x* *printf-X*
7780 dbBoxX The Number argument is converted to signed decimal
7781 (d), unsigned binary (b and B), unsigned octal (o), or
7782 unsigned hexadecimal (x and X) notation. The letters
7783 "abcdef" are used for x conversions; the letters
7784 "ABCDEF" are used for X conversions.
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007785 The precision, if any, gives the minimum number of
7786 digits that must appear; if the converted value
7787 requires fewer digits, it is padded on the left with
7788 zeros.
7789 In no case does a non-existent or small field width
7790 cause truncation of a numeric field; if the result of
7791 a conversion is wider than the field width, the field
7792 is expanded to contain the conversion result.
Bram Moolenaar30567352016-08-27 21:25:44 +02007793 The 'h' modifier indicates the argument is 16 bits.
7794 The 'l' modifier indicates the argument is 32 bits.
7795 The 'L' modifier indicates the argument is 64 bits.
7796 Generally, these modifiers are not useful. They are
7797 ignored when type is known from the argument.
7798
7799 i alias for d
7800 D alias for ld
7801 U alias for lu
7802 O alias for lo
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007803
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007804 *printf-c*
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007805 c The Number argument is converted to a byte, and the
7806 resulting character is written.
7807
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007808 *printf-s*
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007809 s The text of the String argument is used. If a
7810 precision is specified, no more bytes than the number
7811 specified are used.
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02007812 If the argument is not a String type, it is
7813 automatically converted to text with the same format
7814 as ":echo".
Bram Moolenaar0122c402015-02-03 19:13:34 +01007815 *printf-S*
Bram Moolenaar3ab72c52012-11-14 18:10:56 +01007816 S The text of the String argument is used. If a
7817 precision is specified, no more display cells than the
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +01007818 number specified are used.
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007819
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007820 *printf-f* *E807*
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007821 f F The Float argument is converted into a string of the
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007822 form 123.456. The precision specifies the number of
7823 digits after the decimal point. When the precision is
7824 zero the decimal point is omitted. When the precision
7825 is not specified 6 is used. A really big number
Bram Moolenaar04186092016-08-29 21:55:35 +02007826 (out of range or dividing by zero) results in "inf"
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +02007827 or "-inf" with %f (INF or -INF with %F).
7828 "0.0 / 0.0" results in "nan" with %f (NAN with %F).
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00007829 Example: >
7830 echo printf("%.2f", 12.115)
7831< 12.12
7832 Note that roundoff depends on the system libraries.
7833 Use |round()| when in doubt.
7834
7835 *printf-e* *printf-E*
7836 e E The Float argument is converted into a string of the
7837 form 1.234e+03 or 1.234E+03 when using 'E'. The
7838 precision specifies the number of digits after the
7839 decimal point, like with 'f'.
7840
7841 *printf-g* *printf-G*
7842 g G The Float argument is converted like with 'f' if the
7843 value is between 0.001 (inclusive) and 10000000.0
7844 (exclusive). Otherwise 'e' is used for 'g' and 'E'
7845 for 'G'. When no precision is specified superfluous
7846 zeroes and '+' signs are removed, except for the zero
7847 immediately after the decimal point. Thus 10000000.0
7848 results in 1.0e7.
7849
7850 *printf-%*
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007851 % A '%' is written. No argument is converted. The
7852 complete conversion specification is "%%".
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007853
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00007854 When a Number argument is expected a String argument is also
7855 accepted and automatically converted.
7856 When a Float or String argument is expected a Number argument
7857 is also accepted and automatically converted.
7858 Any other argument type results in an error message.
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007859
Bram Moolenaar83bab712005-08-01 21:58:57 +00007860 *E766* *E767*
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007861 The number of {exprN} arguments must exactly match the number
7862 of "%" items. If there are not sufficient or too many
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +00007863 arguments an error is given. Up to 18 arguments can be used.
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +00007864
7865
Bram Moolenaar077cc7a2020-09-04 16:35:35 +02007866prompt_getprompt({buf}) *prompt_getprompt()*
7867 Returns the effective prompt text for buffer {buf}. {buf} can
7868 be a buffer name or number. |prompt-buffer|.
7869
7870 If the buffer doesn't exist or isn't a prompt buffer, an empty
7871 string is returned.
7872
7873 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7874 GetBuffer()->prompt_getprompt()
7875
7876
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +02007877prompt_setcallback({buf}, {expr}) *prompt_setcallback()*
Bram Moolenaar0e5979a2018-06-17 19:36:33 +02007878 Set prompt callback for buffer {buf} to {expr}. When {expr}
7879 is an empty string the callback is removed. This has only
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +02007880 effect if {buf} has 'buftype' set to "prompt".
Bram Moolenaar0e5979a2018-06-17 19:36:33 +02007881
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +02007882 The callback is invoked when pressing Enter. The current
7883 buffer will always be the prompt buffer. A new line for a
7884 prompt is added before invoking the callback, thus the prompt
7885 for which the callback was invoked will be in the last but one
7886 line.
7887 If the callback wants to add text to the buffer, it must
7888 insert it above the last line, since that is where the current
7889 prompt is. This can also be done asynchronously.
7890 The callback is invoked with one argument, which is the text
7891 that was entered at the prompt. This can be an empty string
7892 if the user only typed Enter.
7893 Example: >
Bram Moolenaara8eee212019-08-24 22:14:58 +02007894 call prompt_setcallback(bufnr(), function('s:TextEntered'))
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +02007895 func s:TextEntered(text)
7896 if a:text == 'exit' || a:text == 'quit'
7897 stopinsert
7898 close
7899 else
7900 call append(line('$') - 1, 'Entered: "' . a:text . '"')
7901 " Reset 'modified' to allow the buffer to be closed.
7902 set nomodified
7903 endif
7904 endfunc
7905
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007906< Can also be used as a |method|: >
7907 GetBuffer()->prompt_setcallback(callback)
7908
7909
Bram Moolenaar0e5979a2018-06-17 19:36:33 +02007910prompt_setinterrupt({buf}, {expr}) *prompt_setinterrupt()*
7911 Set a callback for buffer {buf} to {expr}. When {expr} is an
7912 empty string the callback is removed. This has only effect if
7913 {buf} has 'buftype' set to "prompt".
7914
7915 This callback will be invoked when pressing CTRL-C in Insert
7916 mode. Without setting a callback Vim will exit Insert mode,
7917 as in any buffer.
7918
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007919 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7920 GetBuffer()->prompt_setinterrupt(callback)
7921
Bram Moolenaar0e5979a2018-06-17 19:36:33 +02007922prompt_setprompt({buf}, {text}) *prompt_setprompt()*
7923 Set prompt for buffer {buf} to {text}. You most likely want
7924 {text} to end in a space.
7925 The result is only visible if {buf} has 'buftype' set to
7926 "prompt". Example: >
Bram Moolenaara8eee212019-08-24 22:14:58 +02007927 call prompt_setprompt(bufnr(), 'command: ')
Bram Moolenaar98aefe72018-12-13 22:20:09 +01007928<
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007929 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7930 GetBuffer()->prompt_setprompt('command: ')
7931
Bram Moolenaar077cc7a2020-09-04 16:35:35 +02007932prop_ functions are documented here: |text-prop-functions|
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +02007933
Bram Moolenaare9bd5722019-08-17 19:36:06 +02007934pum_getpos() *pum_getpos()*
7935 If the popup menu (see |ins-completion-menu|) is not visible,
7936 returns an empty |Dictionary|, otherwise, returns a
7937 |Dictionary| with the following keys:
7938 height nr of items visible
7939 width screen cells
7940 row top screen row (0 first row)
7941 col leftmost screen column (0 first col)
7942 size total nr of items
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +02007943 scrollbar |TRUE| if scrollbar is visible
Bram Moolenaare9bd5722019-08-17 19:36:06 +02007944
7945 The values are the same as in |v:event| during
7946 |CompleteChanged|.
7947
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00007948pumvisible() *pumvisible()*
7949 Returns non-zero when the popup menu is visible, zero
7950 otherwise. See |ins-completion-menu|.
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00007951 This can be used to avoid some things that would remove the
7952 popup menu.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007953
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02007954py3eval({expr}) *py3eval()*
7955 Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result
7956 converted to Vim data structures.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007957 Numbers and strings are returned as they are (strings are
7958 copied though, Unicode strings are additionally converted to
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02007959 'encoding').
7960 Lists are represented as Vim |List| type.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007961 Dictionaries are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type with
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02007962 keys converted to strings.
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007963
7964 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7965 GetExpr()->py3eval()
7966
7967< {only available when compiled with the |+python3| feature}
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02007968
7969 *E858* *E859*
7970pyeval({expr}) *pyeval()*
7971 Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result
7972 converted to Vim data structures.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007973 Numbers and strings are returned as they are (strings are
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02007974 copied though).
7975 Lists are represented as Vim |List| type.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01007976 Dictionaries are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type,
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02007977 non-string keys result in error.
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007978
7979 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7980 GetExpr()->pyeval()
7981
7982< {only available when compiled with the |+python| feature}
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02007983
Bram Moolenaarf42dd3c2017-01-28 16:06:38 +01007984pyxeval({expr}) *pyxeval()*
7985 Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result
7986 converted to Vim data structures.
7987 Uses Python 2 or 3, see |python_x| and 'pyxversion'.
7988 See also: |pyeval()|, |py3eval()|
Bram Moolenaar3f4f3d82019-09-04 20:05:59 +02007989
7990 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7991 GetExpr()->pyxeval()
7992
7993< {only available when compiled with the |+python| or the
Bram Moolenaarf42dd3c2017-01-28 16:06:38 +01007994 |+python3| feature}
7995
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +00007996 *E726* *E727*
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00007997range({expr} [, {max} [, {stride}]]) *range()*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00007998 Returns a |List| with Numbers:
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00007999 - If only {expr} is specified: [0, 1, ..., {expr} - 1]
8000 - If {max} is specified: [{expr}, {expr} + 1, ..., {max}]
8001 - If {stride} is specified: [{expr}, {expr} + {stride}, ...,
8002 {max}] (increasing {expr} with {stride} each time, not
8003 producing a value past {max}).
Bram Moolenaare7566042005-06-17 22:00:15 +00008004 When the maximum is one before the start the result is an
8005 empty list. When the maximum is more than one before the
8006 start this is an error.
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00008007 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00008008 range(4) " [0, 1, 2, 3]
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00008009 range(2, 4) " [2, 3, 4]
8010 range(2, 9, 3) " [2, 5, 8]
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00008011 range(2, -2, -1) " [2, 1, 0, -1, -2]
Bram Moolenaare7566042005-06-17 22:00:15 +00008012 range(0) " []
8013 range(2, 0) " error!
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00008014<
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008015 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8016 GetExpr()->range()
8017<
Bram Moolenaar06b0b4b2019-11-25 15:40:55 +01008018
Bram Moolenaar2c7f8c52020-04-20 19:52:53 +02008019rand([{expr}]) *rand()* *random*
Bram Moolenaarf8c1f922019-11-28 22:13:14 +01008020 Return a pseudo-random Number generated with an xoshiro128**
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +01008021 algorithm using seed {expr}. The returned number is 32 bits,
8022 also on 64 bits systems, for consistency.
8023 {expr} can be initialized by |srand()| and will be updated by
8024 rand(). If {expr} is omitted, an internal seed value is used
8025 and updated.
Bram Moolenaar06b0b4b2019-11-25 15:40:55 +01008026
8027 Examples: >
8028 :echo rand()
8029 :let seed = srand()
8030 :echo rand(seed)
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +01008031 :echo rand(seed) % 16 " random number 0 - 15
Bram Moolenaar06b0b4b2019-11-25 15:40:55 +01008032<
Bram Moolenaar84cf6bd2020-06-16 20:03:43 +02008033readdir({directory} [, {expr} [, {dict}]]) *readdir()*
Bram Moolenaar543c9b12019-04-05 22:50:40 +02008034 Return a list with file and directory names in {directory}.
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +02008035 You can also use |glob()| if you don't need to do complicated
8036 things, such as limiting the number of matches.
Bram Moolenaar84cf6bd2020-06-16 20:03:43 +02008037 The list will be sorted (case sensitive), see the {dict}
8038 argument below for changing the sort order.
Bram Moolenaar543c9b12019-04-05 22:50:40 +02008039
8040 When {expr} is omitted all entries are included.
8041 When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do:
8042 If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will
8043 be handled.
8044 If {expr} results in 0 then this entry will not be
8045 added to the list.
8046 If {expr} results in 1 then this entry will be added
8047 to the list.
Bram Moolenaar6c9ba042020-06-01 16:09:41 +02008048 The entries "." and ".." are always excluded.
Bram Moolenaar543c9b12019-04-05 22:50:40 +02008049 Each time {expr} is evaluated |v:val| is set to the entry name.
8050 When {expr} is a function the name is passed as the argument.
8051 For example, to get a list of files ending in ".txt": >
8052 readdir(dirname, {n -> n =~ '.txt$'})
8053< To skip hidden and backup files: >
8054 readdir(dirname, {n -> n !~ '^\.\|\~$'})
8055
Bram Moolenaar84cf6bd2020-06-16 20:03:43 +02008056< The optional {dict} argument allows for further custom
8057 values. Currently this is used to specify if and how sorting
8058 should be performed. The dict can have the following members:
8059
8060 sort How to sort the result returned from the system.
8061 Valid values are:
8062 "none" do not sort (fastest method)
8063 "case" sort case sensitive (byte value of
8064 each character, technically, using
8065 strcmp()) (default)
8066 "icase" sort case insensitive (technically
8067 using strcasecmp())
8068 "collate" sort using the collation order
8069 of the "POSIX" or "C" |locale|
8070 (technically using strcoll())
8071 Other values are silently ignored.
8072
8073 For example, to get a list of all files in the current
8074 directory without sorting the individual entries: >
8075 readdir('.', '1', #{sort: 'none'})
Bram Moolenaar543c9b12019-04-05 22:50:40 +02008076< If you want to get a directory tree: >
Bram Moolenaar84cf6bd2020-06-16 20:03:43 +02008077 function! s:tree(dir)
8078 return {a:dir : map(readdir(a:dir),
Bram Moolenaar543c9b12019-04-05 22:50:40 +02008079 \ {_, x -> isdirectory(x) ?
Bram Moolenaar84cf6bd2020-06-16 20:03:43 +02008080 \ {x : s:tree(a:dir . '/' . x)} : x})}
8081 endfunction
8082 echo s:tree(".")
Bram Moolenaar543c9b12019-04-05 22:50:40 +02008083<
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008084 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8085 GetDirName()->readdir()
8086<
Bram Moolenaar84cf6bd2020-06-16 20:03:43 +02008087readdirex({directory} [, {expr} [, {dict}]]) *readdirex()*
Bram Moolenaar6c9ba042020-06-01 16:09:41 +02008088 Extended version of |readdir()|.
8089 Return a list of Dictionaries with file and directory
8090 information in {directory}.
8091 This is useful if you want to get the attributes of file and
8092 directory at the same time as getting a list of a directory.
8093 This is much faster than calling |readdir()| then calling
8094 |getfperm()|, |getfsize()|, |getftime()| and |getftype()| for
8095 each file and directory especially on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar84cf6bd2020-06-16 20:03:43 +02008096 The list will by default be sorted by name (case sensitive),
8097 the sorting can be changed by using the optional {dict}
8098 argument, see |readdir()|.
Bram Moolenaar6c9ba042020-06-01 16:09:41 +02008099
8100 The Dictionary for file and directory information has the
8101 following items:
8102 group Group name of the entry. (Only on Unix)
8103 name Name of the entry.
8104 perm Permissions of the entry. See |getfperm()|.
8105 size Size of the entry. See |getfsize()|.
8106 time Timestamp of the entry. See |getftime()|.
8107 type Type of the entry.
8108 On Unix, almost same as |getftype()| except:
8109 Symlink to a dir "linkd"
8110 Other symlink "link"
8111 On MS-Windows:
8112 Normal file "file"
8113 Directory "dir"
8114 Junction "junction"
8115 Symlink to a dir "linkd"
8116 Other symlink "link"
8117 Other reparse point "reparse"
8118 user User name of the entry's owner. (Only on Unix)
8119 On Unix, if the entry is a symlink, the Dictionary includes
8120 the information of the target (except the "type" item).
8121 On MS-Windows, it includes the information of the symlink
8122 itself because of performance reasons.
8123
8124 When {expr} is omitted all entries are included.
8125 When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do:
8126 If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will
8127 be handled.
8128 If {expr} results in 0 then this entry will not be
8129 added to the list.
8130 If {expr} results in 1 then this entry will be added
8131 to the list.
8132 The entries "." and ".." are always excluded.
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02008133 Each time {expr} is evaluated |v:val| is set to a |Dictionary|
Bram Moolenaar6c9ba042020-06-01 16:09:41 +02008134 of the entry.
8135 When {expr} is a function the entry is passed as the argument.
8136 For example, to get a list of files ending in ".txt": >
8137 readdirex(dirname, {e -> e.name =~ '.txt$'})
8138<
Bram Moolenaar84cf6bd2020-06-16 20:03:43 +02008139 For example, to get a list of all files in the current
8140 directory without sorting the individual entries: >
8141 readdirex(dirname, '1', #{sort: 'none'})
8142
8143<
Bram Moolenaar6c9ba042020-06-01 16:09:41 +02008144 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8145 GetDirName()->readdirex()
8146<
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +00008147 *readfile()*
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01008148readfile({fname} [, {type} [, {max}]])
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00008149 Read file {fname} and return a |List|, each line of the file
Bram Moolenaar6100d022016-10-02 16:51:57 +02008150 as an item. Lines are broken at NL characters. Macintosh
8151 files separated with CR will result in a single long line
8152 (unless a NL appears somewhere).
Bram Moolenaar06583f12010-08-07 20:30:49 +02008153 All NUL characters are replaced with a NL character.
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01008154 When {type} contains "b" binary mode is used:
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +00008155 - When the last line ends in a NL an extra empty list item is
8156 added.
8157 - No CR characters are removed.
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01008158 When {type} contains "B" a |Blob| is returned with the binary
8159 data of the file unmodified.
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +00008160 Otherwise:
8161 - CR characters that appear before a NL are removed.
8162 - Whether the last line ends in a NL or not does not matter.
Bram Moolenaar06583f12010-08-07 20:30:49 +02008163 - When 'encoding' is Unicode any UTF-8 byte order mark is
8164 removed from the text.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00008165 When {max} is given this specifies the maximum number of lines
8166 to be read. Useful if you only want to check the first ten
8167 lines of a file: >
8168 :for line in readfile(fname, '', 10)
8169 : if line =~ 'Date' | echo line | endif
8170 :endfor
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00008171< When {max} is negative -{max} lines from the end of the file
8172 are returned, or as many as there are.
8173 When {max} is zero the result is an empty list.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +00008174 Note that without {max} the whole file is read into memory.
8175 Also note that there is no recognition of encoding. Read a
8176 file into a buffer if you need to.
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +00008177 When the file can't be opened an error message is given and
8178 the result is an empty list.
8179 Also see |writefile()|.
8180
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008181 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8182 GetFileName()->readfile()
8183
Bram Moolenaar85629982020-06-01 18:39:20 +02008184reduce({object}, {func} [, {initial}]) *reduce()* *E998*
8185 {func} is called for every item in {object}, which can be a
8186 |List| or a |Blob|. {func} is called with two arguments: the
8187 result so far and current item. After processing all items
8188 the result is returned.
8189
8190 {initial} is the initial result. When omitted, the first item
8191 in {object} is used and {func} is first called for the second
8192 item. If {initial} is not given and {object} is empty no
8193 result can be computed, an E998 error is given.
8194
8195 Examples: >
8196 echo reduce([1, 3, 5], { acc, val -> acc + val })
8197 echo reduce(['x', 'y'], { acc, val -> acc .. val }, 'a')
8198 echo reduce(0z1122, { acc, val -> 2 * acc + val })
8199<
8200 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8201 echo mylist->reduce({ acc, val -> acc + val }, 0)
8202
8203
Bram Moolenaar0b6d9112018-05-22 20:35:17 +02008204reg_executing() *reg_executing()*
8205 Returns the single letter name of the register being executed.
8206 Returns an empty string when no register is being executed.
8207 See |@|.
8208
8209reg_recording() *reg_recording()*
8210 Returns the single letter name of the register being recorded.
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +02008211 Returns an empty string when not recording. See |q|.
Bram Moolenaar0b6d9112018-05-22 20:35:17 +02008212
Bram Moolenaar433f7c82006-03-21 21:29:36 +00008213reltime([{start} [, {end}]]) *reltime()*
8214 Return an item that represents a time value. The format of
8215 the item depends on the system. It can be passed to
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02008216 |reltimestr()| to convert it to a string or |reltimefloat()|
8217 to convert to a Float.
Bram Moolenaar433f7c82006-03-21 21:29:36 +00008218 Without an argument it returns the current time.
8219 With one argument is returns the time passed since the time
8220 specified in the argument.
Bram Moolenaar551dbcc2006-04-25 22:13:59 +00008221 With two arguments it returns the time passed between {start}
Bram Moolenaar433f7c82006-03-21 21:29:36 +00008222 and {end}.
8223 The {start} and {end} arguments must be values returned by
8224 reltime().
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008225
8226 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8227 GetStart()->reltime()
8228<
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02008229 {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
Bram Moolenaar433f7c82006-03-21 21:29:36 +00008230
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02008231reltimefloat({time}) *reltimefloat()*
8232 Return a Float that represents the time value of {time}.
8233 Example: >
8234 let start = reltime()
8235 call MyFunction()
8236 let seconds = reltimefloat(reltime(start))
8237< See the note of reltimestr() about overhead.
8238 Also see |profiling|.
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008239
8240 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8241 reltime(start)->reltimefloat()
8242
8243< {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02008244
Bram Moolenaar433f7c82006-03-21 21:29:36 +00008245reltimestr({time}) *reltimestr()*
8246 Return a String that represents the time value of {time}.
8247 This is the number of seconds, a dot and the number of
8248 microseconds. Example: >
8249 let start = reltime()
8250 call MyFunction()
8251 echo reltimestr(reltime(start))
8252< Note that overhead for the commands will be added to the time.
8253 The accuracy depends on the system.
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00008254 Leading spaces are used to make the string align nicely. You
8255 can use split() to remove it. >
8256 echo split(reltimestr(reltime(start)))[0]
8257< Also see |profiling|.
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008258
8259 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8260 reltime(start)->reltimestr()
8261
8262< {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
Bram Moolenaar433f7c82006-03-21 21:29:36 +00008263
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008264 *remote_expr()* *E449*
Bram Moolenaar81b9d0b2017-03-19 21:20:53 +01008265remote_expr({server}, {string} [, {idvar} [, {timeout}]])
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02008266 Send the {string} to {server}. The string is sent as an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008267 expression and the result is returned after evaluation.
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00008268 The result must be a String or a |List|. A |List| is turned
8269 into a String by joining the items with a line break in
8270 between (not at the end), like with join(expr, "\n").
Bram Moolenaar81b9d0b2017-03-19 21:20:53 +01008271 If {idvar} is present and not empty, it is taken as the name
8272 of a variable and a {serverid} for later use with
Bram Moolenaar6bb2cdf2018-02-24 19:53:53 +01008273 |remote_read()| is stored there.
Bram Moolenaar81b9d0b2017-03-19 21:20:53 +01008274 If {timeout} is given the read times out after this many
8275 seconds. Otherwise a timeout of 600 seconds is used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008276 See also |clientserver| |RemoteReply|.
8277 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
8278 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
8279 Note: Any errors will cause a local error message to be issued
8280 and the result will be the empty string.
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01008281
8282 Variables will be evaluated in the global namespace,
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01008283 independent of a function currently being active. Except
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01008284 when in debug mode, then local function variables and
8285 arguments can be evaluated.
8286
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008287 Examples: >
8288 :echo remote_expr("gvim", "2+2")
8289 :echo remote_expr("gvim1", "b:current_syntax")
8290<
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008291 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8292 ServerName()->remote_expr(expr)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008293
8294remote_foreground({server}) *remote_foreground()*
8295 Move the Vim server with the name {server} to the foreground.
8296 This works like: >
8297 remote_expr({server}, "foreground()")
8298< Except that on Win32 systems the client does the work, to work
8299 around the problem that the OS doesn't always allow the server
8300 to bring itself to the foreground.
Bram Moolenaar9372a112005-12-06 19:59:18 +00008301 Note: This does not restore the window if it was minimized,
8302 like foreground() does.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008303 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008304
8305 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8306 ServerName()->remote_foreground()
8307
8308< {only in the Win32, Athena, Motif and GTK GUI versions and the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008309 Win32 console version}
8310
8311
8312remote_peek({serverid} [, {retvar}]) *remote_peek()*
8313 Returns a positive number if there are available strings
8314 from {serverid}. Copies any reply string into the variable
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02008315 {retvar} if specified. {retvar} must be a string with the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008316 name of a variable.
8317 Returns zero if none are available.
8318 Returns -1 if something is wrong.
8319 See also |clientserver|.
8320 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
8321 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
8322 Examples: >
8323 :let repl = ""
8324 :echo "PEEK: ".remote_peek(id, "repl").": ".repl
8325
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008326< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8327 ServerId()->remote_peek()
8328
Bram Moolenaar81b9d0b2017-03-19 21:20:53 +01008329remote_read({serverid}, [{timeout}]) *remote_read()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008330 Return the oldest available reply from {serverid} and consume
Bram Moolenaar81b9d0b2017-03-19 21:20:53 +01008331 it. Unless a {timeout} in seconds is given, it blocks until a
8332 reply is available.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008333 See also |clientserver|.
8334 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
8335 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
8336 Example: >
8337 :echo remote_read(id)
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008338
8339< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8340 ServerId()->remote_read()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008341<
8342 *remote_send()* *E241*
8343remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar}])
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02008344 Send the {string} to {server}. The string is sent as input
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00008345 keys and the function returns immediately. At the Vim server
8346 the keys are not mapped |:map|.
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00008347 If {idvar} is present, it is taken as the name of a variable
8348 and a {serverid} for later use with remote_read() is stored
8349 there.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008350 See also |clientserver| |RemoteReply|.
8351 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
8352 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
Bram Moolenaar7416f3e2017-03-18 18:10:13 +01008353
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008354 Note: Any errors will be reported in the server and may mess
8355 up the display.
8356 Examples: >
8357 :echo remote_send("gvim", ":DropAndReply ".file, "serverid").
8358 \ remote_read(serverid)
8359
8360 :autocmd NONE RemoteReply *
8361 \ echo remote_read(expand("<amatch>"))
8362 :echo remote_send("gvim", ":sleep 10 | echo ".
8363 \ 'server2client(expand("<client>"), "HELLO")<CR>')
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00008364<
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008365 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8366 ServerName()->remote_send(keys)
8367<
Bram Moolenaar7416f3e2017-03-18 18:10:13 +01008368 *remote_startserver()* *E941* *E942*
8369remote_startserver({name})
8370 Become the server {name}. This fails if already running as a
8371 server, when |v:servername| is not empty.
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008372
8373 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8374 ServerName()->remote_startserver()
8375
8376< {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
Bram Moolenaar7416f3e2017-03-18 18:10:13 +01008377
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00008378remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}]) *remove()*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00008379 Without {end}: Remove the item at {idx} from |List| {list} and
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01008380 return the item.
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00008381 With {end}: Remove items from {idx} to {end} (inclusive) and
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02008382 return a |List| with these items. When {idx} points to the same
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00008383 item as {end} a list with one item is returned. When {end}
8384 points to an item before {idx} this is an error.
8385 See |list-index| for possible values of {idx} and {end}.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +00008386 Example: >
8387 :echo "last item: " . remove(mylist, -1)
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00008388 :call remove(mylist, 0, 9)
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01008389<
8390 Use |delete()| to remove a file.
8391
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02008392 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8393 mylist->remove(idx)
8394
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01008395remove({blob}, {idx} [, {end}])
8396 Without {end}: Remove the byte at {idx} from |Blob| {blob} and
8397 return the byte.
8398 With {end}: Remove bytes from {idx} to {end} (inclusive) and
8399 return a |Blob| with these bytes. When {idx} points to the same
8400 byte as {end} a |Blob| with one byte is returned. When {end}
8401 points to a byte before {idx} this is an error.
8402 Example: >
8403 :echo "last byte: " . remove(myblob, -1)
8404 :call remove(mylist, 0, 9)
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +01008405
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00008406remove({dict}, {key})
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +02008407 Remove the entry from {dict} with key {key} and return it.
8408 Example: >
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00008409 :echo "removed " . remove(dict, "one")
8410< If there is no {key} in {dict} this is an error.
8411
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008412rename({from}, {to}) *rename()*
8413 Rename the file by the name {from} to the name {to}. This
8414 should also work to move files across file systems. The
8415 result is a Number, which is 0 if the file was renamed
8416 successfully, and non-zero when the renaming failed.
Bram Moolenaar798b30b2009-04-22 10:56:16 +00008417 NOTE: If {to} exists it is overwritten without warning.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008418 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
8419
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008420 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8421 GetOldName()->rename(newname)
8422
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00008423repeat({expr}, {count}) *repeat()*
8424 Repeat {expr} {count} times and return the concatenated
8425 result. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar551dbcc2006-04-25 22:13:59 +00008426 :let separator = repeat('-', 80)
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00008427< When {count} is zero or negative the result is empty.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00008428 When {expr} is a |List| the result is {expr} concatenated
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02008429 {count} times. Example: >
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +00008430 :let longlist = repeat(['a', 'b'], 3)
8431< Results in ['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b'].
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00008432
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02008433 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8434 mylist->repeat(count)
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00008435
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008436resolve({filename}) *resolve()* *E655*
8437 On MS-Windows, when {filename} is a shortcut (a .lnk file),
8438 returns the path the shortcut points to in a simplified form.
Bram Moolenaardce1e892019-02-10 23:18:53 +01008439 When {filename} is a symbolic link or junction point, return
8440 the full path to the target. If the target of junction is
8441 removed, return {filename}.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008442 On Unix, repeat resolving symbolic links in all path
8443 components of {filename} and return the simplified result.
8444 To cope with link cycles, resolving of symbolic links is
8445 stopped after 100 iterations.
8446 On other systems, return the simplified {filename}.
8447 The simplification step is done as by |simplify()|.
8448 resolve() keeps a leading path component specifying the
8449 current directory (provided the result is still a relative
8450 path name) and also keeps a trailing path separator.
8451
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008452 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8453 GetName()->resolve()
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02008454
8455reverse({object}) *reverse()*
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +01008456 Reverse the order of items in {object} in-place.
8457 {object} can be a |List| or a |Blob|.
8458 Returns {object}.
8459 If you want an object to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00008460 :let revlist = reverse(copy(mylist))
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02008461< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8462 mylist->reverse()
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00008463
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008464round({expr}) *round()*
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00008465 Round off {expr} to the nearest integral value and return it
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008466 as a |Float|. If {expr} lies halfway between two integral
8467 values, then use the larger one (away from zero).
8468 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
8469 Examples: >
8470 echo round(0.456)
8471< 0.0 >
8472 echo round(4.5)
8473< 5.0 >
8474 echo round(-4.5)
8475< -5.0
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02008476
8477 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8478 Compute()->round()
8479<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008480 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01008481
Bram Moolenaare99be0e2019-03-26 22:51:09 +01008482rubyeval({expr}) *rubyeval()*
8483 Evaluate Ruby expression {expr} and return its result
8484 converted to Vim data structures.
8485 Numbers, floats and strings are returned as they are (strings
8486 are copied though).
8487 Arrays are represented as Vim |List| type.
8488 Hashes are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type.
8489 Other objects are represented as strings resulted from their
8490 "Object#to_s" method.
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +02008491
8492 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8493 GetRubyExpr()->rubyeval()
8494
8495< {only available when compiled with the |+ruby| feature}
Bram Moolenaare99be0e2019-03-26 22:51:09 +01008496
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01008497screenattr({row}, {col}) *screenattr()*
Bram Moolenaar36f44c22016-08-28 18:17:20 +02008498 Like |screenchar()|, but return the attribute. This is a rather
Bram Moolenaar9a773482013-06-11 18:40:13 +02008499 arbitrary number that can only be used to compare to the
8500 attribute at other positions.
8501
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02008502 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8503 GetRow()->screenattr(col)
8504
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01008505screenchar({row}, {col}) *screenchar()*
Bram Moolenaar9a773482013-06-11 18:40:13 +02008506 The result is a Number, which is the character at position
8507 [row, col] on the screen. This works for every possible
8508 screen position, also status lines, window separators and the
8509 command line. The top left position is row one, column one
8510 The character excludes composing characters. For double-byte
8511 encodings it may only be the first byte.
8512 This is mainly to be used for testing.
8513 Returns -1 when row or col is out of range.
8514
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02008515 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8516 GetRow()->screenchar(col)
8517
Bram Moolenaar2912abb2019-03-29 14:16:42 +01008518screenchars({row}, {col}) *screenchars()*
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02008519 The result is a |List| of Numbers. The first number is the same
Bram Moolenaar2912abb2019-03-29 14:16:42 +01008520 as what |screenchar()| returns. Further numbers are
8521 composing characters on top of the base character.
8522 This is mainly to be used for testing.
8523 Returns an empty List when row or col is out of range.
8524
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02008525 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8526 GetRow()->screenchars(col)
8527
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01008528screencol() *screencol()*
8529 The result is a Number, which is the current screen column of
8530 the cursor. The leftmost column has number 1.
8531 This function is mainly used for testing.
8532
8533 Note: Always returns the current screen column, thus if used
8534 in a command (e.g. ":echo screencol()") it will return the
8535 column inside the command line, which is 1 when the command is
8536 executed. To get the cursor position in the file use one of
8537 the following mappings: >
8538 nnoremap <expr> GG ":echom ".screencol()."\n"
8539 nnoremap <silent> GG :echom screencol()<CR>
8540<
Bram Moolenaarb3d17a22019-07-07 18:28:14 +02008541screenpos({winid}, {lnum}, {col}) *screenpos()*
8542 The result is a Dict with the screen position of the text
8543 character in window {winid} at buffer line {lnum} and column
8544 {col}. {col} is a one-based byte index.
8545 The Dict has these members:
8546 row screen row
8547 col first screen column
8548 endcol last screen column
8549 curscol cursor screen column
8550 If the specified position is not visible, all values are zero.
8551 The "endcol" value differs from "col" when the character
8552 occupies more than one screen cell. E.g. for a Tab "col" can
8553 be 1 and "endcol" can be 8.
8554 The "curscol" value is where the cursor would be placed. For
8555 a Tab it would be the same as "endcol", while for a double
8556 width character it would be the same as "col".
8557
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02008558 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8559 GetWinid()->screenpos(lnum, col)
8560
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01008561screenrow() *screenrow()*
8562 The result is a Number, which is the current screen row of the
8563 cursor. The top line has number one.
8564 This function is mainly used for testing.
Bram Moolenaar437bafe2016-08-01 15:40:54 +02008565 Alternatively you can use |winline()|.
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01008566
8567 Note: Same restrictions as with |screencol()|.
8568
Bram Moolenaar2912abb2019-03-29 14:16:42 +01008569screenstring({row}, {col}) *screenstring()*
8570 The result is a String that contains the base character and
8571 any composing characters at position [row, col] on the screen.
8572 This is like |screenchars()| but returning a String with the
8573 characters.
8574 This is mainly to be used for testing.
8575 Returns an empty String when row or col is out of range.
8576
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02008577 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8578 GetRow()->screenstring(col)
Bram Moolenaaradc17a52020-06-06 18:37:51 +02008579<
8580 *search()*
8581search({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008582 Search for regexp pattern {pattern}. The search starts at the
Bram Moolenaar383f9bc2005-01-19 22:18:32 +00008583 cursor position (you can use |cursor()| to set it).
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00008584
Bram Moolenaar2df58b42012-11-28 18:21:11 +01008585 When a match has been found its line number is returned.
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01008586 If there is no match a 0 is returned and the cursor doesn't
8587 move. No error message is given.
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01008588
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008589 {flags} is a String, which can contain these character flags:
Bram Moolenaarad4d8a12015-12-28 19:20:36 +01008590 'b' search Backward instead of forward
8591 'c' accept a match at the Cursor position
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00008592 'e' move to the End of the match
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00008593 'n' do Not move the cursor
Bram Moolenaarad4d8a12015-12-28 19:20:36 +01008594 'p' return number of matching sub-Pattern (see below)
8595 's' Set the ' mark at the previous location of the cursor
8596 'w' Wrap around the end of the file
8597 'W' don't Wrap around the end of the file
8598 'z' start searching at the cursor column instead of zero
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008599 If neither 'w' or 'W' is given, the 'wrapscan' option applies.
8600
Bram Moolenaar02743632005-07-25 20:42:36 +00008601 If the 's' flag is supplied, the ' mark is set, only if the
8602 cursor is moved. The 's' flag cannot be combined with the 'n'
8603 flag.
8604
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00008605 'ignorecase', 'smartcase' and 'magic' are used.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01008606
Bram Moolenaar85084ef2016-01-17 22:26:33 +01008607 When the 'z' flag is not given, searching always starts in
Bram Moolenaarad4d8a12015-12-28 19:20:36 +01008608 column zero and then matches before the cursor are skipped.
8609 When the 'c' flag is present in 'cpo' the next search starts
8610 after the match. Without the 'c' flag the next search starts
8611 one column further.
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00008612
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00008613 When the {stopline} argument is given then the search stops
8614 after searching this line. This is useful to restrict the
8615 search to a range of lines. Examples: >
8616 let match = search('(', 'b', line("w0"))
8617 let end = search('END', '', line("w$"))
8618< When {stopline} is used and it is not zero this also implies
8619 that the search does not wrap around the end of the file.
Bram Moolenaar76929292008-01-06 19:07:36 +00008620 A zero value is equal to not giving the argument.
8621
8622 When the {timeout} argument is given the search stops when
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02008623 more than this many milliseconds have passed. Thus when
Bram Moolenaar76929292008-01-06 19:07:36 +00008624 {timeout} is 500 the search stops after half a second.
8625 The value must not be negative. A zero value is like not
8626 giving the argument.
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02008627 {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00008628
Bram Moolenaaradc17a52020-06-06 18:37:51 +02008629 If the {skip} expression is given it is evaluated with the
8630 cursor positioned on the start of a match. If it evaluates to
8631 non-zero this match is skipped. This can be used, for
8632 example, to skip a match in a comment or a string.
8633 {skip} can be a string, which is evaluated as an expression, a
8634 function reference or a lambda.
8635 When {skip} is omitted or empty, every match is accepted.
8636 When evaluating {skip} causes an error the search is aborted
8637 and -1 returned.
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00008638 *search()-sub-match*
8639 With the 'p' flag the returned value is one more than the
8640 first sub-match in \(\). One if none of them matched but the
8641 whole pattern did match.
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00008642 To get the column number too use |searchpos()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008643
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00008644 The cursor will be positioned at the match, unless the 'n'
8645 flag is used.
8646
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008647 Example (goes over all files in the argument list): >
8648 :let n = 1
8649 :while n <= argc() " loop over all files in arglist
8650 : exe "argument " . n
8651 : " start at the last char in the file and wrap for the
8652 : " first search to find match at start of file
8653 : normal G$
8654 : let flags = "w"
8655 : while search("foo", flags) > 0
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008656 : s/foo/bar/g
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008657 : let flags = "W"
8658 : endwhile
8659 : update " write the file if modified
8660 : let n = n + 1
8661 :endwhile
8662<
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00008663 Example for using some flags: >
8664 :echo search('\<if\|\(else\)\|\(endif\)', 'ncpe')
8665< This will search for the keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
8666 under or after the cursor. Because of the 'p' flag, it
8667 returns 1, 2, or 3 depending on which keyword is found, or 0
8668 if the search fails. With the cursor on the first word of the
8669 line:
8670 if (foo == 0) | let foo = foo + 1 | endif ~
8671 the function returns 1. Without the 'c' flag, the function
8672 finds the "endif" and returns 3. The same thing happens
8673 without the 'e' flag if the cursor is on the "f" of "if".
8674 The 'n' flag tells the function not to move the cursor.
8675
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02008676 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8677 GetPattern()->search()
Bram Moolenaar92d640f2005-09-05 22:11:52 +00008678
Bram Moolenaare8f5ec02020-06-01 17:28:35 +02008679searchcount([{options}]) *searchcount()*
8680 Get or update the last search count, like what is displayed
8681 without the "S" flag in 'shortmess'. This works even if
8682 'shortmess' does contain the "S" flag.
8683
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02008684 This returns a |Dictionary|. The dictionary is empty if the
Bram Moolenaare8f5ec02020-06-01 17:28:35 +02008685 previous pattern was not set and "pattern" was not specified.
8686
8687 key type meaning ~
8688 current |Number| current position of match;
8689 0 if the cursor position is
8690 before the first match
8691 exact_match |Boolean| 1 if "current" is matched on
8692 "pos", otherwise 0
8693 total |Number| total count of matches found
8694 incomplete |Number| 0: search was fully completed
8695 1: recomputing was timed out
8696 2: max count exceeded
8697
8698 For {options} see further down.
8699
8700 To get the last search count when |n| or |N| was pressed, call
8701 this function with `recompute: 0` . This sometimes returns
8702 wrong information because |n| and |N|'s maximum count is 99.
8703 If it exceeded 99 the result must be max count + 1 (100). If
8704 you want to get correct information, specify `recompute: 1`: >
8705
8706 " result == maxcount + 1 (100) when many matches
8707 let result = searchcount(#{recompute: 0})
8708
8709 " Below returns correct result (recompute defaults
8710 " to 1)
8711 let result = searchcount()
8712<
8713 The function is useful to add the count to |statusline|: >
8714 function! LastSearchCount() abort
8715 let result = searchcount(#{recompute: 0})
8716 if empty(result)
8717 return ''
8718 endif
8719 if result.incomplete ==# 1 " timed out
8720 return printf(' /%s [?/??]', @/)
8721 elseif result.incomplete ==# 2 " max count exceeded
8722 if result.total > result.maxcount &&
8723 \ result.current > result.maxcount
8724 return printf(' /%s [>%d/>%d]', @/,
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +02008725 \ result.current, result.total)
Bram Moolenaare8f5ec02020-06-01 17:28:35 +02008726 elseif result.total > result.maxcount
8727 return printf(' /%s [%d/>%d]', @/,
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +02008728 \ result.current, result.total)
Bram Moolenaare8f5ec02020-06-01 17:28:35 +02008729 endif
8730 endif
8731 return printf(' /%s [%d/%d]', @/,
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +02008732 \ result.current, result.total)
Bram Moolenaare8f5ec02020-06-01 17:28:35 +02008733 endfunction
8734 let &statusline .= '%{LastSearchCount()}'
8735
8736 " Or if you want to show the count only when
8737 " 'hlsearch' was on
8738 " let &statusline .=
8739 " \ '%{v:hlsearch ? LastSearchCount() : ""}'
8740<
8741 You can also update the search count, which can be useful in a
8742 |CursorMoved| or |CursorMovedI| autocommand: >
8743
8744 autocmd CursorMoved,CursorMovedI *
8745 \ let s:searchcount_timer = timer_start(
8746 \ 200, function('s:update_searchcount'))
8747 function! s:update_searchcount(timer) abort
8748 if a:timer ==# s:searchcount_timer
8749 call searchcount(#{
8750 \ recompute: 1, maxcount: 0, timeout: 100})
8751 redrawstatus
8752 endif
8753 endfunction
8754<
8755 This can also be used to count matched texts with specified
8756 pattern in the current buffer using "pattern": >
8757
8758 " Count '\<foo\>' in this buffer
8759 " (Note that it also updates search count)
8760 let result = searchcount(#{pattern: '\<foo\>'})
8761
8762 " To restore old search count by old pattern,
8763 " search again
8764 call searchcount()
8765<
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02008766 {options} must be a |Dictionary|. It can contain:
Bram Moolenaare8f5ec02020-06-01 17:28:35 +02008767 key type meaning ~
8768 recompute |Boolean| if |TRUE|, recompute the count
8769 like |n| or |N| was executed.
8770 otherwise returns the last
Bram Moolenaarebacddb2020-06-04 15:22:21 +02008771 computed result (when |n| or
8772 |N| was used when "S" is not
8773 in 'shortmess', or this
8774 function was called).
Bram Moolenaare8f5ec02020-06-01 17:28:35 +02008775 (default: |TRUE|)
8776 pattern |String| recompute if this was given
8777 and different with |@/|.
8778 this works as same as the
8779 below command is executed
8780 before calling this function >
8781 let @/ = pattern
8782< (default: |@/|)
8783 timeout |Number| 0 or negative number is no
8784 timeout. timeout milliseconds
8785 for recomputing the result
8786 (default: 0)
8787 maxcount |Number| 0 or negative number is no
8788 limit. max count of matched
8789 text while recomputing the
8790 result. if search exceeded
8791 total count, "total" value
8792 becomes `maxcount + 1`
8793 (default: 0)
8794 pos |List| `[lnum, col, off]` value
8795 when recomputing the result.
8796 this changes "current" result
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02008797 value. see |cursor()|,
8798 |getpos()|
Bram Moolenaare8f5ec02020-06-01 17:28:35 +02008799 (default: cursor's position)
8800
8801
Bram Moolenaarf75a9632005-09-13 21:20:47 +00008802searchdecl({name} [, {global} [, {thisblock}]]) *searchdecl()*
8803 Search for the declaration of {name}.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00008804
Bram Moolenaarf75a9632005-09-13 21:20:47 +00008805 With a non-zero {global} argument it works like |gD|, find
8806 first match in the file. Otherwise it works like |gd|, find
8807 first match in the function.
8808
8809 With a non-zero {thisblock} argument matches in a {} block
8810 that ends before the cursor position are ignored. Avoids
8811 finding variable declarations only valid in another scope.
8812
Bram Moolenaar92d640f2005-09-05 22:11:52 +00008813 Moves the cursor to the found match.
8814 Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure.
8815 Example: >
8816 if searchdecl('myvar') == 0
8817 echo getline('.')
8818 endif
8819<
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02008820 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8821 GetName()->searchdecl()
8822<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008823 *searchpair()*
Bram Moolenaar76929292008-01-06 19:07:36 +00008824searchpair({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip}
8825 [, {stopline} [, {timeout}]]]])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008826 Search for the match of a nested start-end pair. This can be
8827 used to find the "endif" that matches an "if", while other
8828 if/endif pairs in between are ignored.
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +00008829 The search starts at the cursor. The default is to search
8830 forward, include 'b' in {flags} to search backward.
8831 If a match is found, the cursor is positioned at it and the
8832 line number is returned. If no match is found 0 or -1 is
8833 returned and the cursor doesn't move. No error message is
8834 given.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008835
8836 {start}, {middle} and {end} are patterns, see |pattern|. They
8837 must not contain \( \) pairs. Use of \%( \) is allowed. When
8838 {middle} is not empty, it is found when searching from either
8839 direction, but only when not in a nested start-end pair. A
8840 typical use is: >
8841 searchpair('\<if\>', '\<else\>', '\<endif\>')
8842< By leaving {middle} empty the "else" is skipped.
8843
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00008844 {flags} 'b', 'c', 'n', 's', 'w' and 'W' are used like with
8845 |search()|. Additionally:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008846 'r' Repeat until no more matches found; will find the
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008847 outer pair. Implies the 'W' flag.
8848 'm' Return number of matches instead of line number with
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +00008849 the match; will be > 1 when 'r' is used.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00008850 Note: it's nearly always a good idea to use the 'W' flag, to
8851 avoid wrapping around the end of the file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008852
8853 When a match for {start}, {middle} or {end} is found, the
8854 {skip} expression is evaluated with the cursor positioned on
8855 the start of the match. It should return non-zero if this
8856 match is to be skipped. E.g., because it is inside a comment
8857 or a string.
8858 When {skip} is omitted or empty, every match is accepted.
8859 When evaluating {skip} causes an error the search is aborted
8860 and -1 returned.
Bram Moolenaar48570482017-10-30 21:48:41 +01008861 {skip} can be a string, a lambda, a funcref or a partial.
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +02008862 Anything else makes the function fail.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008863
Bram Moolenaar76929292008-01-06 19:07:36 +00008864 For {stopline} and {timeout} see |search()|.
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00008865
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008866 The value of 'ignorecase' is used. 'magic' is ignored, the
8867 patterns are used like it's on.
8868
8869 The search starts exactly at the cursor. A match with
8870 {start}, {middle} or {end} at the next character, in the
8871 direction of searching, is the first one found. Example: >
8872 if 1
8873 if 2
8874 endif 2
8875 endif 1
8876< When starting at the "if 2", with the cursor on the "i", and
8877 searching forwards, the "endif 2" is found. When starting on
8878 the character just before the "if 2", the "endif 1" will be
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02008879 found. That's because the "if 2" will be found first, and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008880 then this is considered to be a nested if/endif from "if 2" to
8881 "endif 2".
8882 When searching backwards and {end} is more than one character,
8883 it may be useful to put "\zs" at the end of the pattern, so
8884 that when the cursor is inside a match with the end it finds
8885 the matching start.
8886
8887 Example, to find the "endif" command in a Vim script: >
8888
8889 :echo searchpair('\<if\>', '\<el\%[seif]\>', '\<en\%[dif]\>', 'W',
8890 \ 'getline(".") =~ "^\\s*\""')
8891
8892< The cursor must be at or after the "if" for which a match is
8893 to be found. Note that single-quote strings are used to avoid
8894 having to double the backslashes. The skip expression only
8895 catches comments at the start of a line, not after a command.
8896 Also, a word "en" or "if" halfway a line is considered a
8897 match.
8898 Another example, to search for the matching "{" of a "}": >
8899
8900 :echo searchpair('{', '', '}', 'bW')
8901
8902< This works when the cursor is at or before the "}" for which a
8903 match is to be found. To reject matches that syntax
8904 highlighting recognized as strings: >
8905
8906 :echo searchpair('{', '', '}', 'bW',
8907 \ 'synIDattr(synID(line("."), col("."), 0), "name") =~? "string"')
8908<
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00008909 *searchpairpos()*
Bram Moolenaar76929292008-01-06 19:07:36 +00008910searchpairpos({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip}
8911 [, {stopline} [, {timeout}]]]])
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01008912 Same as |searchpair()|, but returns a |List| with the line and
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00008913 column position of the match. The first element of the |List|
8914 is the line number and the second element is the byte index of
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00008915 the column position of the match. If no match is found,
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02008916 returns [0, 0]. >
8917
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +00008918 :let [lnum,col] = searchpairpos('{', '', '}', 'n')
8919<
8920 See |match-parens| for a bigger and more useful example.
8921
Bram Moolenaaradc17a52020-06-06 18:37:51 +02008922 *searchpos()*
8923searchpos({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
Bram Moolenaara23ccb82006-02-27 00:08:02 +00008924 Same as |search()|, but returns a |List| with the line and
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00008925 column position of the match. The first element of the |List|
8926 is the line number and the second element is the byte index of
8927 the column position of the match. If no match is found,
8928 returns [0, 0].
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00008929 Example: >
8930 :let [lnum, col] = searchpos('mypattern', 'n')
8931
8932< When the 'p' flag is given then there is an extra item with
8933 the sub-pattern match number |search()-sub-match|. Example: >
8934 :let [lnum, col, submatch] = searchpos('\(\l\)\|\(\u\)', 'np')
8935< In this example "submatch" is 2 when a lowercase letter is
8936 found |/\l|, 3 when an uppercase letter is found |/\u|.
8937
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02008938 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8939 GetPattern()->searchpos()
8940
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02008941server2client({clientid}, {string}) *server2client()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008942 Send a reply string to {clientid}. The most recent {clientid}
8943 that sent a string can be retrieved with expand("<client>").
8944 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
8945 Note:
8946 This id has to be stored before the next command can be
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00008947 received. I.e. before returning from the received command and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008948 before calling any commands that waits for input.
8949 See also |clientserver|.
8950 Example: >
8951 :echo server2client(expand("<client>"), "HELLO")
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02008952
8953< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8954 GetClientId()->server2client(string)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008955<
8956serverlist() *serverlist()*
8957 Return a list of available server names, one per line.
8958 When there are no servers or the information is not available
8959 an empty string is returned. See also |clientserver|.
8960 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
8961 Example: >
8962 :echo serverlist()
8963<
Bram Moolenaarb31cf2b2017-09-02 19:45:19 +02008964setbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text}) *setbufline()*
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02008965 Set line {lnum} to {text} in buffer {expr}. This works like
8966 |setline()| for the specified buffer.
8967
8968 This function works only for loaded buffers. First call
8969 |bufload()| if needed.
8970
8971 To insert lines use |appendbufline()|.
8972 Any text properties in {lnum} are cleared.
8973
8974 {text} can be a string to set one line, or a list of strings
8975 to set multiple lines. If the list extends below the last
8976 line then those lines are added.
Bram Moolenaarb31cf2b2017-09-02 19:45:19 +02008977
8978 For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above.
8979
8980 {lnum} is used like with |setline()|.
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02008981 When {lnum} is just below the last line the {text} will be
8982 added below the last line.
Bram Moolenaarb31cf2b2017-09-02 19:45:19 +02008983
Bram Moolenaar6bf2c622019-07-04 17:12:09 +02008984 When {expr} is not a valid buffer, the buffer is not loaded or
8985 {lnum} is not valid then 1 is returned. On success 0 is
8986 returned.
Bram Moolenaarb31cf2b2017-09-02 19:45:19 +02008987
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02008988 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
8989 third argument: >
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02008990 GetText()->setbufline(buf, lnum)
8991
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008992setbufvar({expr}, {varname}, {val}) *setbufvar()*
8993 Set option or local variable {varname} in buffer {expr} to
8994 {val}.
8995 This also works for a global or local window option, but it
8996 doesn't work for a global or local window variable.
8997 For a local window option the global value is unchanged.
8998 For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above.
8999 Note that the variable name without "b:" must be used.
9000 Examples: >
9001 :call setbufvar(1, "&mod", 1)
9002 :call setbufvar("todo", "myvar", "foobar")
9003< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
9004
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02009005 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9006 third argument: >
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02009007 GetValue()->setbufvar(buf, varname)
9008
Bram Moolenaar08aac3c2020-08-28 21:04:24 +02009009
9010setcellwidths({list}) *setcellwidths()*
9011 Specify overrides for cell widths of character ranges. This
9012 tells Vim how wide characters are, counted in screen cells.
9013 This overrides 'ambiwidth'. Example: >
9014 setcellwidths([[0xad, 0xad, 1],
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02009015 \ [0x2194, 0x2199, 2]])
Bram Moolenaar08aac3c2020-08-28 21:04:24 +02009016
9017< *E1109* *E1110* *E1111* *E1112* *E1113*
9018 The {list} argument is a list of lists with each three
9019 numbers. These three numbers are [low, high, width]. "low"
9020 and "high" can be the same, in which case this refers to one
9021 character. Otherwise it is the range of characters from "low"
9022 to "high" (inclusive). "width" is either 1 or 2, indicating
9023 the character width in screen cells.
9024 An error is given if the argument is invalid, also when a
9025 range overlaps with another.
9026 Only characters with value 0x100 and higher can be used.
9027
9028 To clear the overrides pass an empty list: >
9029 setcellwidths([]);
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02009030< You can use the script $VIMRUNTIME/tools/emoji_list.vim to see
9031 the effect for known emoji characters.
Bram Moolenaar08aac3c2020-08-28 21:04:24 +02009032
9033
Bram Moolenaar12969c02015-09-08 23:36:10 +02009034setcharsearch({dict}) *setcharsearch()*
Bram Moolenaardbd24b52015-08-11 14:26:19 +02009035 Set the current character search information to {dict},
9036 which contains one or more of the following entries:
9037
9038 char character which will be used for a subsequent
9039 |,| or |;| command; an empty string clears the
9040 character search
9041 forward direction of character search; 1 for forward,
9042 0 for backward
9043 until type of character search; 1 for a |t| or |T|
9044 character search, 0 for an |f| or |F|
9045 character search
9046
9047 This can be useful to save/restore a user's character search
9048 from a script: >
9049 :let prevsearch = getcharsearch()
9050 :" Perform a command which clobbers user's search
9051 :call setcharsearch(prevsearch)
9052< Also see |getcharsearch()|.
9053
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02009054 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9055 SavedSearch()->setcharsearch()
9056
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009057setcmdpos({pos}) *setcmdpos()*
9058 Set the cursor position in the command line to byte position
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02009059 {pos}. The first position is 1.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009060 Use |getcmdpos()| to obtain the current position.
9061 Only works while editing the command line, thus you must use
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +00009062 |c_CTRL-\_e|, |c_CTRL-R_=| or |c_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| with '='. For
9063 |c_CTRL-\_e| and |c_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| with '=' the position is
9064 set after the command line is set to the expression. For
9065 |c_CTRL-R_=| it is set after evaluating the expression but
9066 before inserting the resulting text.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009067 When the number is too big the cursor is put at the end of the
9068 line. A number smaller than one has undefined results.
9069 Returns 0 when successful, 1 when not editing the command
9070 line.
9071
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02009072 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9073 GetPos()->setcmdpos()
9074
Bram Moolenaar691ddee2019-05-09 14:52:41 +02009075setenv({name}, {val}) *setenv()*
9076 Set environment variable {name} to {val}.
9077 When {val} is |v:null| the environment variable is deleted.
9078 See also |expr-env|.
9079
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02009080 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9081 second argument: >
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02009082 GetPath()->setenv('PATH')
9083
Bram Moolenaar80492532016-03-08 17:08:53 +01009084setfperm({fname}, {mode}) *setfperm()* *chmod*
9085 Set the file permissions for {fname} to {mode}.
9086 {mode} must be a string with 9 characters. It is of the form
9087 "rwxrwxrwx", where each group of "rwx" flags represent, in
9088 turn, the permissions of the owner of the file, the group the
9089 file belongs to, and other users. A '-' character means the
9090 permission is off, any other character means on. Multi-byte
9091 characters are not supported.
9092
9093 For example "rw-r-----" means read-write for the user,
9094 readable by the group, not accessible by others. "xx-x-----"
9095 would do the same thing.
9096
9097 Returns non-zero for success, zero for failure.
9098
Bram Moolenaar4c313b12019-08-24 22:58:31 +02009099 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9100 GetFilename()->setfperm(mode)
9101<
Bram Moolenaar80492532016-03-08 17:08:53 +01009102 To read permissions see |getfperm()|.
9103
9104
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009105setline({lnum}, {text}) *setline()*
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01009106 Set line {lnum} of the current buffer to {text}. To insert
Bram Moolenaarb31cf2b2017-09-02 19:45:19 +02009107 lines use |append()|. To set lines in another buffer use
Bram Moolenaarb328cca2019-01-06 16:24:01 +01009108 |setbufline()|. Any text properties in {lnum} are cleared.
Bram Moolenaarb31cf2b2017-09-02 19:45:19 +02009109
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00009110 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009111 When {lnum} is just below the last line the {text} will be
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02009112 added below the last line.
Bram Moolenaarb31cf2b2017-09-02 19:45:19 +02009113
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00009114 If this succeeds, 0 is returned. If this fails (most likely
Bram Moolenaarb31cf2b2017-09-02 19:45:19 +02009115 because {lnum} is invalid) 1 is returned.
9116
9117 Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009118 :call setline(5, strftime("%c"))
Bram Moolenaarb31cf2b2017-09-02 19:45:19 +02009119
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009120< When {text} is a |List| then line {lnum} and following lines
Bram Moolenaar2389c3c2005-05-22 22:07:59 +00009121 will be set to the items in the list. Example: >
9122 :call setline(5, ['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc'])
9123< This is equivalent to: >
Bram Moolenaar53bfca22012-04-13 23:04:47 +02009124 :for [n, l] in [[5, 'aaa'], [6, 'bbb'], [7, 'ccc']]
Bram Moolenaar2389c3c2005-05-22 22:07:59 +00009125 : call setline(n, l)
9126 :endfor
Bram Moolenaarb4d5fba2017-09-11 19:31:28 +02009127
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009128< Note: The '[ and '] marks are not set.
9129
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02009130 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9131 second argument: >
Bram Moolenaar196b4662019-09-06 21:34:30 +02009132 GetText()->setline(lnum)
9133
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009134setloclist({nr}, {list} [, {action} [, {what}]]) *setloclist()*
Bram Moolenaar17c7c012006-01-26 22:25:15 +00009135 Create or replace or add to the location list for window {nr}.
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02009136 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
Bram Moolenaar888ccac2016-06-04 18:49:36 +02009137 When {nr} is zero the current window is used.
9138
9139 For a location list window, the displayed location list is
9140 modified. For an invalid window number {nr}, -1 is returned.
Bram Moolenaar6ee10162007-07-26 20:58:42 +00009141 Otherwise, same as |setqflist()|.
9142 Also see |location-list|.
9143
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02009144 For {action} see |setqflist-action|.
9145
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02009146 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
9147 only the items listed in {what} are set. Refer to |setqflist()|
9148 for the list of supported keys in {what}.
9149
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009150 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9151 second argument: >
9152 GetLoclist()->setloclist(winnr)
9153
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01009154setmatches({list} [, {win}]) *setmatches()*
Bram Moolenaar99fa7212020-04-26 15:59:55 +02009155 Restores a list of matches saved by |getmatches()| for the
9156 current window. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise -1. All
Bram Moolenaarfd133322019-03-29 12:20:27 +01009157 current matches are cleared before the list is restored. See
9158 example for |getmatches()|.
Bram Moolenaaraff74912019-03-30 18:11:49 +01009159 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
9160 window ID instead of the current window.
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00009161
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009162 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9163 GetMatches()->setmatches()
9164<
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00009165 *setpos()*
9166setpos({expr}, {list})
9167 Set the position for {expr}. Possible values:
9168 . the cursor
9169 'x mark x
9170
Bram Moolenaar493c1782014-05-28 14:34:46 +02009171 {list} must be a |List| with four or five numbers:
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00009172 [bufnum, lnum, col, off]
Bram Moolenaar493c1782014-05-28 14:34:46 +02009173 [bufnum, lnum, col, off, curswant]
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00009174
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +02009175 "bufnum" is the buffer number. Zero can be used for the
Bram Moolenaarf13e00b2017-01-28 18:23:54 +01009176 current buffer. When setting an uppercase mark "bufnum" is
9177 used for the mark position. For other marks it specifies the
9178 buffer to set the mark in. You can use the |bufnr()| function
9179 to turn a file name into a buffer number.
9180 For setting the cursor and the ' mark "bufnum" is ignored,
9181 since these are associated with a window, not a buffer.
Bram Moolenaardb552d602006-03-23 22:59:57 +00009182 Does not change the jumplist.
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00009183
9184 "lnum" and "col" are the position in the buffer. The first
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01009185 column is 1. Use a zero "lnum" to delete a mark. If "col" is
9186 smaller than 1 then 1 is used.
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00009187
9188 The "off" number is only used when 'virtualedit' is set. Then
9189 it is the offset in screen columns from the start of the
Bram Moolenaard46bbc72007-05-12 14:38:41 +00009190 character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00009191 character.
9192
Bram Moolenaar493c1782014-05-28 14:34:46 +02009193 The "curswant" number is only used when setting the cursor
9194 position. It sets the preferred column for when moving the
9195 cursor vertically. When the "curswant" number is missing the
9196 preferred column is not set. When it is present and setting a
9197 mark position it is not used.
9198
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01009199 Note that for '< and '> changing the line number may result in
9200 the marks to be effectively be swapped, so that '< is always
9201 before '>.
9202
Bram Moolenaar08250432008-02-13 11:42:46 +00009203 Returns 0 when the position could be set, -1 otherwise.
9204 An error message is given if {expr} is invalid.
9205
Bram Moolenaar6f6c0f82014-05-28 20:31:42 +02009206 Also see |getpos()| and |getcurpos()|.
Bram Moolenaar65c923a2006-03-03 22:56:30 +00009207
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00009208 This does not restore the preferred column for moving
Bram Moolenaar493c1782014-05-28 14:34:46 +02009209 vertically; if you set the cursor position with this, |j| and
9210 |k| motions will jump to previous columns! Use |cursor()| to
9211 also set the preferred column. Also see the "curswant" key in
9212 |winrestview()|.
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +00009213
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009214 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9215 GetPosition()->setpos('.')
9216
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009217setqflist({list} [, {action} [, {what}]]) *setqflist()*
Bram Moolenaarae338332017-08-11 20:25:26 +02009218 Create or replace or add to the quickfix list.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009219
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +01009220 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
9221 only the items listed in {what} are set. The first {list}
9222 argument is ignored. See below for the supported items in
9223 {what}.
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02009224 *setqflist-what*
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02009225 When {what} is not present, the items in {list} are used. Each
Bram Moolenaarae338332017-08-11 20:25:26 +02009226 item must be a dictionary. Non-dictionary items in {list} are
9227 ignored. Each dictionary item can contain the following
9228 entries:
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00009229
Bram Moolenaar48b66fb2007-02-04 01:58:18 +00009230 bufnr buffer number; must be the number of a valid
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009231 buffer
Bram Moolenaar48b66fb2007-02-04 01:58:18 +00009232 filename name of a file; only used when "bufnr" is not
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009233 present or it is invalid.
Bram Moolenaard76ce852018-05-01 15:02:04 +02009234 module name of a module; if given it will be used in
9235 quickfix error window instead of the filename.
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00009236 lnum line number in the file
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00009237 pattern search pattern used to locate the error
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00009238 col column number
9239 vcol when non-zero: "col" is visual column
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00009240 when zero: "col" is byte index
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00009241 nr error number
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00009242 text description of the error
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00009243 type single-character error type, 'E', 'W', etc.
Bram Moolenaarf1d21c82017-04-22 21:20:46 +02009244 valid recognized error message
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00009245
Bram Moolenaar582fd852005-03-28 20:58:01 +00009246 The "col", "vcol", "nr", "type" and "text" entries are
9247 optional. Either "lnum" or "pattern" entry can be used to
9248 locate a matching error line.
Bram Moolenaar48b66fb2007-02-04 01:58:18 +00009249 If the "filename" and "bufnr" entries are not present or
9250 neither the "lnum" or "pattern" entries are present, then the
9251 item will not be handled as an error line.
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00009252 If both "pattern" and "lnum" are present then "pattern" will
9253 be used.
Bram Moolenaarf1d21c82017-04-22 21:20:46 +02009254 If the "valid" entry is not supplied, then the valid flag is
9255 set when "bufnr" is a valid buffer or "filename" exists.
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02009256 If you supply an empty {list}, the quickfix list will be
9257 cleared.
Bram Moolenaar48b66fb2007-02-04 01:58:18 +00009258 Note that the list is not exactly the same as what
9259 |getqflist()| returns.
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00009260
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02009261 {action} values: *setqflist-action* *E927*
Bram Moolenaarb6fa30c2017-03-29 14:19:25 +02009262 'a' The items from {list} are added to the existing
9263 quickfix list. If there is no existing list, then a
9264 new list is created.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009265
Bram Moolenaarb6fa30c2017-03-29 14:19:25 +02009266 'r' The items from the current quickfix list are replaced
9267 with the items from {list}. This can also be used to
9268 clear the list: >
9269 :call setqflist([], 'r')
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009270<
Bram Moolenaarb6fa30c2017-03-29 14:19:25 +02009271 'f' All the quickfix lists in the quickfix stack are
9272 freed.
9273
Bram Moolenaar511972d2016-06-04 18:09:59 +02009274 If {action} is not present or is set to ' ', then a new list
Bram Moolenaar55b69262017-08-13 13:42:01 +02009275 is created. The new quickfix list is added after the current
9276 quickfix list in the stack and all the following lists are
9277 freed. To add a new quickfix list at the end of the stack,
Bram Moolenaar36538222017-09-02 19:51:44 +02009278 set "nr" in {what} to "$".
Bram Moolenaar35c54e52005-05-20 21:25:31 +00009279
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +01009280 The following items can be specified in dictionary {what}:
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +02009281 context quickfix list context. See |quickfix-context|
Bram Moolenaar36538222017-09-02 19:51:44 +02009282 efm errorformat to use when parsing text from
9283 "lines". If this is not present, then the
9284 'errorformat' option value is used.
Bram Moolenaar5b69c222019-01-11 14:50:06 +01009285 See |quickfix-parse|
Bram Moolenaara539f4f2017-08-30 20:33:55 +02009286 id quickfix list identifier |quickfix-ID|
Bram Moolenaar5b69c222019-01-11 14:50:06 +01009287 idx index of the current entry in the quickfix
9288 list specified by 'id' or 'nr'. If set to '$',
9289 then the last entry in the list is set as the
9290 current entry. See |quickfix-index|
Bram Moolenaar6a8958d2017-06-22 21:33:20 +02009291 items list of quickfix entries. Same as the {list}
9292 argument.
Bram Moolenaar2c809b72017-09-01 18:34:02 +02009293 lines use 'errorformat' to parse a list of lines and
9294 add the resulting entries to the quickfix list
9295 {nr} or {id}. Only a |List| value is supported.
Bram Moolenaar5b69c222019-01-11 14:50:06 +01009296 See |quickfix-parse|
Bram Moolenaar875feea2017-06-11 16:07:51 +02009297 nr list number in the quickfix stack; zero
Bram Moolenaar36538222017-09-02 19:51:44 +02009298 means the current quickfix list and "$" means
Bram Moolenaar5b69c222019-01-11 14:50:06 +01009299 the last quickfix list.
Bram Moolenaar858ba062020-05-31 23:11:59 +02009300 quickfixtextfunc
9301 function to get the text to display in the
Bram Moolenaard43906d2020-07-20 21:31:32 +02009302 quickfix window. The value can be the name of
9303 a function or a funcref or a lambda. Refer to
Bram Moolenaar858ba062020-05-31 23:11:59 +02009304 |quickfix-window-function| for an explanation
9305 of how to write the function and an example.
Bram Moolenaar5b69c222019-01-11 14:50:06 +01009306 title quickfix list title text. See |quickfix-title|
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02009307 Unsupported keys in {what} are ignored.
9308 If the "nr" item is not present, then the current quickfix list
Bram Moolenaar86f100dc2017-06-28 21:26:27 +02009309 is modified. When creating a new quickfix list, "nr" can be
9310 set to a value one greater than the quickfix stack size.
Bram Moolenaara539f4f2017-08-30 20:33:55 +02009311 When modifying a quickfix list, to guarantee that the correct
Bram Moolenaar36538222017-09-02 19:51:44 +02009312 list is modified, "id" should be used instead of "nr" to
Bram Moolenaara539f4f2017-08-30 20:33:55 +02009313 specify the list.
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02009314
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +02009315 Examples (See also |setqflist-examples|): >
Bram Moolenaar2c809b72017-09-01 18:34:02 +02009316 :call setqflist([], 'r', {'title': 'My search'})
9317 :call setqflist([], 'r', {'nr': 2, 'title': 'Errors'})
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +02009318 :call setqflist([], 'a', {'id':qfid, 'lines':["F1:10:L10"]})
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +02009319<
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00009320 Returns zero for success, -1 for failure.
9321
9322 This function can be used to create a quickfix list
9323 independent of the 'errorformat' setting. Use a command like
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02009324 `:cc 1` to jump to the first position.
Bram Moolenaar68b76a62005-03-25 21:53:48 +00009325
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009326 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9327 second argument: >
9328 GetErrorlist()->setqflist()
9329<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009330 *setreg()*
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01009331setreg({regname}, {value} [, {options}])
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009332 Set the register {regname} to {value}.
Bram Moolenaar0e05de42020-03-25 22:23:46 +01009333 If {regname} is "" or "@", the unnamed register '"' is used.
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02009334
Bram Moolenaarbb861e22020-06-07 18:16:36 +02009335 {value} may be any value returned by |getreg()| or
9336 |getreginfo()|, including a |List| or |Dict|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009337 If {options} contains "a" or {regname} is upper case,
9338 then the value is appended.
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02009339
Bram Moolenaarc6485bc2010-07-28 17:02:55 +02009340 {options} can also contain a register type specification:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009341 "c" or "v" |characterwise| mode
9342 "l" or "V" |linewise| mode
9343 "b" or "<CTRL-V>" |blockwise-visual| mode
9344 If a number immediately follows "b" or "<CTRL-V>" then this is
9345 used as the width of the selection - if it is not specified
9346 then the width of the block is set to the number of characters
Bram Moolenaard46bbc72007-05-12 14:38:41 +00009347 in the longest line (counting a <Tab> as 1 character).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009348
9349 If {options} contains no register settings, then the default
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009350 is to use character mode unless {value} ends in a <NL> for
9351 string {value} and linewise mode for list {value}. Blockwise
Bram Moolenaar5a50c222014-04-02 22:17:10 +02009352 mode is never selected automatically.
9353 Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure.
9354
9355 *E883*
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009356 Note: you may not use |List| containing more than one item to
9357 set search and expression registers. Lists containing no
Bram Moolenaar5a50c222014-04-02 22:17:10 +02009358 items act like empty strings.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009359
9360 Examples: >
9361 :call setreg(v:register, @*)
9362 :call setreg('*', @%, 'ac')
9363 :call setreg('a', "1\n2\n3", 'b5')
Bram Moolenaarbb861e22020-06-07 18:16:36 +02009364 :call setreg('"', { 'points_to': 'a'})
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009365
9366< This example shows using the functions to save and restore a
Bram Moolenaarb4d5fba2017-09-11 19:31:28 +02009367 register: >
Bram Moolenaarbb861e22020-06-07 18:16:36 +02009368 :let var_a = getreginfo()
9369 :call setreg('a', var_a)
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02009370< or: >
Bram Moolenaar5a50c222014-04-02 22:17:10 +02009371 :let var_a = getreg('a', 1, 1)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009372 :let var_amode = getregtype('a')
9373 ....
9374 :call setreg('a', var_a, var_amode)
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009375< Note: you may not reliably restore register value
9376 without using the third argument to |getreg()| as without it
Bram Moolenaarb4d5fba2017-09-11 19:31:28 +02009377 newlines are represented as newlines AND Nul bytes are
9378 represented as newlines as well, see |NL-used-for-Nul|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009379
Bram Moolenaarb4d5fba2017-09-11 19:31:28 +02009380 You can also change the type of a register by appending
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009381 nothing: >
9382 :call setreg('a', '', 'al')
9383
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009384< Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9385 second argument: >
9386 GetText()->setreg('a')
9387
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02009388settabvar({tabnr}, {varname}, {val}) *settabvar()*
9389 Set tab-local variable {varname} to {val} in tab page {tabnr}.
9390 |t:var|
Bram Moolenaarb4230122019-05-30 18:40:53 +02009391 Note that autocommands are blocked, side effects may not be
9392 triggered, e.g. when setting 'filetype'.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02009393 Note that the variable name without "t:" must be used.
9394 Tabs are numbered starting with one.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02009395 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
9396
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02009397 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9398 third argument: >
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009399 GetValue()->settabvar(tab, name)
9400
Bram Moolenaarc6249bb2006-04-15 20:25:09 +00009401settabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname}, {val}) *settabwinvar()*
9402 Set option or local variable {varname} in window {winnr} to
9403 {val}.
9404 Tabs are numbered starting with one. For the current tabpage
9405 use |setwinvar()|.
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02009406 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
Bram Moolenaarc6249bb2006-04-15 20:25:09 +00009407 When {winnr} is zero the current window is used.
Bram Moolenaarb4230122019-05-30 18:40:53 +02009408 Note that autocommands are blocked, side effects may not be
9409 triggered, e.g. when setting 'filetype' or 'syntax'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009410 This also works for a global or local buffer option, but it
9411 doesn't work for a global or local buffer variable.
9412 For a local buffer option the global value is unchanged.
9413 Note that the variable name without "w:" must be used.
Bram Moolenaarc6249bb2006-04-15 20:25:09 +00009414 Examples: >
9415 :call settabwinvar(1, 1, "&list", 0)
9416 :call settabwinvar(3, 2, "myvar", "foobar")
9417< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
9418
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02009419 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9420 fourth argument: >
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009421 GetValue()->settabvar(tab, winnr, name)
9422
Bram Moolenaarf49cc602018-11-11 15:21:05 +01009423settagstack({nr}, {dict} [, {action}]) *settagstack()*
9424 Modify the tag stack of the window {nr} using {dict}.
9425 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
9426
9427 For a list of supported items in {dict}, refer to
Bram Moolenaar271fa082020-01-02 14:02:16 +01009428 |gettagstack()|. "curidx" takes effect before changing the tag
9429 stack.
Bram Moolenaarf49cc602018-11-11 15:21:05 +01009430 *E962*
Bram Moolenaar271fa082020-01-02 14:02:16 +01009431 How the tag stack is modified depends on the {action}
9432 argument:
9433 - If {action} is not present or is set to 'r', then the tag
9434 stack is replaced.
9435 - If {action} is set to 'a', then new entries from {dict} are
9436 pushed (added) onto the tag stack.
9437 - If {action} is set to 't', then all the entries from the
9438 current entry in the tag stack or "curidx" in {dict} are
9439 removed and then new entries are pushed to the stack.
9440
9441 The current index is set to one after the length of the tag
9442 stack after the modification.
Bram Moolenaarf49cc602018-11-11 15:21:05 +01009443
9444 Returns zero for success, -1 for failure.
9445
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02009446 Examples (for more examples see |tagstack-examples|):
Bram Moolenaard1caa942020-04-10 22:10:56 +02009447 Empty the tag stack of window 3: >
Bram Moolenaarf49cc602018-11-11 15:21:05 +01009448 call settagstack(3, {'items' : []})
9449
Bram Moolenaarf49cc602018-11-11 15:21:05 +01009450< Save and restore the tag stack: >
9451 let stack = gettagstack(1003)
9452 " do something else
9453 call settagstack(1003, stack)
9454 unlet stack
9455<
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02009456 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9457 second argument: >
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009458 GetStack()->settagstack(winnr)
9459
9460setwinvar({winnr}, {varname}, {val}) *setwinvar()*
Bram Moolenaarc6249bb2006-04-15 20:25:09 +00009461 Like |settabwinvar()| for the current tab page.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009462 Examples: >
9463 :call setwinvar(1, "&list", 0)
9464 :call setwinvar(2, "myvar", "foobar")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009465
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02009466< Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9467 third argument: >
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009468 GetValue()->setwinvar(winnr, name)
9469
Bram Moolenaaraf9aeb92013-02-13 17:35:04 +01009470sha256({string}) *sha256()*
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01009471 Returns a String with 64 hex characters, which is the SHA256
Bram Moolenaaraf9aeb92013-02-13 17:35:04 +01009472 checksum of {string}.
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009473
9474 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9475 GetText()->sha256()
9476
9477< {only available when compiled with the |+cryptv| feature}
Bram Moolenaaraf9aeb92013-02-13 17:35:04 +01009478
Bram Moolenaar05bb9532008-07-04 09:44:11 +00009479shellescape({string} [, {special}]) *shellescape()*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01009480 Escape {string} for use as a shell command argument.
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +02009481 On MS-Windows, when 'shellslash' is not set, it will enclose
9482 {string} in double quotes and double all double quotes within
9483 {string}.
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +02009484 Otherwise it will enclose {string} in single quotes and
9485 replace all "'" with "'\''".
Bram Moolenaar875feea2017-06-11 16:07:51 +02009486
Bram Moolenaar05bb9532008-07-04 09:44:11 +00009487 When the {special} argument is present and it's a non-zero
9488 Number or a non-empty String (|non-zero-arg|), then special
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00009489 items such as "!", "%", "#" and "<cword>" will be preceded by
9490 a backslash. This backslash will be removed again by the |:!|
Bram Moolenaar05bb9532008-07-04 09:44:11 +00009491 command.
Bram Moolenaar875feea2017-06-11 16:07:51 +02009492
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00009493 The "!" character will be escaped (again with a |non-zero-arg|
9494 {special}) when 'shell' contains "csh" in the tail. That is
9495 because for csh and tcsh "!" is used for history replacement
9496 even when inside single quotes.
Bram Moolenaar875feea2017-06-11 16:07:51 +02009497
9498 With a |non-zero-arg| {special} the <NL> character is also
9499 escaped. When 'shell' containing "csh" in the tail it's
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00009500 escaped a second time.
Bram Moolenaar875feea2017-06-11 16:07:51 +02009501
Bram Moolenaar05bb9532008-07-04 09:44:11 +00009502 Example of use with a |:!| command: >
9503 :exe '!dir ' . shellescape(expand('<cfile>'), 1)
9504< This results in a directory listing for the file under the
9505 cursor. Example of use with |system()|: >
9506 :call system("chmod +w -- " . shellescape(expand("%")))
Bram Moolenaar26df0922014-02-23 23:39:13 +01009507< See also |::S|.
Bram Moolenaar60a495f2006-10-03 12:44:42 +00009508
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009509 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9510 GetCommand()->shellescape()
Bram Moolenaar60a495f2006-10-03 12:44:42 +00009511
Bram Moolenaarf9514162018-11-22 03:08:29 +01009512shiftwidth([{col}]) *shiftwidth()*
Bram Moolenaar2d17fa32012-10-21 00:45:18 +02009513 Returns the effective value of 'shiftwidth'. This is the
9514 'shiftwidth' value unless it is zero, in which case it is the
Bram Moolenaar009d84a2016-01-28 14:12:00 +01009515 'tabstop' value. This function was introduced with patch
Bram Moolenaarf9514162018-11-22 03:08:29 +01009516 7.3.694 in 2012, everybody should have it by now (however it
9517 did not allow for the optional {col} argument until 8.1.542).
Bram Moolenaar2d17fa32012-10-21 00:45:18 +02009518
Bram Moolenaarf9514162018-11-22 03:08:29 +01009519 When there is one argument {col} this is used as column number
9520 for which to return the 'shiftwidth' value. This matters for the
9521 'vartabstop' feature. If the 'vartabstop' setting is enabled and
9522 no {col} argument is given, column 1 will be assumed.
Bram Moolenaarf0d58ef2018-11-16 16:13:44 +01009523
Bram Moolenaaraad222c2019-09-06 22:46:09 +02009524 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9525 GetColumn()->shiftwidth()
9526
Bram Moolenaared997ad2019-07-21 16:42:00 +02009527sign_ functions are documented here: |sign-functions-details|
Bram Moolenaar2d17fa32012-10-21 00:45:18 +02009528
Bram Moolenaar162b7142018-12-21 15:17:36 +01009529
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009530simplify({filename}) *simplify()*
9531 Simplify the file name as much as possible without changing
9532 the meaning. Shortcuts (on MS-Windows) or symbolic links (on
9533 Unix) are not resolved. If the first path component in
9534 {filename} designates the current directory, this will be
9535 valid for the result as well. A trailing path separator is
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +02009536 not removed either. On Unix "//path" is unchanged, but
9537 "///path" is simplified to "/path" (this follows the Posix
9538 standard).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009539 Example: >
9540 simplify("./dir/.././/file/") == "./file/"
9541< Note: The combination "dir/.." is only removed if "dir" is
9542 a searchable directory or does not exist. On Unix, it is also
9543 removed when "dir" is a symbolic link within the same
9544 directory. In order to resolve all the involved symbolic
9545 links before simplifying the path name, use |resolve()|.
9546
Bram Moolenaar7035fd92020-04-08 20:03:52 +02009547 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9548 GetName()->simplify()
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00009549
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009550sin({expr}) *sin()*
9551 Return the sine of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|.
9552 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
9553 Examples: >
9554 :echo sin(100)
9555< -0.506366 >
9556 :echo sin(-4.01)
9557< 0.763301
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02009558
9559 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9560 Compute()->sin()
9561<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009562 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009563
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009564
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02009565sinh({expr}) *sinh()*
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02009566 Return the hyperbolic sine of {expr} as a |Float| in the range
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02009567 [-inf, inf].
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +02009568 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02009569 Examples: >
9570 :echo sinh(0.5)
9571< 0.521095 >
9572 :echo sinh(-0.9)
9573< -1.026517
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02009574
9575 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9576 Compute()->sinh()
9577<
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +02009578 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +02009579
9580
Bram Moolenaar5f894962011-06-19 02:55:37 +02009581sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *sort()* *E702*
Bram Moolenaar327aa022014-03-25 18:24:23 +01009582 Sort the items in {list} in-place. Returns {list}.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009583
Bram Moolenaar327aa022014-03-25 18:24:23 +01009584 If you want a list to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00009585 :let sortedlist = sort(copy(mylist))
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02009586
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02009587< When {func} is omitted, is empty or zero, then sort() uses the
9588 string representation of each item to sort on. Numbers sort
9589 after Strings, |Lists| after Numbers. For sorting text in the
9590 current buffer use |:sort|.
Bram Moolenaar327aa022014-03-25 18:24:23 +01009591
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02009592 When {func} is given and it is '1' or 'i' then case is
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02009593 ignored.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009594
Bram Moolenaar946e27a2014-06-25 18:50:27 +02009595 When {func} is given and it is 'n' then all items will be
9596 sorted numerical (Implementation detail: This uses the
9597 strtod() function to parse numbers, Strings, Lists, Dicts and
9598 Funcrefs will be considered as being 0).
9599
Bram Moolenaarb00da1d2015-12-03 16:33:12 +01009600 When {func} is given and it is 'N' then all items will be
9601 sorted numerical. This is like 'n' but a string containing
9602 digits will be used as the number they represent.
9603
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01009604 When {func} is given and it is 'f' then all items will be
9605 sorted numerical. All values must be a Number or a Float.
9606
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00009607 When {func} is a |Funcref| or a function name, this function
9608 is called to compare items. The function is invoked with two
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01009609 items as argument and must return zero if they are equal, 1 or
9610 bigger if the first one sorts after the second one, -1 or
9611 smaller if the first one sorts before the second one.
Bram Moolenaar327aa022014-03-25 18:24:23 +01009612
9613 {dict} is for functions with the "dict" attribute. It will be
9614 used to set the local variable "self". |Dictionary-function|
9615
Bram Moolenaar8bb1c3e2014-07-04 16:43:17 +02009616 The sort is stable, items which compare equal (as number or as
9617 string) will keep their relative position. E.g., when sorting
Bram Moolenaardb6ea062014-07-10 22:01:47 +02009618 on numbers, text strings will sort next to each other, in the
Bram Moolenaar8bb1c3e2014-07-04 16:43:17 +02009619 same order as they were originally.
9620
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +02009621 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9622 mylist->sort()
9623
9624< Also see |uniq()|.
Bram Moolenaar327aa022014-03-25 18:24:23 +01009625
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01009626 Example: >
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00009627 func MyCompare(i1, i2)
9628 return a:i1 == a:i2 ? 0 : a:i1 > a:i2 ? 1 : -1
9629 endfunc
9630 let sortedlist = sort(mylist, "MyCompare")
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01009631< A shorter compare version for this specific simple case, which
9632 ignores overflow: >
9633 func MyCompare(i1, i2)
9634 return a:i1 - a:i2
9635 endfunc
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00009636<
Bram Moolenaar3ff5f0f2019-06-10 13:11:22 +02009637sound_clear() *sound_clear()*
9638 Stop playing all sounds.
Bram Moolenaar9b283522019-06-17 22:19:33 +02009639 {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
Bram Moolenaar3ff5f0f2019-06-10 13:11:22 +02009640
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02009641 *sound_playevent()*
9642sound_playevent({name} [, {callback}])
9643 Play a sound identified by {name}. Which event names are
9644 supported depends on the system. Often the XDG sound names
9645 are used. On Ubuntu they may be found in
9646 /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo. Example: >
9647 call sound_playevent('bell')
Bram Moolenaar9b283522019-06-17 22:19:33 +02009648< On MS-Windows, {name} can be SystemAsterisk, SystemDefault,
9649 SystemExclamation, SystemExit, SystemHand, SystemQuestion,
9650 SystemStart, SystemWelcome, etc.
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02009651
Bram Moolenaar9b283522019-06-17 22:19:33 +02009652 When {callback} is specified it is invoked when the sound is
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02009653 finished. The first argument is the sound ID, the second
9654 argument is the status:
9655 0 sound was played to the end
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +02009656 1 sound was interrupted
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +02009657 2 error occurred after sound started
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02009658 Example: >
9659 func Callback(id, status)
9660 echomsg "sound " .. a:id .. " finished with " .. a:status
9661 endfunc
9662 call sound_playevent('bell', 'Callback')
9663
Bram Moolenaar9b283522019-06-17 22:19:33 +02009664< MS-Windows: {callback} doesn't work for this function.
9665
9666 Returns the sound ID, which can be passed to `sound_stop()`.
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02009667 Returns zero if the sound could not be played.
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009668
9669 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9670 GetSoundName()->sound_playevent()
9671
9672< {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02009673
9674 *sound_playfile()*
Bram Moolenaar3ff5f0f2019-06-10 13:11:22 +02009675sound_playfile({path} [, {callback}])
9676 Like `sound_playevent()` but play sound file {path}. {path}
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02009677 must be a full path. On Ubuntu you may find files to play
9678 with this command: >
9679 :!find /usr/share/sounds -type f | grep -v index.theme
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009680
9681< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9682 GetSoundPath()->sound_playfile()
9683
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +02009684< {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02009685
9686
9687sound_stop({id}) *sound_stop()*
9688 Stop playing sound {id}. {id} must be previously returned by
9689 `sound_playevent()` or `sound_playfile()`.
Bram Moolenaar9b283522019-06-17 22:19:33 +02009690
9691 On MS-Windows, this does not work for event sound started by
9692 `sound_playevent()`. To stop event sounds, use `sound_clear()`.
9693
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009694 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9695 soundid->sound_stop()
9696
9697< {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +02009698
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00009699 *soundfold()*
9700soundfold({word})
9701 Return the sound-folded equivalent of {word}. Uses the first
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009702 language in 'spelllang' for the current window that supports
Bram Moolenaar42eeac32005-06-29 22:40:58 +00009703 soundfolding. 'spell' must be set. When no sound folding is
9704 possible the {word} is returned unmodified.
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +00009705 This can be used for making spelling suggestions. Note that
9706 the method can be quite slow.
9707
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009708 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9709 GetWord()->soundfold()
9710<
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00009711 *spellbadword()*
Bram Moolenaar1e015462005-09-25 22:16:38 +00009712spellbadword([{sentence}])
9713 Without argument: The result is the badly spelled word under
9714 or after the cursor. The cursor is moved to the start of the
9715 bad word. When no bad word is found in the cursor line the
9716 result is an empty string and the cursor doesn't move.
9717
9718 With argument: The result is the first word in {sentence} that
9719 is badly spelled. If there are no spelling mistakes the
9720 result is an empty string.
9721
9722 The return value is a list with two items:
9723 - The badly spelled word or an empty string.
9724 - The type of the spelling error:
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00009725 "bad" spelling mistake
Bram Moolenaar1e015462005-09-25 22:16:38 +00009726 "rare" rare word
9727 "local" word only valid in another region
9728 "caps" word should start with Capital
9729 Example: >
9730 echo spellbadword("the quik brown fox")
9731< ['quik', 'bad'] ~
9732
Bram Moolenaar152e79e2020-06-10 15:32:08 +02009733 The spelling information for the current window and the value
9734 of 'spelllang' are used.
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00009735
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009736 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9737 GetText()->spellbadword()
9738<
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00009739 *spellsuggest()*
Bram Moolenaarc54b8a72005-09-30 21:20:29 +00009740spellsuggest({word} [, {max} [, {capital}]])
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00009741 Return a |List| with spelling suggestions to replace {word}.
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00009742 When {max} is given up to this number of suggestions are
9743 returned. Otherwise up to 25 suggestions are returned.
9744
Bram Moolenaarc54b8a72005-09-30 21:20:29 +00009745 When the {capital} argument is given and it's non-zero only
9746 suggestions with a leading capital will be given. Use this
9747 after a match with 'spellcapcheck'.
9748
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00009749 {word} can be a badly spelled word followed by other text.
9750 This allows for joining two words that were split. The
Bram Moolenaarf461c8e2005-06-25 23:04:51 +00009751 suggestions also include the following text, thus you can
9752 replace a line.
9753
9754 {word} may also be a good word. Similar words will then be
Bram Moolenaarc54b8a72005-09-30 21:20:29 +00009755 returned. {word} itself is not included in the suggestions,
9756 although it may appear capitalized.
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00009757
9758 The spelling information for the current window is used. The
Bram Moolenaar152e79e2020-06-10 15:32:08 +02009759 values of 'spelllang' and 'spellsuggest' are used.
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +00009760
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009761 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9762 GetWord()->spellsuggest()
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00009763
Bram Moolenaar2389c3c2005-05-22 22:07:59 +00009764split({expr} [, {pattern} [, {keepempty}]]) *split()*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +00009765 Make a |List| out of {expr}. When {pattern} is omitted or
9766 empty each white-separated sequence of characters becomes an
9767 item.
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00009768 Otherwise the string is split where {pattern} matches,
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01009769 removing the matched characters. 'ignorecase' is not used
9770 here, add \c to ignore case. |/\c|
Bram Moolenaar2389c3c2005-05-22 22:07:59 +00009771 When the first or last item is empty it is omitted, unless the
9772 {keepempty} argument is given and it's non-zero.
Bram Moolenaar5c06f8b2005-05-31 22:14:58 +00009773 Other empty items are kept when {pattern} matches at least one
9774 character or when {keepempty} is non-zero.
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00009775 Example: >
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +00009776 :let words = split(getline('.'), '\W\+')
Bram Moolenaar2389c3c2005-05-22 22:07:59 +00009777< To split a string in individual characters: >
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +00009778 :for c in split(mystring, '\zs')
Bram Moolenaar12969c02015-09-08 23:36:10 +02009779< If you want to keep the separator you can also use '\zs' at
9780 the end of the pattern: >
Bram Moolenaar0cb032e2005-04-23 20:52:00 +00009781 :echo split('abc:def:ghi', ':\zs')
9782< ['abc:', 'def:', 'ghi'] ~
Bram Moolenaar2389c3c2005-05-22 22:07:59 +00009783 Splitting a table where the first element can be empty: >
9784 :let items = split(line, ':', 1)
9785< The opposite function is |join()|.
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00009786
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +02009787 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9788 GetString()->split()
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00009789
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009790sqrt({expr}) *sqrt()*
9791 Return the non-negative square root of Float {expr} as a
9792 |Float|.
9793 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. When {expr}
9794 is negative the result is NaN (Not a Number).
9795 Examples: >
9796 :echo sqrt(100)
9797< 10.0 >
9798 :echo sqrt(-4.01)
9799< nan
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00009800 "nan" may be different, it depends on system libraries.
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02009801
9802 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9803 Compute()->sqrt()
9804<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009805 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009806
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009807
Bram Moolenaar06b0b4b2019-11-25 15:40:55 +01009808srand([{expr}]) *srand()*
9809 Initialize seed used by |rand()|:
9810 - If {expr} is not given, seed values are initialized by
Bram Moolenaarf8c1f922019-11-28 22:13:14 +01009811 reading from /dev/urandom, if possible, or using time(NULL)
9812 a.k.a. epoch time otherwise; this only has second accuracy.
9813 - If {expr} is given it must be a Number. It is used to
9814 initialize the seed values. This is useful for testing or
9815 when a predictable sequence is intended.
Bram Moolenaar06b0b4b2019-11-25 15:40:55 +01009816
9817 Examples: >
9818 :let seed = srand()
9819 :let seed = srand(userinput)
9820 :echo rand(seed)
9821
Bram Moolenaar0e57dd82019-09-16 22:56:03 +02009822state([{what}]) *state()*
9823 Return a string which contains characters indicating the
9824 current state. Mostly useful in callbacks that want to do
9825 work that may not always be safe. Roughly this works like:
9826 - callback uses state() to check if work is safe to do.
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +02009827 Yes: then do it right away.
9828 No: add to work queue and add a |SafeState| and/or
9829 |SafeStateAgain| autocommand (|SafeState| triggers at
9830 toplevel, |SafeStateAgain| triggers after handling
9831 messages and callbacks).
9832 - When SafeState or SafeStateAgain is triggered and executes
9833 your autocommand, check with `state()` if the work can be
9834 done now, and if yes remove it from the queue and execute.
9835 Remove the autocommand if the queue is now empty.
Bram Moolenaar0e57dd82019-09-16 22:56:03 +02009836 Also see |mode()|.
9837
9838 When {what} is given only characters in this string will be
9839 added. E.g, this checks if the screen has scrolled: >
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +02009840 if state('s') == ''
9841 " screen has not scrolled
Bram Moolenaar0e57dd82019-09-16 22:56:03 +02009842<
Bram Moolenaard103ee72019-09-18 21:15:31 +02009843 These characters indicate the state, generally indicating that
9844 something is busy:
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +02009845 m halfway a mapping, :normal command, feedkeys() or
9846 stuffed command
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02009847 o operator pending, e.g. after |d|
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +02009848 a Insert mode autocomplete active
9849 x executing an autocommand
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02009850 w blocked on waiting, e.g. ch_evalexpr(), ch_read() and
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02009851 ch_readraw() when reading json
9852 S not triggering SafeState or SafeStateAgain, e.g. after
9853 |f| or a count
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +02009854 c callback invoked, including timer (repeats for
9855 recursiveness up to "ccc")
9856 s screen has scrolled for messages
Bram Moolenaar0e57dd82019-09-16 22:56:03 +02009857
Bram Moolenaar81edd172016-04-14 13:51:37 +02009858str2float({expr}) *str2float()*
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009859 Convert String {expr} to a Float. This mostly works the same
9860 as when using a floating point number in an expression, see
9861 |floating-point-format|. But it's a bit more permissive.
9862 E.g., "1e40" is accepted, while in an expression you need to
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +01009863 write "1.0e40". The hexadecimal form "0x123" is also
9864 accepted, but not others, like binary or octal.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009865 Text after the number is silently ignored.
9866 The decimal point is always '.', no matter what the locale is
9867 set to. A comma ends the number: "12,345.67" is converted to
9868 12.0. You can strip out thousands separators with
9869 |substitute()|: >
9870 let f = str2float(substitute(text, ',', '', 'g'))
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +02009871<
9872 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9873 let f = text->substitute(',', '', 'g')->str2float()
9874<
9875 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009876
Bram Moolenaar9d401282019-04-06 13:18:12 +02009877str2list({expr} [, {utf8}]) *str2list()*
9878 Return a list containing the number values which represent
9879 each character in String {expr}. Examples: >
9880 str2list(" ") returns [32]
9881 str2list("ABC") returns [65, 66, 67]
9882< |list2str()| does the opposite.
9883
9884 When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
9885 With {utf8} set to 1, always treat the String as utf-8
9886 characters. With utf-8 composing characters are handled
9887 properly: >
9888 str2list("á") returns [97, 769]
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +00009889
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +02009890< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9891 GetString()->str2list()
9892
9893
Bram Moolenaar60a8de22019-09-15 14:33:22 +02009894str2nr({expr} [, {base} [, {quoted}]]) *str2nr()*
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00009895 Convert string {expr} to a number.
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01009896 {base} is the conversion base, it can be 2, 8, 10 or 16.
Bram Moolenaar60a8de22019-09-15 14:33:22 +02009897 When {quoted} is present and non-zero then embedded single
9898 quotes are ignored, thus "1'000'000" is a million.
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +02009899
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00009900 When {base} is omitted base 10 is used. This also means that
9901 a leading zero doesn't cause octal conversion to be used, as
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +02009902 with the default String to Number conversion. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +02009903 let nr = str2nr('0123')
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +02009904<
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00009905 When {base} is 16 a leading "0x" or "0X" is ignored. With a
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01009906 different base the result will be zero. Similarly, when
Bram Moolenaarc17e66c2020-06-02 21:38:22 +02009907 {base} is 8 a leading "0", "0o" or "0O" is ignored, and when
9908 {base} is 2 a leading "0b" or "0B" is ignored.
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00009909 Text after the number is silently ignored.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00009910
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009911 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9912 GetText()->str2nr()
9913
9914strcharpart({src}, {start} [, {len}]) *strcharpart()*
9915 Like |strpart()| but using character index and length instead
9916 of byte index and length.
9917 When a character index is used where a character does not
9918 exist it is assumed to be one character. For example: >
9919 strcharpart('abc', -1, 2)
9920< results in 'a'.
9921
9922 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9923 GetText()->strcharpart(5)
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +00009924
Bram Moolenaar979243b2015-06-26 19:35:49 +02009925strchars({expr} [, {skipcc}]) *strchars()*
Bram Moolenaar72597a52010-07-18 15:31:08 +02009926 The result is a Number, which is the number of characters
Bram Moolenaar979243b2015-06-26 19:35:49 +02009927 in String {expr}.
9928 When {skipcc} is omitted or zero, composing characters are
9929 counted separately.
9930 When {skipcc} set to 1, Composing characters are ignored.
Bram Moolenaardc536092010-07-18 15:45:49 +02009931 Also see |strlen()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strwidth()|.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009932
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02009933 {skipcc} is only available after 7.4.755. For backward
9934 compatibility, you can define a wrapper function: >
9935 if has("patch-7.4.755")
9936 function s:strchars(str, skipcc)
9937 return strchars(a:str, a:skipcc)
9938 endfunction
9939 else
9940 function s:strchars(str, skipcc)
9941 if a:skipcc
9942 return strlen(substitute(a:str, ".", "x", "g"))
9943 else
9944 return strchars(a:str)
9945 endif
9946 endfunction
9947 endif
9948<
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009949 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9950 GetText()->strchars()
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02009951
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01009952strdisplaywidth({expr} [, {col}]) *strdisplaywidth()*
Bram Moolenaardc536092010-07-18 15:45:49 +02009953 The result is a Number, which is the number of display cells
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +01009954 String {expr} occupies on the screen when it starts at {col}
9955 (first column is zero). When {col} is omitted zero is used.
9956 Otherwise it is the screen column where to start. This
9957 matters for Tab characters.
Bram Moolenaar4d32c2d2010-07-18 22:10:01 +02009958 The option settings of the current window are used. This
9959 matters for anything that's displayed differently, such as
9960 'tabstop' and 'display'.
Bram Moolenaardc536092010-07-18 15:45:49 +02009961 When {expr} contains characters with East Asian Width Class
9962 Ambiguous, this function's return value depends on 'ambiwidth'.
9963 Also see |strlen()|, |strwidth()| and |strchars()|.
Bram Moolenaar72597a52010-07-18 15:31:08 +02009964
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009965 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9966 GetText()->strdisplaywidth()
9967
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009968strftime({format} [, {time}]) *strftime()*
9969 The result is a String, which is a formatted date and time, as
9970 specified by the {format} string. The given {time} is used,
9971 or the current time if no time is given. The accepted
9972 {format} depends on your system, thus this is not portable!
9973 See the manual page of the C function strftime() for the
9974 format. The maximum length of the result is 80 characters.
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +01009975 See also |localtime()|, |getftime()| and |strptime()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009976 The language can be changed with the |:language| command.
9977 Examples: >
9978 :echo strftime("%c") Sun Apr 27 11:49:23 1997
9979 :echo strftime("%Y %b %d %X") 1997 Apr 27 11:53:25
9980 :echo strftime("%y%m%d %T") 970427 11:53:55
9981 :echo strftime("%H:%M") 11:55
9982 :echo strftime("%c", getftime("file.c"))
9983 Show mod time of file.c.
Bram Moolenaara14de3d2005-01-07 21:48:26 +00009984< Not available on all systems. To check use: >
9985 :if exists("*strftime")
9986
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009987< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9988 GetFormat()->strftime()
9989
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02009990strgetchar({str}, {index}) *strgetchar()*
9991 Get character {index} from {str}. This uses a character
9992 index, not a byte index. Composing characters are considered
9993 separate characters here.
9994 Also see |strcharpart()| and |strchars()|.
9995
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +02009996 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9997 GetText()->strgetchar(5)
9998
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +00009999stridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}]) *stridx()*
10000 The result is a Number, which gives the byte index in
10001 {haystack} of the first occurrence of the String {needle}.
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +000010002 If {start} is specified, the search starts at index {start}.
10003 This can be used to find a second match: >
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010010004 :let colon1 = stridx(line, ":")
10005 :let colon2 = stridx(line, ":", colon1 + 1)
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +000010006< The search is done case-sensitive.
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +000010007 For pattern searches use |match()|.
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +000010008 -1 is returned if the {needle} does not occur in {haystack}.
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +000010009 See also |strridx()|.
10010 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010011 :echo stridx("An Example", "Example") 3
10012 :echo stridx("Starting point", "Start") 0
10013 :echo stridx("Starting point", "start") -1
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000010014< *strstr()* *strchr()*
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +000010015 stridx() works similar to the C function strstr(). When used
10016 with a single character it works similar to strchr().
10017
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +020010018 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10019 GetHaystack()->stridx(needle)
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020010020<
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +000010021 *string()*
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +000010022string({expr}) Return {expr} converted to a String. If {expr} is a Number,
Bram Moolenaar0d17f0d2019-01-22 22:20:38 +010010023 Float, String, Blob or a composition of them, then the result
10024 can be parsed back with |eval()|.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +000010025 {expr} type result ~
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +010010026 String 'string' (single quotes are doubled)
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +000010027 Number 123
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000010028 Float 123.123456 or 1.123456e8
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +000010029 Funcref function('name')
Bram Moolenaar0d17f0d2019-01-22 22:20:38 +010010030 Blob 0z00112233.44556677.8899
Bram Moolenaar5f2bb9f2005-01-11 21:29:04 +000010031 List [item, item]
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000010032 Dictionary {key: value, key: value}
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +010010033
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +020010034 When a |List| or |Dictionary| has a recursive reference it is
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +010010035 replaced by "[...]" or "{...}". Using eval() on the result
10036 will then fail.
10037
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +020010038 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10039 mylist->string()
10040
10041< Also see |strtrans()|.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +000010042
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010043 *strlen()*
10044strlen({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the length of the String
Bram Moolenaare344bea2005-09-01 20:46:49 +000010045 {expr} in bytes.
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +000010046 If the argument is a Number it is first converted to a String.
10047 For other types an error is given.
Bram Moolenaar6c53fca2020-08-23 17:34:46 +020010048 If you want to count the number of multibyte characters use
Bram Moolenaar641e48c2015-06-25 16:09:26 +020010049 |strchars()|.
10050 Also see |len()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strwidth()|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010051
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +020010052 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10053 GetString()->strlen()
10054
Bram Moolenaar6c53fca2020-08-23 17:34:46 +020010055strpart({src}, {start} [, {len} [, {chars}]]) *strpart()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010056 The result is a String, which is part of {src}, starting from
Bram Moolenaar9372a112005-12-06 19:59:18 +000010057 byte {start}, with the byte length {len}.
Bram Moolenaar6c53fca2020-08-23 17:34:46 +020010058 When {chars} is present and TRUE then {len} is the number of
10059 characters positions (composing characters are not counted
10060 separately, thus "1" means one base character and any
10061 following composing characters).
10062 To count {start} as characters instead of bytes use
10063 |strcharpart()|.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +020010064
10065 When bytes are selected which do not exist, this doesn't
10066 result in an error, the bytes are simply omitted.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010067 If {len} is missing, the copy continues from {start} till the
10068 end of the {src}. >
10069 strpart("abcdefg", 3, 2) == "de"
10070 strpart("abcdefg", -2, 4) == "ab"
10071 strpart("abcdefg", 5, 4) == "fg"
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000010072 strpart("abcdefg", 3) == "defg"
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +020010073
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010074< Note: To get the first character, {start} must be 0. For
Bram Moolenaar6c53fca2020-08-23 17:34:46 +020010075 example, to get the character under the cursor: >
10076 strpart(getline("."), col(".") - 1, 1, v:true)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010077<
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +020010078 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10079 GetText()->strpart(5)
10080
Bram Moolenaar10455d42019-11-21 15:36:18 +010010081strptime({format}, {timestring}) *strptime()*
10082 The result is a Number, which is a unix timestamp representing
10083 the date and time in {timestring}, which is expected to match
10084 the format specified in {format}.
10085
10086 The accepted {format} depends on your system, thus this is not
10087 portable! See the manual page of the C function strptime()
10088 for the format. Especially avoid "%c". The value of $TZ also
10089 matters.
10090
10091 If the {timestring} cannot be parsed with {format} zero is
10092 returned. If you do not know the format of {timestring} you
10093 can try different {format} values until you get a non-zero
10094 result.
10095
10096 See also |strftime()|.
10097 Examples: >
10098 :echo strptime("%Y %b %d %X", "1997 Apr 27 11:49:23")
10099< 862156163 >
10100 :echo strftime("%c", strptime("%y%m%d %T", "970427 11:53:55"))
10101< Sun Apr 27 11:53:55 1997 >
10102 :echo strftime("%c", strptime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S", "19970427115355") + 3600)
10103< Sun Apr 27 12:53:55 1997
10104
10105 Not available on all systems. To check use: >
10106 :if exists("*strptime")
10107
10108
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +000010109strridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}]) *strridx()*
10110 The result is a Number, which gives the byte index in
10111 {haystack} of the last occurrence of the String {needle}.
10112 When {start} is specified, matches beyond this index are
10113 ignored. This can be used to find a match before a previous
10114 match: >
10115 :let lastcomma = strridx(line, ",")
10116 :let comma2 = strridx(line, ",", lastcomma - 1)
10117< The search is done case-sensitive.
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +000010118 For pattern searches use |match()|.
10119 -1 is returned if the {needle} does not occur in {haystack}.
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000010120 If the {needle} is empty the length of {haystack} is returned.
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +000010121 See also |stridx()|. Examples: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010122 :echo strridx("an angry armadillo", "an") 3
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000010123< *strrchr()*
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +000010124 When used with a single character it works similar to the C
10125 function strrchr().
10126
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +020010127 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10128 GetHaystack()->strridx(needle)
10129
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010130strtrans({expr}) *strtrans()*
10131 The result is a String, which is {expr} with all unprintable
10132 characters translated into printable characters |'isprint'|.
10133 Like they are shown in a window. Example: >
10134 echo strtrans(@a)
10135< This displays a newline in register a as "^@" instead of
10136 starting a new line.
10137
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +020010138 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10139 GetString()->strtrans()
10140
Bram Moolenaar72597a52010-07-18 15:31:08 +020010141strwidth({expr}) *strwidth()*
10142 The result is a Number, which is the number of display cells
10143 String {expr} occupies. A Tab character is counted as one
Bram Moolenaardc536092010-07-18 15:45:49 +020010144 cell, alternatively use |strdisplaywidth()|.
Bram Moolenaar72597a52010-07-18 15:31:08 +020010145 When {expr} contains characters with East Asian Width Class
10146 Ambiguous, this function's return value depends on 'ambiwidth'.
Bram Moolenaardc536092010-07-18 15:45:49 +020010147 Also see |strlen()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strchars()|.
Bram Moolenaar72597a52010-07-18 15:31:08 +020010148
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +020010149 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10150 GetString()->strwidth()
10151
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010010152submatch({nr} [, {list}]) *submatch()* *E935*
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020010153 Only for an expression in a |:substitute| command or
10154 substitute() function.
10155 Returns the {nr}'th submatch of the matched text. When {nr}
10156 is 0 the whole matched text is returned.
Bram Moolenaar41571762014-04-02 19:00:58 +020010157 Note that a NL in the string can stand for a line break of a
10158 multi-line match or a NUL character in the text.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020010159 Also see |sub-replace-expression|.
Bram Moolenaar41571762014-04-02 19:00:58 +020010160
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010010161 If {list} is present and non-zero then submatch() returns
10162 a list of strings, similar to |getline()| with two arguments.
Bram Moolenaar41571762014-04-02 19:00:58 +020010163 NL characters in the text represent NUL characters in the
10164 text.
10165 Only returns more than one item for |:substitute|, inside
10166 |substitute()| this list will always contain one or zero
10167 items, since there are no real line breaks.
10168
Bram Moolenaar6100d022016-10-02 16:51:57 +020010169 When substitute() is used recursively only the submatches in
10170 the current (deepest) call can be obtained.
10171
Bram Moolenaar2f058492017-11-30 20:27:52 +010010172 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010173 :s/\d\+/\=submatch(0) + 1/
Bram Moolenaar2f058492017-11-30 20:27:52 +010010174 :echo substitute(text, '\d\+', '\=submatch(0) + 1', '')
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010175< This finds the first number in the line and adds one to it.
10176 A line break is included as a newline character.
10177
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +020010178 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10179 GetNr()->submatch()
10180
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010181substitute({expr}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags}) *substitute()*
10182 The result is a String, which is a copy of {expr}, in which
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020010183 the first match of {pat} is replaced with {sub}.
10184 When {flags} is "g", all matches of {pat} in {expr} are
10185 replaced. Otherwise {flags} should be "".
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010010186
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020010187 This works like the ":substitute" command (without any flags).
10188 But the matching with {pat} is always done like the 'magic'
10189 option is set and 'cpoptions' is empty (to make scripts
Bram Moolenaar2df58b42012-11-28 18:21:11 +010010190 portable). 'ignorecase' is still relevant, use |/\c| or |/\C|
10191 if you want to ignore or match case and ignore 'ignorecase'.
10192 'smartcase' is not used. See |string-match| for how {pat} is
10193 used.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020010194
10195 A "~" in {sub} is not replaced with the previous {sub}.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010196 Note that some codes in {sub} have a special meaning
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020010197 |sub-replace-special|. For example, to replace something with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010198 "\n" (two characters), use "\\\\n" or '\\n'.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020010199
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010200 When {pat} does not match in {expr}, {expr} is returned
10201 unmodified.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020010202
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010203 Example: >
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +020010204 :let &path = substitute(&path, ",\\=[^,]*$", "", "")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010205< This removes the last component of the 'path' option. >
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +020010206 :echo substitute("testing", ".*", "\\U\\0", "")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010207< results in "TESTING".
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020010208
10209 When {sub} starts with "\=", the remainder is interpreted as
10210 an expression. See |sub-replace-expression|. Example: >
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +020010211 :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)',
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +020010212 \ '\=nr2char("0x" . submatch(1))', 'g')
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010213
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +020010214< When {sub} is a Funcref that function is called, with one
10215 optional argument. Example: >
10216 :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)', SubNr, 'g')
10217< The optional argument is a list which contains the whole
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020010218 matched string and up to nine submatches, like what
10219 |submatch()| returns. Example: >
10220 :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)', {m -> '0x' . m[1]}, 'g')
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +020010221
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +020010222< Can also be used as a |method|: >
10223 GetString()->substitute(pat, sub, flags)
10224
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +020010225swapinfo({fname}) *swapinfo()*
Bram Moolenaar00f123a2018-08-21 20:28:54 +020010226 The result is a dictionary, which holds information about the
10227 swapfile {fname}. The available fields are:
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +020010228 version Vim version
Bram Moolenaar00f123a2018-08-21 20:28:54 +020010229 user user name
10230 host host name
10231 fname original file name
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +020010232 pid PID of the Vim process that created the swap
Bram Moolenaar00f123a2018-08-21 20:28:54 +020010233 file
10234 mtime last modification time in seconds
10235 inode Optional: INODE number of the file
Bram Moolenaar47ad5652018-08-21 21:09:07 +020010236 dirty 1 if file was modified, 0 if not
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020010237 Note that "user" and "host" are truncated to at most 39 bytes.
Bram Moolenaar00f123a2018-08-21 20:28:54 +020010238 In case of failure an "error" item is added with the reason:
10239 Cannot open file: file not found or in accessible
10240 Cannot read file: cannot read first block
Bram Moolenaar47ad5652018-08-21 21:09:07 +020010241 Not a swap file: does not contain correct block ID
10242 Magic number mismatch: Info in first block is invalid
Bram Moolenaar00f123a2018-08-21 20:28:54 +020010243
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +020010244 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10245 GetFilename()->swapinfo()
10246
Bram Moolenaar110bd602018-09-16 18:46:59 +020010247swapname({expr}) *swapname()*
10248 The result is the swap file path of the buffer {expr}.
10249 For the use of {expr}, see |bufname()| above.
10250 If buffer {expr} is the current buffer, the result is equal to
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +020010251 |:swapname| (unless there is no swap file).
Bram Moolenaar110bd602018-09-16 18:46:59 +020010252 If buffer {expr} has no swap file, returns an empty string.
10253
Bram Moolenaarf6ed61e2019-09-07 19:05:09 +020010254 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10255 GetBufname()->swapname()
10256
Bram Moolenaar47136d72004-10-12 20:02:24 +000010257synID({lnum}, {col}, {trans}) *synID()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010258 The result is a Number, which is the syntax ID at the position
Bram Moolenaar47136d72004-10-12 20:02:24 +000010259 {lnum} and {col} in the current window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010260 The syntax ID can be used with |synIDattr()| and
10261 |synIDtrans()| to obtain syntax information about text.
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +000010262
Bram Moolenaar47136d72004-10-12 20:02:24 +000010263 {col} is 1 for the leftmost column, {lnum} is 1 for the first
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +000010264 line. 'synmaxcol' applies, in a longer line zero is returned.
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +020010265 Note that when the position is after the last character,
10266 that's where the cursor can be in Insert mode, synID() returns
10267 zero.
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +000010268
Bram Moolenaar79815f12016-07-09 17:07:29 +020010269 When {trans} is |TRUE|, transparent items are reduced to the
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020010270 item that they reveal. This is useful when wanting to know
Bram Moolenaar79815f12016-07-09 17:07:29 +020010271 the effective color. When {trans} is |FALSE|, the transparent
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010272 item is returned. This is useful when wanting to know which
10273 syntax item is effective (e.g. inside parens).
10274 Warning: This function can be very slow. Best speed is
10275 obtained by going through the file in forward direction.
10276
10277 Example (echoes the name of the syntax item under the cursor): >
10278 :echo synIDattr(synID(line("."), col("."), 1), "name")
10279<
Bram Moolenaar7510fe72010-07-25 12:46:44 +020010280
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010281synIDattr({synID}, {what} [, {mode}]) *synIDattr()*
10282 The result is a String, which is the {what} attribute of
10283 syntax ID {synID}. This can be used to obtain information
10284 about a syntax item.
10285 {mode} can be "gui", "cterm" or "term", to get the attributes
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020010286 for that mode. When {mode} is omitted, or an invalid value is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010287 used, the attributes for the currently active highlighting are
10288 used (GUI, cterm or term).
10289 Use synIDtrans() to follow linked highlight groups.
10290 {what} result
10291 "name" the name of the syntax item
10292 "fg" foreground color (GUI: color name used to set
10293 the color, cterm: color number as a string,
10294 term: empty string)
Bram Moolenaar6f507d62008-11-28 10:16:05 +000010295 "bg" background color (as with "fg")
Bram Moolenaar12682fd2010-03-10 13:43:49 +010010296 "font" font name (only available in the GUI)
10297 |highlight-font|
Bram Moolenaar6f507d62008-11-28 10:16:05 +000010298 "sp" special color (as with "fg") |highlight-guisp|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010299 "fg#" like "fg", but for the GUI and the GUI is
10300 running the name in "#RRGGBB" form
10301 "bg#" like "fg#" for "bg"
Bram Moolenaar6f507d62008-11-28 10:16:05 +000010302 "sp#" like "fg#" for "sp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010303 "bold" "1" if bold
10304 "italic" "1" if italic
10305 "reverse" "1" if reverse
10306 "inverse" "1" if inverse (= reverse)
Bram Moolenaar12682fd2010-03-10 13:43:49 +010010307 "standout" "1" if standout
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010308 "underline" "1" if underlined
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +000010309 "undercurl" "1" if undercurled
Bram Moolenaarcf4b00c2017-09-02 18:33:56 +020010310 "strike" "1" if strikethrough
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010311
10312 Example (echoes the color of the syntax item under the
10313 cursor): >
10314 :echo synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line("."), col("."), 1)), "fg")
10315<
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +020010316 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10317 :echo synID(line("."), col("."), 1)->synIDtrans()->synIDattr("fg")
10318
10319
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010320synIDtrans({synID}) *synIDtrans()*
10321 The result is a Number, which is the translated syntax ID of
10322 {synID}. This is the syntax group ID of what is being used to
10323 highlight the character. Highlight links given with
10324 ":highlight link" are followed.
10325
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +020010326 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10327 :echo synID(line("."), col("."), 1)->synIDtrans()->synIDattr("fg")
10328
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +020010329synconcealed({lnum}, {col}) *synconcealed()*
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +020010330 The result is a |List| with currently three items:
Bram Moolenaar4d785892017-06-22 22:00:50 +020010331 1. The first item in the list is 0 if the character at the
10332 position {lnum} and {col} is not part of a concealable
10333 region, 1 if it is.
10334 2. The second item in the list is a string. If the first item
10335 is 1, the second item contains the text which will be
10336 displayed in place of the concealed text, depending on the
10337 current setting of 'conceallevel' and 'listchars'.
Bram Moolenaarcc0750d2017-06-24 22:29:24 +020010338 3. The third and final item in the list is a number
10339 representing the specific syntax region matched in the
10340 line. When the character is not concealed the value is
10341 zero. This allows detection of the beginning of a new
10342 concealable region if there are two consecutive regions
10343 with the same replacement character. For an example, if
10344 the text is "123456" and both "23" and "45" are concealed
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +020010345 and replaced by the character "X", then:
Bram Moolenaarcc0750d2017-06-24 22:29:24 +020010346 call returns ~
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +020010347 synconcealed(lnum, 1) [0, '', 0]
10348 synconcealed(lnum, 2) [1, 'X', 1]
10349 synconcealed(lnum, 3) [1, 'X', 1]
10350 synconcealed(lnum, 4) [1, 'X', 2]
10351 synconcealed(lnum, 5) [1, 'X', 2]
10352 synconcealed(lnum, 6) [0, '', 0]
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +020010353
10354
Bram Moolenaar9d188ab2008-01-10 21:24:39 +000010355synstack({lnum}, {col}) *synstack()*
10356 Return a |List|, which is the stack of syntax items at the
10357 position {lnum} and {col} in the current window. Each item in
10358 the List is an ID like what |synID()| returns.
Bram Moolenaar9d188ab2008-01-10 21:24:39 +000010359 The first item in the List is the outer region, following are
10360 items contained in that one. The last one is what |synID()|
10361 returns, unless not the whole item is highlighted or it is a
10362 transparent item.
10363 This function is useful for debugging a syntax file.
10364 Example that shows the syntax stack under the cursor: >
10365 for id in synstack(line("."), col("."))
10366 echo synIDattr(id, "name")
10367 endfor
Bram Moolenaar0bc380a2010-07-10 13:52:13 +020010368< When the position specified with {lnum} and {col} is invalid
10369 nothing is returned. The position just after the last
10370 character in a line and the first column in an empty line are
10371 valid positions.
Bram Moolenaar9d188ab2008-01-10 21:24:39 +000010372
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000010373system({expr} [, {input}]) *system()* *E677*
Bram Moolenaar39c29ed2014-04-05 19:44:40 +020010374 Get the output of the shell command {expr} as a string. See
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +020010375 |systemlist()| to get the output as a |List|.
Bram Moolenaar57ebe6e2014-04-05 18:55:46 +020010376
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010010377 When {input} is given and is a string this string is written
10378 to a file and passed as stdin to the command. The string is
10379 written as-is, you need to take care of using the correct line
Bram Moolenaar57ebe6e2014-04-05 18:55:46 +020010380 separators yourself.
10381 If {input} is given and is a |List| it is written to the file
10382 in a way |writefile()| does with {binary} set to "b" (i.e.
10383 with a newline between each list item with newlines inside
Bram Moolenaar12c44922017-01-08 13:26:03 +010010384 list items converted to NULs).
10385 When {input} is given and is a number that is a valid id for
10386 an existing buffer then the content of the buffer is written
10387 to the file line by line, each line terminated by a NL and
10388 NULs characters where the text has a NL.
Bram Moolenaar069c1e72016-07-15 21:25:08 +020010389
10390 Pipes are not used, the 'shelltemp' option is not used.
Bram Moolenaar57ebe6e2014-04-05 18:55:46 +020010391
Bram Moolenaar04186092016-08-29 21:55:35 +020010392 When prepended by |:silent| the terminal will not be set to
Bram Moolenaar52a72462014-08-29 15:53:52 +020010393 cooked mode. This is meant to be used for commands that do
10394 not need the user to type. It avoids stray characters showing
10395 up on the screen which require |CTRL-L| to remove. >
10396 :silent let f = system('ls *.vim')
10397<
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010010398 Note: Use |shellescape()| or |::S| with |expand()| or
10399 |fnamemodify()| to escape special characters in a command
10400 argument. Newlines in {expr} may cause the command to fail.
10401 The characters in 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote' may also
Bram Moolenaar26df0922014-02-23 23:39:13 +010010402 cause trouble.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010403 This is not to be used for interactive commands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010404
Bram Moolenaar05bb9532008-07-04 09:44:11 +000010405 The result is a String. Example: >
10406 :let files = system("ls " . shellescape(expand('%:h')))
Bram Moolenaar26df0922014-02-23 23:39:13 +010010407 :let files = system('ls ' . expand('%:h:S'))
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010408
10409< To make the result more system-independent, the shell output
10410 is filtered to replace <CR> with <NL> for Macintosh, and
10411 <CR><NL> with <NL> for DOS-like systems.
Bram Moolenaar9d98fe92013-08-03 18:35:36 +020010412 To avoid the string being truncated at a NUL, all NUL
10413 characters are replaced with SOH (0x01).
10414
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010415 The command executed is constructed using several options:
10416 'shell' 'shellcmdflag' 'shellxquote' {expr} 'shellredir' {tmp} 'shellxquote'
10417 ({tmp} is an automatically generated file name).
Bram Moolenaar6f345a12019-12-17 21:27:18 +010010418 For Unix, braces are put around {expr} to allow for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010419 concatenated commands.
10420
Bram Moolenaar433f7c82006-03-21 21:29:36 +000010421 The command will be executed in "cooked" mode, so that a
10422 CTRL-C will interrupt the command (on Unix at least).
10423
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010424 The resulting error code can be found in |v:shell_error|.
10425 This function will fail in |restricted-mode|.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000010426
10427 Note that any wrong value in the options mentioned above may
10428 make the function fail. It has also been reported to fail
10429 when using a security agent application.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010430 Unlike ":!cmd" there is no automatic check for changed files.
10431 Use |:checktime| to force a check.
10432
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +020010433 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10434 :echo GetCmd()->system()
10435
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +000010436
Bram Moolenaar39c29ed2014-04-05 19:44:40 +020010437systemlist({expr} [, {input}]) *systemlist()*
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010010438 Same as |system()|, but returns a |List| with lines (parts of
10439 output separated by NL) with NULs transformed into NLs. Output
10440 is the same as |readfile()| will output with {binary} argument
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +020010441 set to "b", except that there is no extra empty item when the
10442 result ends in a NL.
10443 Note that on MS-Windows you may get trailing CR characters.
Bram Moolenaar39c29ed2014-04-05 19:44:40 +020010444
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +020010445 To see the difference between "echo hello" and "echo -n hello"
10446 use |system()| and |split()|: >
10447 echo system('echo hello')->split('\n', 1)
10448<
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +010010449 Returns an empty string on error.
Bram Moolenaar39c29ed2014-04-05 19:44:40 +020010450
Bram Moolenaara74e4942019-08-04 17:35:53 +020010451 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10452 :echo GetCmd()->systemlist()
10453
Bram Moolenaar39c29ed2014-04-05 19:44:40 +020010454
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +000010455tabpagebuflist([{arg}]) *tabpagebuflist()*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000010456 The result is a |List|, where each item is the number of the
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +000010457 buffer associated with each window in the current tab page.
Bram Moolenaardc1f1642016-08-16 18:33:43 +020010458 {arg} specifies the number of the tab page to be used. When
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +000010459 omitted the current tab page is used.
10460 When {arg} is invalid the number zero is returned.
10461 To get a list of all buffers in all tabs use this: >
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +020010462 let buflist = []
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +000010463 for i in range(tabpagenr('$'))
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +020010464 call extend(buflist, tabpagebuflist(i + 1))
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +000010465 endfor
10466< Note that a buffer may appear in more than one window.
10467
Bram Moolenaarce90e362019-09-08 18:58:44 +020010468 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10469 GetTabpage()->tabpagebuflist()
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +000010470
10471tabpagenr([{arg}]) *tabpagenr()*
Bram Moolenaar7e8fd632006-02-18 22:14:51 +000010472 The result is a Number, which is the number of the current
10473 tab page. The first tab page has number 1.
Bram Moolenaar62a23252020-08-09 14:04:42 +020010474
10475 The optional argument {arg} supports the following values:
10476 $ the number of the last tab page (the tab page
10477 count).
10478 # the number of the last accessed tab page
10479 (where |g<Tab>| goes to). if there is no
10480 previous tab page 0 is returned.
Bram Moolenaar7e8fd632006-02-18 22:14:51 +000010481 The number can be used with the |:tab| command.
10482
10483
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +010010484tabpagewinnr({tabarg} [, {arg}]) *tabpagewinnr()*
Bram Moolenaard04f4402010-08-15 13:30:34 +020010485 Like |winnr()| but for tab page {tabarg}.
Bram Moolenaarfaa959a2006-02-20 21:37:40 +000010486 {tabarg} specifies the number of tab page to be used.
10487 {arg} is used like with |winnr()|:
10488 - When omitted the current window number is returned. This is
10489 the window which will be used when going to this tab page.
10490 - When "$" the number of windows is returned.
10491 - When "#" the previous window nr is returned.
10492 Useful examples: >
10493 tabpagewinnr(1) " current window of tab page 1
10494 tabpagewinnr(4, '$') " number of windows in tab page 4
10495< When {tabarg} is invalid zero is returned.
10496
Bram Moolenaarce90e362019-09-08 18:58:44 +020010497 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10498 GetTabpage()->tabpagewinnr()
10499<
Bram Moolenaarfa1d1402006-03-25 21:59:56 +000010500 *tagfiles()*
10501tagfiles() Returns a |List| with the file names used to search for tags
10502 for the current buffer. This is the 'tags' option expanded.
10503
10504
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010010505taglist({expr} [, {filename}]) *taglist()*
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +000010506 Returns a list of tags matching the regular expression {expr}.
Bram Moolenaarc6aafba2017-03-21 17:09:10 +010010507
10508 If {filename} is passed it is used to prioritize the results
10509 in the same way that |:tselect| does. See |tag-priority|.
10510 {filename} should be the full path of the file.
10511
Bram Moolenaard8c00872005-07-22 21:52:15 +000010512 Each list item is a dictionary with at least the following
10513 entries:
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +000010514 name Name of the tag.
10515 filename Name of the file where the tag is
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000010516 defined. It is either relative to the
10517 current directory or a full path.
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +000010518 cmd Ex command used to locate the tag in
10519 the file.
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +000010520 kind Type of the tag. The value for this
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +000010521 entry depends on the language specific
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000010522 kind values. Only available when
10523 using a tags file generated by
10524 Exuberant ctags or hdrtag.
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +000010525 static A file specific tag. Refer to
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +000010526 |static-tag| for more information.
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000010527 More entries may be present, depending on the content of the
10528 tags file: access, implementation, inherits and signature.
10529 Refer to the ctags documentation for information about these
10530 fields. For C code the fields "struct", "class" and "enum"
10531 may appear, they give the name of the entity the tag is
10532 contained in.
Bram Moolenaar5a8684e2005-07-30 22:43:24 +000010533
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +010010534 The ex-command "cmd" can be either an ex search pattern, a
Bram Moolenaar4317d9b2005-03-18 20:25:31 +000010535 line number or a line number followed by a byte number.
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +000010536
10537 If there are no matching tags, then an empty list is returned.
10538
10539 To get an exact tag match, the anchors '^' and '$' should be
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010010540 used in {expr}. This also make the function work faster.
10541 Refer to |tag-regexp| for more information about the tag
10542 search regular expression pattern.
Bram Moolenaare2cc9702005-03-15 22:43:58 +000010543
10544 Refer to |'tags'| for information about how the tags file is
10545 located by Vim. Refer to |tags-file-format| for the format of
10546 the tags file generated by the different ctags tools.
10547
Bram Moolenaarce90e362019-09-08 18:58:44 +020010548 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10549 GetTagpattern()->taglist()
10550
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +020010551tan({expr}) *tan()*
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +020010552 Return the tangent of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +020010553 in the range [-inf, inf].
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +020010554 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +020010555 Examples: >
10556 :echo tan(10)
10557< 0.648361 >
10558 :echo tan(-4.01)
10559< -1.181502
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +020010560
10561 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10562 Compute()->tan()
10563<
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +020010564 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +020010565
10566
10567tanh({expr}) *tanh()*
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +020010568 Return the hyperbolic tangent of {expr} as a |Float| in the
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +020010569 range [-1, 1].
Bram Moolenaar9855d6b2010-07-18 14:34:51 +020010570 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +020010571 Examples: >
10572 :echo tanh(0.5)
10573< 0.462117 >
10574 :echo tanh(-1)
10575< -0.761594
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +020010576
10577 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10578 Compute()->tanh()
10579<
Bram Moolenaardb84e452010-08-15 13:50:43 +020010580 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaardb7c6862010-05-21 16:33:48 +020010581
10582
Bram Moolenaar574860b2016-05-24 17:33:34 +020010583tempname() *tempname()* *temp-file-name*
10584 The result is a String, which is the name of a file that
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020010585 doesn't exist. It can be used for a temporary file. The name
Bram Moolenaar574860b2016-05-24 17:33:34 +020010586 is different for at least 26 consecutive calls. Example: >
10587 :let tmpfile = tempname()
10588 :exe "redir > " . tmpfile
10589< For Unix, the file will be in a private directory |tempfile|.
10590 For MS-Windows forward slashes are used when the 'shellslash'
10591 option is set or when 'shellcmdflag' starts with '-'.
10592
Bram Moolenaared997ad2019-07-21 16:42:00 +020010593
Bram Moolenaar6bf2c622019-07-04 17:12:09 +020010594term_ functions are documented here: |terminal-function-details|
Bram Moolenaar574860b2016-05-24 17:33:34 +020010595
Bram Moolenaar0c0eddd2020-06-13 15:47:25 +020010596
10597terminalprops() *terminalprops()*
10598 Returns a dictionary with properties of the terminal that Vim
10599 detected from the response to |t_RV| request. See
10600 |v:termresponse| for the response itself. If |v:termresponse|
10601 is empty most values here will be 'u' for unknown.
10602 cursor_style wether sending |t_RS| works **
10603 cursor_blink_mode wether sending |t_RC| works **
10604 underline_rgb whether |t_8u| works **
10605 mouse mouse type supported
10606
10607 ** value 'u' for unknown, 'y' for yes, 'n' for no
10608
10609 If the |+termresponse| feature is missing then the result is
10610 an empty dictionary.
10611
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +020010612 If "cursor_style" is 'y' then |t_RS| will be sent to request the
Bram Moolenaar0c0eddd2020-06-13 15:47:25 +020010613 current cursor style.
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +020010614 If "cursor_blink_mode" is 'y' then |t_RC| will be sent to
Bram Moolenaar0c0eddd2020-06-13 15:47:25 +020010615 request the cursor blink status.
10616 "cursor_style" and "cursor_blink_mode" are also set if |t_u7|
10617 is not empty, Vim will detect the working of sending |t_RS|
10618 and |t_RC| on startup.
10619
10620 When "underline_rgb" is not 'y', then |t_8u| will be made empty.
10621 This avoids sending it to xterm, which would clear the colors.
10622
10623 For "mouse" the value 'u' is unknown
10624
10625 Also see:
10626 - 'ambiwidth' - detected by using |t_u7|.
10627 - |v:termstyleresp| and |v:termblinkresp| for the response to
10628 |t_RS| and |t_RC|.
10629
10630
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +020010631test_ functions are documented here: |test-functions-details|
Bram Moolenaar8e8df252016-05-25 21:23:21 +020010632
Bram Moolenaar574860b2016-05-24 17:33:34 +020010633
Bram Moolenaar8e97bd72016-08-06 22:05:07 +020010634 *timer_info()*
10635timer_info([{id}])
10636 Return a list with information about timers.
10637 When {id} is given only information about this timer is
10638 returned. When timer {id} does not exist an empty list is
10639 returned.
10640 When {id} is omitted information about all timers is returned.
10641
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +020010642 For each timer the information is stored in a |Dictionary| with
Bram Moolenaar8e97bd72016-08-06 22:05:07 +020010643 these items:
10644 "id" the timer ID
10645 "time" time the timer was started with
10646 "remaining" time until the timer fires
10647 "repeat" number of times the timer will still fire;
Bram Moolenaarb73598e2016-08-07 18:22:53 +020010648 -1 means forever
Bram Moolenaar8e97bd72016-08-06 22:05:07 +020010649 "callback" the callback
Bram Moolenaarb73598e2016-08-07 18:22:53 +020010650 "paused" 1 if the timer is paused, 0 otherwise
10651
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010652 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10653 GetTimer()->timer_info()
10654
10655< {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
Bram Moolenaarb73598e2016-08-07 18:22:53 +020010656
10657timer_pause({timer}, {paused}) *timer_pause()*
10658 Pause or unpause a timer. A paused timer does not invoke its
Bram Moolenaardc1f1642016-08-16 18:33:43 +020010659 callback when its time expires. Unpausing a timer may cause
10660 the callback to be invoked almost immediately if enough time
10661 has passed.
Bram Moolenaarb73598e2016-08-07 18:22:53 +020010662
10663 Pausing a timer is useful to avoid the callback to be called
10664 for a short time.
10665
10666 If {paused} evaluates to a non-zero Number or a non-empty
10667 String, then the timer is paused, otherwise it is unpaused.
10668 See |non-zero-arg|.
10669
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010670 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10671 GetTimer()->timer_pause(1)
10672
10673< {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
Bram Moolenaar8e97bd72016-08-06 22:05:07 +020010674
Bram Moolenaardc1f1642016-08-16 18:33:43 +020010675 *timer_start()* *timer* *timers*
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +010010676timer_start({time}, {callback} [, {options}])
10677 Create a timer and return the timer ID.
10678
10679 {time} is the waiting time in milliseconds. This is the
10680 minimum time before invoking the callback. When the system is
10681 busy or Vim is not waiting for input the time will be longer.
10682
10683 {callback} is the function to call. It can be the name of a
Bram Moolenaarf37506f2016-08-31 22:22:10 +020010684 function or a |Funcref|. It is called with one argument, which
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +010010685 is the timer ID. The callback is only invoked when Vim is
10686 waiting for input.
10687
10688 {options} is a dictionary. Supported entries:
10689 "repeat" Number of times to repeat calling the
Bram Moolenaarabd468e2016-09-08 22:22:43 +020010690 callback. -1 means forever. When not present
10691 the callback will be called once.
Bram Moolenaarc577d812017-07-08 22:37:34 +020010692 If the timer causes an error three times in a
10693 row the repeat is cancelled. This avoids that
10694 Vim becomes unusable because of all the error
10695 messages.
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +010010696
10697 Example: >
10698 func MyHandler(timer)
10699 echo 'Handler called'
10700 endfunc
10701 let timer = timer_start(500, 'MyHandler',
10702 \ {'repeat': 3})
10703< This will invoke MyHandler() three times at 500 msec
10704 intervals.
Bram Moolenaarb73598e2016-08-07 18:22:53 +020010705
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010706 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10707 GetMsec()->timer_start(callback)
10708
10709< Not available in the |sandbox|.
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +010010710 {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
10711
Bram Moolenaar03602ec2016-03-20 20:57:45 +010010712timer_stop({timer}) *timer_stop()*
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +020010713 Stop a timer. The timer callback will no longer be invoked.
10714 {timer} is an ID returned by timer_start(), thus it must be a
Bram Moolenaar8e97bd72016-08-06 22:05:07 +020010715 Number. If {timer} does not exist there is no error.
Bram Moolenaar03602ec2016-03-20 20:57:45 +010010716
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010717 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10718 GetTimer()->timer_stop()
10719
10720< {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
Bram Moolenaarb73598e2016-08-07 18:22:53 +020010721
10722timer_stopall() *timer_stopall()*
10723 Stop all timers. The timer callbacks will no longer be
Bram Moolenaar809ce4d2019-07-13 21:21:40 +020010724 invoked. Useful if a timer is misbehaving. If there are no
10725 timers there is no error.
Bram Moolenaarb73598e2016-08-07 18:22:53 +020010726
10727 {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
10728
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010729tolower({expr}) *tolower()*
10730 The result is a copy of the String given, with all uppercase
10731 characters turned into lowercase (just like applying |gu| to
10732 the string).
10733
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010734 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10735 GetText()->tolower()
10736
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010737toupper({expr}) *toupper()*
10738 The result is a copy of the String given, with all lowercase
10739 characters turned into uppercase (just like applying |gU| to
10740 the string).
10741
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010742 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10743 GetText()->toupper()
10744
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +000010745tr({src}, {fromstr}, {tostr}) *tr()*
10746 The result is a copy of the {src} string with all characters
10747 which appear in {fromstr} replaced by the character in that
10748 position in the {tostr} string. Thus the first character in
10749 {fromstr} is translated into the first character in {tostr}
10750 and so on. Exactly like the unix "tr" command.
10751 This code also deals with multibyte characters properly.
10752
10753 Examples: >
10754 echo tr("hello there", "ht", "HT")
10755< returns "Hello THere" >
10756 echo tr("<blob>", "<>", "{}")
10757< returns "{blob}"
10758
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010759 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10760 GetText()->tr(from, to)
10761
Bram Moolenaar2245ae12020-05-31 22:20:36 +020010762trim({text} [, {mask} [, {dir}]]) *trim()*
Bram Moolenaar295ac5a2018-03-22 23:04:02 +010010763 Return {text} as a String where any character in {mask} is
Bram Moolenaar2245ae12020-05-31 22:20:36 +020010764 removed from the beginning and/or end of {text}.
10765
Bram Moolenaar295ac5a2018-03-22 23:04:02 +010010766 If {mask} is not given, {mask} is all characters up to 0x20,
10767 which includes Tab, space, NL and CR, plus the non-breaking
10768 space character 0xa0.
Bram Moolenaar2245ae12020-05-31 22:20:36 +020010769
10770 The optional {dir} argument specifies where to remove the
10771 characters:
10772 0 remove from the beginning and end of {text}
10773 1 remove only at the beginning of {text}
10774 2 remove only at the end of {text}
10775 When omitted both ends are trimmed.
10776
10777 This function deals with multibyte characters properly.
Bram Moolenaar295ac5a2018-03-22 23:04:02 +010010778
10779 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +020010780 echo trim(" some text ")
10781< returns "some text" >
10782 echo trim(" \r\t\t\r RESERVE \t\n\x0B\xA0") . "_TAIL"
Bram Moolenaar295ac5a2018-03-22 23:04:02 +010010783< returns "RESERVE_TAIL" >
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +020010784 echo trim("rm<Xrm<>X>rrm", "rm<>")
Bram Moolenaar2245ae12020-05-31 22:20:36 +020010785< returns "Xrm<>X" (characters in the middle are not removed) >
10786 echo trim(" vim ", " ", 2)
10787< returns " vim"
Bram Moolenaar295ac5a2018-03-22 23:04:02 +010010788
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010789 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10790 GetText()->trim()
10791
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000010792trunc({expr}) *trunc()*
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000010793 Return the largest integral value with magnitude less than or
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000010794 equal to {expr} as a |Float| (truncate towards zero).
10795 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
10796 Examples: >
10797 echo trunc(1.456)
10798< 1.0 >
10799 echo trunc(-5.456)
10800< -5.0 >
10801 echo trunc(4.0)
10802< 4.0
Bram Moolenaar93cf85f2019-08-17 21:36:28 +020010803
10804 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10805 Compute()->trunc()
10806<
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000010807 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010010808
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +000010809 *type()*
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +020010810type({expr}) The result is a Number representing the type of {expr}.
10811 Instead of using the number directly, it is better to use the
10812 v:t_ variable that has the value:
10813 Number: 0 |v:t_number|
10814 String: 1 |v:t_string|
10815 Funcref: 2 |v:t_func|
10816 List: 3 |v:t_list|
10817 Dictionary: 4 |v:t_dict|
10818 Float: 5 |v:t_float|
10819 Boolean: 6 |v:t_bool| (v:false and v:true)
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010010820 None: 7 |v:t_none| (v:null and v:none)
10821 Job: 8 |v:t_job|
10822 Channel: 9 |v:t_channel|
10823 Blob: 10 |v:t_blob|
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +020010824 For backward compatibility, this method can be used: >
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +000010825 :if type(myvar) == type(0)
10826 :if type(myvar) == type("")
10827 :if type(myvar) == type(function("tr"))
10828 :if type(myvar) == type([])
Bram Moolenaar748bf032005-02-02 23:04:36 +000010829 :if type(myvar) == type({})
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000010830 :if type(myvar) == type(0.0)
Bram Moolenaar705ada12016-01-24 17:56:50 +010010831 :if type(myvar) == type(v:false)
Bram Moolenaar6463ca22016-02-13 17:04:46 +010010832 :if type(myvar) == type(v:none)
Bram Moolenaardf48fb42016-07-22 21:50:18 +020010833< To check if the v:t_ variables exist use this: >
10834 :if exists('v:t_number')
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010835
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +020010836< Can also be used as a |method|: >
10837 mylist->type()
10838
Bram Moolenaara17d4c12010-05-30 18:30:36 +020010839undofile({name}) *undofile()*
10840 Return the name of the undo file that would be used for a file
10841 with name {name} when writing. This uses the 'undodir'
10842 option, finding directories that exist. It does not check if
Bram Moolenaar860cae12010-06-05 23:22:07 +020010843 the undo file exists.
Bram Moolenaar945e2db2010-06-05 17:43:32 +020010844 {name} is always expanded to the full path, since that is what
10845 is used internally.
Bram Moolenaar80716072012-05-01 21:14:34 +020010846 If {name} is empty undofile() returns an empty string, since a
10847 buffer without a file name will not write an undo file.
Bram Moolenaara17d4c12010-05-30 18:30:36 +020010848 Useful in combination with |:wundo| and |:rundo|.
Bram Moolenaarb328cca2019-01-06 16:24:01 +010010849 When compiled without the |+persistent_undo| option this always
Bram Moolenaara17d4c12010-05-30 18:30:36 +020010850 returns an empty string.
10851
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010852 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10853 GetFilename()->undofile()
10854
Bram Moolenaara800b422010-06-27 01:15:55 +020010855undotree() *undotree()*
10856 Return the current state of the undo tree in a dictionary with
10857 the following items:
10858 "seq_last" The highest undo sequence number used.
10859 "seq_cur" The sequence number of the current position in
10860 the undo tree. This differs from "seq_last"
10861 when some changes were undone.
10862 "time_cur" Time last used for |:earlier| and related
10863 commands. Use |strftime()| to convert to
10864 something readable.
10865 "save_last" Number of the last file write. Zero when no
10866 write yet.
Bram Moolenaar730cde92010-06-27 05:18:54 +020010867 "save_cur" Number of the current position in the undo
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010010868 tree.
Bram Moolenaara800b422010-06-27 01:15:55 +020010869 "synced" Non-zero when the last undo block was synced.
10870 This happens when waiting from input from the
10871 user. See |undo-blocks|.
10872 "entries" A list of dictionaries with information about
10873 undo blocks.
10874
10875 The first item in the "entries" list is the oldest undo item.
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +020010876 Each List item is a |Dictionary| with these items:
Bram Moolenaara800b422010-06-27 01:15:55 +020010877 "seq" Undo sequence number. Same as what appears in
10878 |:undolist|.
10879 "time" Timestamp when the change happened. Use
10880 |strftime()| to convert to something readable.
10881 "newhead" Only appears in the item that is the last one
10882 that was added. This marks the last change
10883 and where further changes will be added.
10884 "curhead" Only appears in the item that is the last one
10885 that was undone. This marks the current
10886 position in the undo tree, the block that will
10887 be used by a redo command. When nothing was
10888 undone after the last change this item will
10889 not appear anywhere.
10890 "save" Only appears on the last block before a file
10891 write. The number is the write count. The
10892 first write has number 1, the last one the
10893 "save_last" mentioned above.
10894 "alt" Alternate entry. This is again a List of undo
10895 blocks. Each item may again have an "alt"
10896 item.
10897
Bram Moolenaar327aa022014-03-25 18:24:23 +010010898uniq({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *uniq()* *E882*
10899 Remove second and succeeding copies of repeated adjacent
10900 {list} items in-place. Returns {list}. If you want a list
10901 to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
10902 :let newlist = uniq(copy(mylist))
10903< The default compare function uses the string representation of
10904 each item. For the use of {func} and {dict} see |sort()|.
10905
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +020010906 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10907 mylist->uniq()
10908
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +000010909values({dict}) *values()*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020010910 Return a |List| with all the values of {dict}. The |List| is
Bram Moolenaar0d17f0d2019-01-22 22:20:38 +010010911 in arbitrary order. Also see |items()| and |keys()|.
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +000010912
Bram Moolenaarac92e252019-08-03 21:58:38 +020010913 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10914 mydict->values()
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +000010915
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010916virtcol({expr}) *virtcol()*
10917 The result is a Number, which is the screen column of the file
10918 position given with {expr}. That is, the last screen position
10919 occupied by the character at that position, when the screen
10920 would be of unlimited width. When there is a <Tab> at the
10921 position, the returned Number will be the column at the end of
10922 the <Tab>. For example, for a <Tab> in column 1, with 'ts'
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +020010923 set to 8, it returns 8. |conceal| is ignored.
Bram Moolenaar477933c2007-07-17 14:32:23 +000010924 For the byte position use |col()|.
10925 For the use of {expr} see |col()|.
10926 When 'virtualedit' is used {expr} can be [lnum, col, off], where
Bram Moolenaar0b238792006-03-02 22:49:12 +000010927 "off" is the offset in screen columns from the start of the
Bram Moolenaard46bbc72007-05-12 14:38:41 +000010928 character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +020010929 character. When "off" is omitted zero is used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010930 When Virtual editing is active in the current mode, a position
10931 beyond the end of the line can be returned. |'virtualedit'|
10932 The accepted positions are:
10933 . the cursor position
10934 $ the end of the cursor line (the result is the
10935 number of displayed characters in the cursor line
10936 plus one)
10937 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is
10938 returned)
Bram Moolenaare3faf442014-12-14 01:27:49 +010010939 v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the
10940 cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode
10941 returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in
10942 that it's updated right away.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010943 Note that only marks in the current file can be used.
10944 Examples: >
10945 virtcol(".") with text "foo^Lbar", with cursor on the "^L", returns 5
10946 virtcol("$") with text "foo^Lbar", returns 9
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000010947 virtcol("'t") with text " there", with 't at 'h', returns 6
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020010948< The first column is 1. 0 is returned for an error.
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000010949 A more advanced example that echoes the maximum length of
10950 all lines: >
10951 echo max(map(range(1, line('$')), "virtcol([v:val, '$'])"))
10952
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010953< Can also be used as a |method|: >
10954 GetPos()->virtcol()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010955
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010956
10957visualmode([{expr}]) *visualmode()*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010958 The result is a String, which describes the last Visual mode
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000010959 used in the current buffer. Initially it returns an empty
10960 string, but once Visual mode has been used, it returns "v",
10961 "V", or "<CTRL-V>" (a single CTRL-V character) for
10962 character-wise, line-wise, or block-wise Visual mode
10963 respectively.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010964 Example: >
10965 :exe "normal " . visualmode()
10966< This enters the same Visual mode as before. It is also useful
10967 in scripts if you wish to act differently depending on the
10968 Visual mode that was used.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000010969 If Visual mode is active, use |mode()| to get the Visual mode
10970 (e.g., in a |:vmap|).
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020010971 If {expr} is supplied and it evaluates to a non-zero Number or
Bram Moolenaar05bb9532008-07-04 09:44:11 +000010972 a non-empty String, then the Visual mode will be cleared and
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +020010973 the old value is returned. See |non-zero-arg|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010974
Bram Moolenaar8738fc12013-02-20 17:59:11 +010010975wildmenumode() *wildmenumode()*
Bram Moolenaare381d3d2016-07-07 14:50:41 +020010976 Returns |TRUE| when the wildmenu is active and |FALSE|
Bram Moolenaar8738fc12013-02-20 17:59:11 +010010977 otherwise. See 'wildmenu' and 'wildmode'.
10978 This can be used in mappings to handle the 'wildcharm' option
10979 gracefully. (Makes only sense with |mapmode-c| mappings).
10980
10981 For example to make <c-j> work like <down> in wildmode, use: >
10982 :cnoremap <expr> <C-j> wildmenumode() ? "\<Down>\<Tab>" : "\<c-j>"
10983<
10984 (Note, this needs the 'wildcharm' option set appropriately).
10985
Bram Moolenaar868b7b62019-05-29 21:44:40 +020010986win_execute({id}, {command} [, {silent}]) *win_execute()*
10987 Like `execute()` but in the context of window {id}.
10988 The window will temporarily be made the current window,
Bram Moolenaarb4230122019-05-30 18:40:53 +020010989 without triggering autocommands. When executing {command}
10990 autocommands will be triggered, this may have unexpected side
10991 effects. Use |:noautocmd| if needed.
Bram Moolenaar868b7b62019-05-29 21:44:40 +020010992 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarb4230122019-05-30 18:40:53 +020010993 call win_execute(winid, 'set syntax=python')
10994< Doing the same with `setwinvar()` would not trigger
10995 autocommands and not actually show syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +020010996 *E994*
10997 Not all commands are allowed in popup windows.
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +020010998 When window {id} does not exist then no error is given.
Bram Moolenaar8738fc12013-02-20 17:59:11 +010010999
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020011000 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
11001 second argument: >
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011002 GetCommand()->win_execute(winid)
11003
Bram Moolenaar9cdf86b2016-03-13 19:04:51 +010011004win_findbuf({bufnr}) *win_findbuf()*
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +020011005 Returns a list with |window-ID|s for windows that contain
11006 buffer {bufnr}. When there is none the list is empty.
Bram Moolenaar9cdf86b2016-03-13 19:04:51 +010011007
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011008 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11009 GetBufnr()->win_findbuf()
11010
Bram Moolenaar86edef62016-03-13 18:07:30 +010011011win_getid([{win} [, {tab}]]) *win_getid()*
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +020011012 Get the |window-ID| for the specified window.
Bram Moolenaar86edef62016-03-13 18:07:30 +010011013 When {win} is missing use the current window.
11014 With {win} this is the window number. The top window has
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +010011015 number 1.
Bram Moolenaar86edef62016-03-13 18:07:30 +010011016 Without {tab} use the current tab, otherwise the tab with
11017 number {tab}. The first tab has number one.
11018 Return zero if the window cannot be found.
11019
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011020 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11021 GetWinnr()->win_getid()
11022
Bram Moolenaar00f3b4e2020-02-14 14:32:22 +010011023
11024win_gettype([{nr}]) *win_gettype()*
11025 Return the type of the window:
Bram Moolenaar40a019f2020-06-17 21:41:35 +020011026 "autocmd" autocommand window. Temporary window
Bram Moolenaar0fe937f2020-06-16 22:42:04 +020011027 used to execute autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar00f3b4e2020-02-14 14:32:22 +010011028 "popup" popup window |popup|
Bram Moolenaar0fe937f2020-06-16 22:42:04 +020011029 "preview" preview window |preview-window|
Bram Moolenaar00f3b4e2020-02-14 14:32:22 +010011030 "command" command-line window |cmdwin|
11031 (empty) normal window
11032 "unknown" window {nr} not found
11033
11034 When {nr} is omitted return the type of the current window.
11035 When {nr} is given return the type of this window by number or
11036 |window-ID|.
11037
11038 Also see the 'buftype' option. When running a terminal in a
11039 popup window then 'buftype' is "terminal" and win_gettype()
11040 returns "popup".
11041
11042
Bram Moolenaar86edef62016-03-13 18:07:30 +010011043win_gotoid({expr}) *win_gotoid()*
11044 Go to window with ID {expr}. This may also change the current
11045 tabpage.
11046 Return 1 if successful, 0 if the window cannot be found.
11047
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011048 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11049 GetWinid()->win_gotoid()
11050
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +020011051win_id2tabwin({expr}) *win_id2tabwin()*
Bram Moolenaar86edef62016-03-13 18:07:30 +010011052 Return a list with the tab number and window number of window
11053 with ID {expr}: [tabnr, winnr].
11054 Return [0, 0] if the window cannot be found.
11055
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011056 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11057 GetWinid()->win_id2tabwin()
11058
Bram Moolenaar86edef62016-03-13 18:07:30 +010011059win_id2win({expr}) *win_id2win()*
11060 Return the window number of window with ID {expr}.
11061 Return 0 if the window cannot be found in the current tabpage.
11062
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011063 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11064 GetWinid()->win_id2win()
11065
Bram Moolenaar22044dc2017-12-02 15:43:37 +010011066win_screenpos({nr}) *win_screenpos()*
11067 Return the screen position of window {nr} as a list with two
11068 numbers: [row, col]. The first window always has position
Bram Moolenaar7132ddc2018-07-15 17:01:11 +020011069 [1, 1], unless there is a tabline, then it is [2, 1].
Bram Moolenaar1c6737b2020-09-07 22:18:52 +020011070 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. Use zero
11071 for the current window.
Bram Moolenaar22044dc2017-12-02 15:43:37 +010011072 Return [0, 0] if the window cannot be found in the current
11073 tabpage.
11074
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011075 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11076 GetWinid()->win_screenpos()
11077<
Bram Moolenaard20dcb32019-09-10 21:22:58 +020011078win_splitmove({nr}, {target} [, {options}]) *win_splitmove()*
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +020011079 Move the window {nr} to a new split of the window {target}.
Bram Moolenaard20dcb32019-09-10 21:22:58 +020011080 This is similar to moving to {target}, creating a new window
11081 using |:split| but having the same contents as window {nr}, and
11082 then closing {nr}.
11083
11084 Both {nr} and {target} can be window numbers or |window-ID|s.
Bram Moolenaar29634562020-01-09 21:46:04 +010011085 Both must be in the current tab page.
Bram Moolenaard20dcb32019-09-10 21:22:58 +020011086
11087 Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure.
11088
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +020011089 {options} is a |Dictionary| with the following optional entries:
Bram Moolenaard20dcb32019-09-10 21:22:58 +020011090 "vertical" When TRUE, the split is created vertically,
11091 like with |:vsplit|.
11092 "rightbelow" When TRUE, the split is made below or to the
11093 right (if vertical). When FALSE, it is done
11094 above or to the left (if vertical). When not
11095 present, the values of 'splitbelow' and
11096 'splitright' are used.
11097
11098 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11099 GetWinid()->win_splitmove(target)
11100<
Bram Moolenaar4132eb52020-02-14 16:53:00 +010011101
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011102 *winbufnr()*
11103winbufnr({nr}) The result is a Number, which is the number of the buffer
Bram Moolenaar888ccac2016-06-04 18:49:36 +020011104 associated with window {nr}. {nr} can be the window number or
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +020011105 the |window-ID|.
Bram Moolenaar888ccac2016-06-04 18:49:36 +020011106 When {nr} is zero, the number of the buffer in the current
11107 window is returned.
11108 When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011109 Example: >
11110 :echo "The file in the current window is " . bufname(winbufnr(0))
11111<
Bram Moolenaare49fbff2019-08-21 22:50:07 +020011112 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11113 FindWindow()->winbufnr()->bufname()
11114<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011115 *wincol()*
11116wincol() The result is a Number, which is the virtual column of the
11117 cursor in the window. This is counting screen cells from the
11118 left side of the window. The leftmost column is one.
11119
Bram Moolenaar0c1e3742019-12-27 13:49:24 +010011120 *windowsversion()*
11121windowsversion()
11122 The result is a String. For MS-Windows it indicates the OS
11123 version. E.g, Windows 10 is "10.0", Windows 8 is "6.2",
11124 Windows XP is "5.1". For non-MS-Windows systems the result is
11125 an empty string.
11126
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011127winheight({nr}) *winheight()*
11128 The result is a Number, which is the height of window {nr}.
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +020011129 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011130 When {nr} is zero, the height of the current window is
11131 returned. When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned.
11132 An existing window always has a height of zero or more.
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +020011133 This excludes any window toolbar line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011134 Examples: >
11135 :echo "The current window has " . winheight(0) . " lines."
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011136
11137< Can also be used as a |method|: >
11138 GetWinid()->winheight()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011139<
Bram Moolenaar0f6b4f02018-08-21 16:56:34 +020011140winlayout([{tabnr}]) *winlayout()*
11141 The result is a nested List containing the layout of windows
11142 in a tabpage.
11143
11144 Without {tabnr} use the current tabpage, otherwise the tabpage
11145 with number {tabnr}. If the tabpage {tabnr} is not found,
11146 returns an empty list.
11147
11148 For a leaf window, it returns:
11149 ['leaf', {winid}]
11150 For horizontally split windows, which form a column, it
11151 returns:
11152 ['col', [{nested list of windows}]]
11153 For vertically split windows, which form a row, it returns:
11154 ['row', [{nested list of windows}]]
11155
11156 Example: >
11157 " Only one window in the tab page
11158 :echo winlayout()
11159 ['leaf', 1000]
11160 " Two horizontally split windows
11161 :echo winlayout()
11162 ['col', [['leaf', 1000], ['leaf', 1001]]]
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +010011163 " The second tab page, with three horizontally split
11164 " windows, with two vertically split windows in the
11165 " middle window
Bram Moolenaar0f6b4f02018-08-21 16:56:34 +020011166 :echo winlayout(2)
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +010011167 ['col', [['leaf', 1002], ['row', [['leaf', 1003],
11168 ['leaf', 1001]]], ['leaf', 1000]]]
Bram Moolenaar0f6b4f02018-08-21 16:56:34 +020011169<
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011170 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11171 GetTabnr()->winlayout()
11172<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011173 *winline()*
11174winline() The result is a Number, which is the screen line of the cursor
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020011175 in the window. This is counting screen lines from the top of
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011176 the window. The first line is one.
Bram Moolenaarbfd8fc02005-09-20 23:22:24 +000011177 If the cursor was moved the view on the file will be updated
11178 first, this may cause a scroll.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011179
11180 *winnr()*
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +000011181winnr([{arg}]) The result is a Number, which is the number of the current
11182 window. The top window has number 1.
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +010011183 Returns zero for a popup window.
Bram Moolenaar46ad2882019-04-08 20:01:47 +020011184
11185 The optional argument {arg} supports the following values:
11186 $ the number of the last window (the window
11187 count).
11188 # the number of the last accessed window (where
11189 |CTRL-W_p| goes to). If there is no previous
11190 window or it is in another tab page 0 is
11191 returned.
11192 {N}j the number of the Nth window below the
11193 current window (where |CTRL-W_j| goes to).
11194 {N}k the number of the Nth window above the current
11195 window (where |CTRL-W_k| goes to).
11196 {N}h the number of the Nth window left of the
11197 current window (where |CTRL-W_h| goes to).
11198 {N}l the number of the Nth window right of the
11199 current window (where |CTRL-W_l| goes to).
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +000011200 The number can be used with |CTRL-W_w| and ":wincmd w"
11201 |:wincmd|.
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +010011202 Also see |tabpagewinnr()| and |win_getid()|.
Bram Moolenaar46ad2882019-04-08 20:01:47 +020011203 Examples: >
11204 let window_count = winnr('$')
11205 let prev_window = winnr('#')
11206 let wnum = winnr('3k')
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011207
11208< Can also be used as a |method|: >
11209 GetWinval()->winnr()
Bram Moolenaar46ad2882019-04-08 20:01:47 +020011210<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011211 *winrestcmd()*
11212winrestcmd() Returns a sequence of |:resize| commands that should restore
11213 the current window sizes. Only works properly when no windows
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +000011214 are opened or closed and the current window and tab page is
11215 unchanged.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011216 Example: >
11217 :let cmd = winrestcmd()
11218 :call MessWithWindowSizes()
11219 :exe cmd
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +000011220<
11221 *winrestview()*
11222winrestview({dict})
11223 Uses the |Dictionary| returned by |winsaveview()| to restore
11224 the view of the current window.
Bram Moolenaar82c25852014-05-28 16:47:16 +020011225 Note: The {dict} does not have to contain all values, that are
11226 returned by |winsaveview()|. If values are missing, those
11227 settings won't be restored. So you can use: >
11228 :call winrestview({'curswant': 4})
11229<
11230 This will only set the curswant value (the column the cursor
11231 wants to move on vertical movements) of the cursor to column 5
11232 (yes, that is 5), while all other settings will remain the
11233 same. This is useful, if you set the cursor position manually.
11234
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +000011235 If you have changed the values the result is unpredictable.
11236 If the window size changed the result won't be the same.
11237
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011238 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11239 GetView()->winrestview()
11240<
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +000011241 *winsaveview()*
11242winsaveview() Returns a |Dictionary| that contains information to restore
11243 the view of the current window. Use |winrestview()| to
11244 restore the view.
11245 This is useful if you have a mapping that jumps around in the
11246 buffer and you want to go back to the original view.
11247 This does not save fold information. Use the 'foldenable'
Bram Moolenaardb552d602006-03-23 22:59:57 +000011248 option to temporarily switch off folding, so that folds are
Bram Moolenaar07d87792014-07-19 14:04:47 +020011249 not opened when moving around. This may have side effects.
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +000011250 The return value includes:
11251 lnum cursor line number
Bram Moolenaar82c25852014-05-28 16:47:16 +020011252 col cursor column (Note: the first column
11253 zero, as opposed to what getpos()
11254 returns)
Bram Moolenaar87b5ca52006-03-04 21:55:31 +000011255 coladd cursor column offset for 'virtualedit'
11256 curswant column for vertical movement
11257 topline first line in the window
11258 topfill filler lines, only in diff mode
11259 leftcol first column displayed
11260 skipcol columns skipped
11261 Note that no option values are saved.
11262
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011263
11264winwidth({nr}) *winwidth()*
11265 The result is a Number, which is the width of window {nr}.
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +020011266 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011267 When {nr} is zero, the width of the current window is
11268 returned. When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned.
11269 An existing window always has a width of zero or more.
11270 Examples: >
11271 :echo "The current window has " . winwidth(0) . " columns."
11272 :if winwidth(0) <= 50
Bram Moolenaar7567d0b2017-11-16 23:04:15 +010011273 : 50 wincmd |
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011274 :endif
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +020011275< For getting the terminal or screen size, see the 'columns'
11276 option.
Bram Moolenaar22fcfad2016-07-01 18:17:26 +020011277
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011278 Can also be used as a |method|: >
11279 GetWinid()->winwidth()
11280
Bram Moolenaar22fcfad2016-07-01 18:17:26 +020011281
Bram Moolenaared767a22016-01-03 22:49:16 +010011282wordcount() *wordcount()*
11283 The result is a dictionary of byte/chars/word statistics for
11284 the current buffer. This is the same info as provided by
11285 |g_CTRL-G|
11286 The return value includes:
11287 bytes Number of bytes in the buffer
11288 chars Number of chars in the buffer
11289 words Number of words in the buffer
11290 cursor_bytes Number of bytes before cursor position
11291 (not in Visual mode)
11292 cursor_chars Number of chars before cursor position
11293 (not in Visual mode)
11294 cursor_words Number of words before cursor position
11295 (not in Visual mode)
11296 visual_bytes Number of bytes visually selected
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +020011297 (only in Visual mode)
Bram Moolenaared767a22016-01-03 22:49:16 +010011298 visual_chars Number of chars visually selected
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +020011299 (only in Visual mode)
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +020011300 visual_words Number of words visually selected
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +020011301 (only in Visual mode)
Bram Moolenaared767a22016-01-03 22:49:16 +010011302
11303
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +000011304 *writefile()*
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +010011305writefile({object}, {fname} [, {flags}])
11306 When {object} is a |List| write it to file {fname}. Each list
11307 item is separated with a NL. Each list item must be a String
11308 or Number.
Bram Moolenaar6b2e9382014-11-05 18:06:01 +010011309 When {flags} contains "b" then binary mode is used: There will
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +000011310 not be a NL after the last list item. An empty item at the
11311 end does cause the last line in the file to end in a NL.
Bram Moolenaar6b2e9382014-11-05 18:06:01 +010011312
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +010011313 When {object} is a |Blob| write the bytes to file {fname}
11314 unmodified.
11315
Bram Moolenaar6b2e9382014-11-05 18:06:01 +010011316 When {flags} contains "a" then append mode is used, lines are
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +020011317 appended to the file: >
Bram Moolenaar6b2e9382014-11-05 18:06:01 +010011318 :call writefile(["foo"], "event.log", "a")
11319 :call writefile(["bar"], "event.log", "a")
Bram Moolenaar7567d0b2017-11-16 23:04:15 +010011320<
11321 When {flags} contains "s" then fsync() is called after writing
11322 the file. This flushes the file to disk, if possible. This
11323 takes more time but avoids losing the file if the system
11324 crashes.
Bram Moolenaar74240d32017-12-10 15:26:15 +010011325 When {flags} does not contain "S" or "s" then fsync() is
11326 called if the 'fsync' option is set.
Bram Moolenaar7567d0b2017-11-16 23:04:15 +010011327 When {flags} contains "S" then fsync() is not called, even
11328 when 'fsync' is set.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010011329
Bram Moolenaar7567d0b2017-11-16 23:04:15 +010011330 All NL characters are replaced with a NUL character.
Bram Moolenaar3a7c85b2005-02-05 21:39:53 +000011331 Inserting CR characters needs to be done before passing {list}
11332 to writefile().
11333 An existing file is overwritten, if possible.
11334 When the write fails -1 is returned, otherwise 0. There is an
11335 error message if the file can't be created or when writing
11336 fails.
11337 Also see |readfile()|.
11338 To copy a file byte for byte: >
11339 :let fl = readfile("foo", "b")
11340 :call writefile(fl, "foocopy", "b")
Bram Moolenaard6e256c2011-12-14 15:32:50 +010011341
Bram Moolenaarf92e58c2019-09-08 21:51:41 +020011342< Can also be used as a |method|: >
11343 GetText()->writefile("thefile")
11344
Bram Moolenaard6e256c2011-12-14 15:32:50 +010011345
11346xor({expr}, {expr}) *xor()*
11347 Bitwise XOR on the two arguments. The arguments are converted
11348 to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error.
11349 Example: >
11350 :let bits = xor(bits, 0x80)
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020011351<
11352 Can also be used as a |method|: >
Bram Moolenaar073e4b92019-08-18 23:01:56 +020011353 :let bits = bits->xor(0x80)
Bram Moolenaar6ee8d892012-01-10 14:55:01 +010011354<
Bram Moolenaard6e256c2011-12-14 15:32:50 +010011355
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011356 *feature-list*
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +010011357There are three types of features:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000113581. Features that are only supported when they have been enabled when Vim
11359 was compiled |+feature-list|. Example: >
11360 :if has("cindent")
113612. Features that are only supported when certain conditions have been met.
11362 Example: >
11363 :if has("gui_running")
11364< *has-patch*
Bram Moolenaar2f018892018-05-18 18:12:06 +0200113653. Beyond a certain version or at a certain version and including a specific
11366 patch. The "patch-7.4.248" feature means that the Vim version is 7.5 or
11367 later, or it is version 7.4 and patch 248 was included. Example: >
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +020011368 :if has("patch-7.4.248")
Bram Moolenaar2f018892018-05-18 18:12:06 +020011369< Note that it's possible for patch 248 to be omitted even though 249 is
11370 included. Only happens when cherry-picking patches.
11371 Note that this form only works for patch 7.4.237 and later, before that
11372 you need to check for the patch and the v:version. Example (checking
11373 version 6.2.148 or later): >
11374 :if v:version > 602 || (v:version == 602 && has("patch148"))
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011375
Bram Moolenaard823fa92016-08-12 16:29:27 +020011376Hint: To find out if Vim supports backslashes in a file name (MS-Windows),
11377use: `if exists('+shellslash')`
11378
11379
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +020011380acl Compiled with |ACL| support.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011381all_builtin_terms Compiled with all builtin terminals enabled.
11382amiga Amiga version of Vim.
11383arabic Compiled with Arabic support |Arabic|.
11384arp Compiled with ARP support (Amiga).
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011385autocmd Compiled with autocommand support. (always true)
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +020011386autochdir Compiled with support for 'autochdir'
Bram Moolenaare42a6d22017-11-12 19:21:51 +010011387autoservername Automatically enable |clientserver|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011388balloon_eval Compiled with |balloon-eval| support.
Bram Moolenaar45360022005-07-21 21:08:21 +000011389balloon_multiline GUI supports multiline balloons.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011390beos BeOS version of Vim.
11391browse Compiled with |:browse| support, and browse() will
11392 work.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +020011393browsefilter Compiled with support for |browsefilter|.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011394bsd Compiled on an OS in the BSD family (excluding macOS).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011395builtin_terms Compiled with some builtin terminals.
11396byte_offset Compiled with support for 'o' in 'statusline'
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +010011397channel Compiled with support for |channel| and |job|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011398cindent Compiled with 'cindent' support.
11399clientserver Compiled with remote invocation support |clientserver|.
11400clipboard Compiled with 'clipboard' support.
Bram Moolenaar4999a7f2019-08-10 22:21:48 +020011401clipboard_working Compiled with 'clipboard' support and it can be used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011402cmdline_compl Compiled with |cmdline-completion| support.
11403cmdline_hist Compiled with |cmdline-history| support.
11404cmdline_info Compiled with 'showcmd' and 'ruler' support.
11405comments Compiled with |'comments'| support.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +010011406compatible Compiled to be very Vi compatible.
Bram Moolenaaraa5df7e2019-02-03 14:53:10 +010011407conpty Platform where |ConPTY| can be used.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011408cryptv Compiled with encryption support |encryption|.
11409cscope Compiled with |cscope| support.
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +010011410cursorbind Compiled with |'cursorbind'| (always true)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011411debug Compiled with "DEBUG" defined.
11412dialog_con Compiled with console dialog support.
11413dialog_gui Compiled with GUI dialog support.
11414diff Compiled with |vimdiff| and 'diff' support.
11415digraphs Compiled with support for digraphs.
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020011416directx Compiled with support for DirectX and 'renderoptions'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011417dnd Compiled with support for the "~ register |quote_~|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011418ebcdic Compiled on a machine with ebcdic character set.
11419emacs_tags Compiled with support for Emacs tags.
11420eval Compiled with expression evaluation support. Always
11421 true, of course!
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011422ex_extra |+ex_extra| (always true)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011423extra_search Compiled with support for |'incsearch'| and
11424 |'hlsearch'|
Bram Moolenaar4ceaa3a2019-12-03 22:49:09 +010011425farsi Support for Farsi was removed |farsi|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011426file_in_path Compiled with support for |gf| and |<cfile>|
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +000011427filterpipe When 'shelltemp' is off pipes are used for shell
11428 read/write/filter commands
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011429find_in_path Compiled with support for include file searches
11430 |+find_in_path|.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000011431float Compiled with support for |Float|.
Bram Moolenaar5666fcd2019-12-26 14:35:26 +010011432fname_case Case in file names matters (for Amiga and MS-Windows
11433 this is not present).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011434folding Compiled with |folding| support.
11435footer Compiled with GUI footer support. |gui-footer|
11436fork Compiled to use fork()/exec() instead of system().
11437gettext Compiled with message translation |multi-lang|
11438gui Compiled with GUI enabled.
11439gui_athena Compiled with Athena GUI.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +010011440gui_gnome Compiled with Gnome support (gui_gtk is also defined).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011441gui_gtk Compiled with GTK+ GUI (any version).
11442gui_gtk2 Compiled with GTK+ 2 GUI (gui_gtk is also defined).
Bram Moolenaar98921892016-02-23 17:14:37 +010011443gui_gtk3 Compiled with GTK+ 3 GUI (gui_gtk is also defined).
Bram Moolenaarb3f74062020-02-26 16:16:53 +010011444gui_haiku Compiled with Haiku GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011445gui_mac Compiled with Macintosh GUI.
11446gui_motif Compiled with Motif GUI.
11447gui_photon Compiled with Photon GUI.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +010011448gui_running Vim is running in the GUI, or it will start soon.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011449gui_win32 Compiled with MS Windows Win32 GUI.
11450gui_win32s idem, and Win32s system being used (Windows 3.1)
Bram Moolenaarb3f74062020-02-26 16:16:53 +010011451haiku Haiku version of Vim.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011452hangul_input Compiled with Hangul input support. |hangul|
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011453hpux HP-UX version of Vim.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011454iconv Can use iconv() for conversion.
11455insert_expand Compiled with support for CTRL-X expansion commands in
Bram Moolenaare49fbff2019-08-21 22:50:07 +020011456 Insert mode. (always true)
Bram Moolenaard1caa942020-04-10 22:10:56 +020011457job Compiled with support for |channel| and |job|
Bram Moolenaar352f5542020-04-13 19:04:21 +020011458ipv6 Compiled with support for IPv6 networking in |channel|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011459jumplist Compiled with |jumplist| support.
11460keymap Compiled with 'keymap' support.
Bram Moolenaar437bafe2016-08-01 15:40:54 +020011461lambda Compiled with |lambda| support.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011462langmap Compiled with 'langmap' support.
11463libcall Compiled with |libcall()| support.
Bram Moolenaar597a4222014-06-25 14:39:50 +020011464linebreak Compiled with 'linebreak', 'breakat', 'showbreak' and
11465 'breakindent' support.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011466linux Linux version of Vim.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011467lispindent Compiled with support for lisp indenting.
11468listcmds Compiled with commands for the buffer list |:files|
11469 and the argument list |arglist|.
11470localmap Compiled with local mappings and abbr. |:map-local|
Bram Moolenaar0ba04292010-07-14 23:23:17 +020011471lua Compiled with Lua interface |Lua|.
Bram Moolenaard0573012017-10-28 21:11:06 +020011472mac Any Macintosh version of Vim cf. osx
11473macunix Synonym for osxdarwin
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011474menu Compiled with support for |:menu|.
11475mksession Compiled with support for |:mksession|.
11476modify_fname Compiled with file name modifiers. |filename-modifiers|
Bram Moolenaara0d1fef2019-09-04 22:29:14 +020011477 (always true)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011478mouse Compiled with support mouse.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011479mouse_dec Compiled with support for Dec terminal mouse.
11480mouse_gpm Compiled with support for gpm (Linux console mouse)
Bram Moolenaar4b8366b2019-05-04 17:34:34 +020011481mouse_gpm_enabled GPM mouse is working
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011482mouse_netterm Compiled with support for netterm mouse.
11483mouse_pterm Compiled with support for qnx pterm mouse.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000011484mouse_sysmouse Compiled with support for sysmouse (*BSD console mouse)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +020011485mouse_sgr Compiled with support for sgr mouse.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +010011486mouse_urxvt Compiled with support for urxvt mouse.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011487mouse_xterm Compiled with support for xterm mouse.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +010011488mouseshape Compiled with support for 'mouseshape'.
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +010011489multi_byte Compiled with support for 'encoding' (always true)
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020011490multi_byte_encoding 'encoding' is set to a multibyte encoding.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011491multi_byte_ime Compiled with support for IME input method.
11492multi_lang Compiled with support for multiple languages.
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +000011493mzscheme Compiled with MzScheme interface |mzscheme|.
Bram Moolenaarb26e6322010-05-22 21:34:09 +020011494netbeans_enabled Compiled with support for |netbeans| and connected.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +010011495netbeans_intg Compiled with support for |netbeans|.
Bram Moolenaar22fcfad2016-07-01 18:17:26 +020011496num64 Compiled with 64-bit |Number| support.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011497ole Compiled with OLE automation support for Win32.
Bram Moolenaard0573012017-10-28 21:11:06 +020011498osx Compiled for macOS cf. mac
11499osxdarwin Compiled for macOS, with |mac-darwin-feature|
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +020011500packages Compiled with |packages| support.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011501path_extra Compiled with up/downwards search in 'path' and 'tags'
11502perl Compiled with Perl interface.
Bram Moolenaar55debbe2010-05-23 23:34:36 +020011503persistent_undo Compiled with support for persistent undo history.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011504postscript Compiled with PostScript file printing.
11505printer Compiled with |:hardcopy| support.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +000011506profile Compiled with |:profile| support.
Bram Moolenaar84b242c2018-01-28 17:45:49 +010011507python Python 2.x interface available. |has-python|
11508python_compiled Compiled with Python 2.x interface. |has-python|
11509python_dynamic Python 2.x interface is dynamically loaded. |has-python|
11510python3 Python 3.x interface available. |has-python|
11511python3_compiled Compiled with Python 3.x interface. |has-python|
11512python3_dynamic Python 3.x interface is dynamically loaded. |has-python|
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +010011513pythonx Python 2.x and/or 3.x interface available. |python_x|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011514qnx QNX version of Vim.
11515quickfix Compiled with |quickfix| support.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +000011516reltime Compiled with |reltime()| support.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011517rightleft Compiled with 'rightleft' support.
11518ruby Compiled with Ruby interface |ruby|.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011519scrollbind Compiled with 'scrollbind' support. (always true)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011520showcmd Compiled with 'showcmd' support.
11521signs Compiled with |:sign| support.
11522smartindent Compiled with 'smartindent' support.
Bram Moolenaar427f5b62019-06-09 13:43:51 +020011523sound Compiled with sound support, e.g. `sound_playevent()`
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +010011524spell Compiled with spell checking support |spell|.
Bram Moolenaaref94eec2009-11-11 13:22:11 +000011525startuptime Compiled with |--startuptime| support.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011526statusline Compiled with support for 'statusline', 'rulerformat'
11527 and special formats of 'titlestring' and 'iconstring'.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011528sun SunOS version of Vim.
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +010011529sun_workshop Support for Sun |workshop| has been removed.
Bram Moolenaar82cf9b62005-06-07 21:09:25 +000011530syntax Compiled with syntax highlighting support |syntax|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011531syntax_items There are active syntax highlighting items for the
11532 current buffer.
11533system Compiled to use system() instead of fork()/exec().
11534tag_binary Compiled with binary searching in tags files
11535 |tag-binary-search|.
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +020011536tag_old_static Support for old static tags was removed, see
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011537 |tag-old-static|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011538tcl Compiled with Tcl interface.
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +020011539termguicolors Compiled with true color in terminal support.
Bram Moolenaarc2ce52c2017-08-01 18:35:38 +020011540terminal Compiled with |terminal| support.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011541terminfo Compiled with terminfo instead of termcap.
11542termresponse Compiled with support for |t_RV| and |v:termresponse|.
11543textobjects Compiled with support for |text-objects|.
Bram Moolenaar98aefe72018-12-13 22:20:09 +010011544textprop Compiled with support for |text-properties|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011545tgetent Compiled with tgetent support, able to use a termcap
11546 or terminfo file.
Bram Moolenaar975b5272016-03-15 23:10:59 +010011547timers Compiled with |timer_start()| support.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011548title Compiled with window title support |'title'|.
11549toolbar Compiled with support for |gui-toolbar|.
Bram Moolenaar2cab0e12016-11-24 15:09:07 +010011550ttyin input is a terminal (tty)
11551ttyout output is a terminal (tty)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +020011552unix Unix version of Vim. *+unix*
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +010011553unnamedplus Compiled with support for "unnamedplus" in 'clipboard'
Bram Moolenaarac9fb182019-04-27 13:04:13 +020011554user_commands User-defined commands. (always true)
Bram Moolenaar4ceaa3a2019-12-03 22:49:09 +010011555vartabs Compiled with variable tabstop support |'vartabstop'|.
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +010011556vcon Win32: Virtual console support is working, can use
11557 'termguicolors'. Also see |+vtp|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011558vertsplit Compiled with vertically split windows |:vsplit|.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011559 (always true)
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +010011560vim_starting True while initial source'ing takes place. |startup|
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +010011561 *vim_starting*
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +010011562viminfo Compiled with viminfo support.
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020011563vimscript-1 Compiled Vim script version 1 support
11564vimscript-2 Compiled Vim script version 2 support
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +020011565vimscript-3 Compiled Vim script version 3 support
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011566virtualedit Compiled with 'virtualedit' option. (always true)
Bram Moolenaar5b69c222019-01-11 14:50:06 +010011567visual Compiled with Visual mode. (always true)
11568visualextra Compiled with extra Visual mode commands. (always
11569 true) |blockwise-operators|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011570vms VMS version of Vim.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011571vreplace Compiled with |gR| and |gr| commands. (always true)
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +010011572vtp Compiled for vcon support |+vtp| (check vcon to find
Bram Moolenaar5a3a49e2018-03-20 18:35:53 +010011573 out if it works in the current console).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011574wildignore Compiled with 'wildignore' option.
11575wildmenu Compiled with 'wildmenu' option.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011576win16 old version for MS-Windows 3.1 (always false)
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +010011577win32 Win32 version of Vim (MS-Windows 95 and later, 32 or
11578 64 bits)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011579win32unix Win32 version of Vim, using Unix files (Cygwin)
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +010011580win64 Win64 version of Vim (MS-Windows 64 bit).
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011581win95 Win32 version for MS-Windows 95/98/ME (always false)
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +010011582winaltkeys Compiled with 'winaltkeys' option.
11583windows Compiled with support for more than one window.
Bram Moolenaar39536dd2019-01-29 22:58:21 +010011584 (always true)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011585writebackup Compiled with 'writebackup' default on.
11586xfontset Compiled with X fontset support |xfontset|.
11587xim Compiled with X input method support |xim|.
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +020011588xpm Compiled with pixmap support.
11589xpm_w32 Compiled with pixmap support for Win32. (Only for
11590 backward compatibility. Use "xpm" instead.)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011591xsmp Compiled with X session management support.
11592xsmp_interact Compiled with interactive X session management support.
11593xterm_clipboard Compiled with support for xterm clipboard.
11594xterm_save Compiled with support for saving and restoring the
11595 xterm screen.
11596x11 Compiled with X11 support.
11597
11598 *string-match*
11599Matching a pattern in a String
11600
11601A regexp pattern as explained at |pattern| is normally used to find a match in
11602the buffer lines. When a pattern is used to find a match in a String, almost
11603everything works in the same way. The difference is that a String is handled
11604like it is one line. When it contains a "\n" character, this is not seen as a
11605line break for the pattern. It can be matched with a "\n" in the pattern, or
11606with ".". Example: >
11607 :let a = "aaaa\nxxxx"
11608 :echo matchstr(a, "..\n..")
11609 aa
11610 xx
11611 :echo matchstr(a, "a.x")
11612 a
11613 x
11614
11615Don't forget that "^" will only match at the first character of the String and
11616"$" at the last character of the string. They don't match after or before a
11617"\n".
11618
11619==============================================================================
116205. Defining functions *user-functions*
11621
11622New functions can be defined. These can be called just like builtin
11623functions. The function executes a sequence of Ex commands. Normal mode
11624commands can be executed with the |:normal| command.
11625
Bram Moolenaar8a7d6542020-01-26 15:56:19 +010011626This section is about the legacy functions. For the Vim9 functions, which
11627execute much faster, support type checking and more, see |vim9.txt|.
11628
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011629The function name must start with an uppercase letter, to avoid confusion with
11630builtin functions. To prevent from using the same name in different scripts
11631avoid obvious, short names. A good habit is to start the function name with
11632the name of the script, e.g., "HTMLcolor()".
11633
Bram Moolenaar92d640f2005-09-05 22:11:52 +000011634It's also possible to use curly braces, see |curly-braces-names|. And the
11635|autoload| facility is useful to define a function only when it's called.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011636
11637 *local-function*
11638A function local to a script must start with "s:". A local script function
11639can only be called from within the script and from functions, user commands
11640and autocommands defined in the script. It is also possible to call the
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +000011641function from a mapping defined in the script, but then |<SID>| must be used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011642instead of "s:" when the mapping is expanded outside of the script.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +020011643There are only script-local functions, no buffer-local or window-local
11644functions.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011645
11646 *:fu* *:function* *E128* *E129* *E123*
11647:fu[nction] List all functions and their arguments.
11648
11649:fu[nction] {name} List function {name}.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000011650 {name} can also be a |Dictionary| entry that is a
11651 |Funcref|: >
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000011652 :function dict.init
Bram Moolenaar92d640f2005-09-05 22:11:52 +000011653
11654:fu[nction] /{pattern} List functions with a name matching {pattern}.
11655 Example that lists all functions ending with "File": >
11656 :function /File$
Bram Moolenaar5b8d8fd2005-08-16 23:01:50 +000011657<
11658 *:function-verbose*
11659When 'verbose' is non-zero, listing a function will also display where it was
11660last defined. Example: >
11661
11662 :verbose function SetFileTypeSH
11663 function SetFileTypeSH(name)
11664 Last set from /usr/share/vim/vim-7.0/filetype.vim
11665<
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +000011666See |:verbose-cmd| for more information.
Bram Moolenaar5b8d8fd2005-08-16 23:01:50 +000011667
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +020011668 *E124* *E125* *E853* *E884*
Bram Moolenaar10ce39a2016-07-29 22:37:06 +020011669:fu[nction][!] {name}([arguments]) [range] [abort] [dict] [closure]
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +010011670 Define a new function by the name {name}. The body of
11671 the function follows in the next lines, until the
11672 matching |:endfunction|.
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010011673
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +010011674 The name must be made of alphanumeric characters and
11675 '_', and must start with a capital or "s:" (see
11676 above). Note that using "b:" or "g:" is not allowed.
11677 (since patch 7.4.260 E884 is given if the function
11678 name has a colon in the name, e.g. for "foo:bar()".
11679 Before that patch no error was given).
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000011680
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000011681 {name} can also be a |Dictionary| entry that is a
11682 |Funcref|: >
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000011683 :function dict.init(arg)
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020011684< "dict" must be an existing dictionary. The entry
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000011685 "init" is added if it didn't exist yet. Otherwise [!]
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020011686 is required to overwrite an existing function. The
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000011687 result is a |Funcref| to a numbered function. The
11688 function can only be used with a |Funcref| and will be
11689 deleted if there are no more references to it.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011690 *E127* *E122*
11691 When a function by this name already exists and [!] is
Bram Moolenaarded5f1b2018-11-10 17:33:29 +010011692 not used an error message is given. There is one
11693 exception: When sourcing a script again, a function
11694 that was previously defined in that script will be
11695 silently replaced.
11696 When [!] is used, an existing function is silently
11697 replaced. Unless it is currently being executed, that
11698 is an error.
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +020011699 NOTE: Use ! wisely. If used without care it can cause
11700 an existing function to be replaced unexpectedly,
11701 which is hard to debug.
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +020011702 NOTE: In Vim9 script script-local functions cannot be
11703 deleted or redefined.
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +000011704
11705 For the {arguments} see |function-argument|.
11706
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +010011707 *:func-range* *a:firstline* *a:lastline*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011708 When the [range] argument is added, the function is
11709 expected to take care of a range itself. The range is
11710 passed as "a:firstline" and "a:lastline". If [range]
11711 is excluded, ":{range}call" will call the function for
11712 each line in the range, with the cursor on the start
11713 of each line. See |function-range-example|.
Bram Moolenaar2df58b42012-11-28 18:21:11 +010011714 The cursor is still moved to the first line of the
11715 range, as is the case with all Ex commands.
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +010011716 *:func-abort*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011717 When the [abort] argument is added, the function will
11718 abort as soon as an error is detected.
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +010011719 *:func-dict*
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +000011720 When the [dict] argument is added, the function must
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020011721 be invoked through an entry in a |Dictionary|. The
Bram Moolenaar2fda12f2005-01-15 22:14:15 +000011722 local variable "self" will then be set to the
11723 dictionary. See |Dictionary-function|.
Bram Moolenaar10ce39a2016-07-29 22:37:06 +020011724 *:func-closure* *E932*
11725 When the [closure] argument is added, the function
11726 can access variables and arguments from the outer
11727 scope. This is usually called a closure. In this
11728 example Bar() uses "x" from the scope of Foo(). It
11729 remains referenced even after Foo() returns: >
11730 :function! Foo()
11731 : let x = 0
11732 : function! Bar() closure
11733 : let x += 1
11734 : return x
11735 : endfunction
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +020011736 : return funcref('Bar')
Bram Moolenaar10ce39a2016-07-29 22:37:06 +020011737 :endfunction
11738
11739 :let F = Foo()
11740 :echo F()
11741< 1 >
11742 :echo F()
11743< 2 >
11744 :echo F()
11745< 3
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011746
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000011747 *function-search-undo*
Bram Moolenaar98692072006-02-04 00:57:42 +000011748 The last used search pattern and the redo command "."
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000011749 will not be changed by the function. This also
11750 implies that the effect of |:nohlsearch| is undone
11751 when the function returns.
Bram Moolenaar98692072006-02-04 00:57:42 +000011752
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +020011753 *:endf* *:endfunction* *E126* *E193* *W22*
Bram Moolenaar663bb232017-06-22 19:12:10 +020011754:endf[unction] [argument]
11755 The end of a function definition. Best is to put it
11756 on a line by its own, without [argument].
11757
11758 [argument] can be:
11759 | command command to execute next
11760 \n command command to execute next
11761 " comment always ignored
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +020011762 anything else ignored, warning given when
11763 'verbose' is non-zero
Bram Moolenaar663bb232017-06-22 19:12:10 +020011764 The support for a following command was added in Vim
11765 8.0.0654, before that any argument was silently
11766 ignored.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011767
Bram Moolenaarf8be4612017-06-23 20:52:40 +020011768 To be able to define a function inside an `:execute`
11769 command, use line breaks instead of |:bar|: >
11770 :exe "func Foo()\necho 'foo'\nendfunc"
11771<
Bram Moolenaar437bafe2016-08-01 15:40:54 +020011772 *:delf* *:delfunction* *E130* *E131* *E933*
Bram Moolenaar663bb232017-06-22 19:12:10 +020011773:delf[unction][!] {name}
11774 Delete function {name}.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000011775 {name} can also be a |Dictionary| entry that is a
11776 |Funcref|: >
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000011777 :delfunc dict.init
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020011778< This will remove the "init" entry from "dict". The
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000011779 function is deleted if there are no more references to
11780 it.
Bram Moolenaar663bb232017-06-22 19:12:10 +020011781 With the ! there is no error if the function does not
11782 exist.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011783 *:retu* *:return* *E133*
11784:retu[rn] [expr] Return from a function. When "[expr]" is given, it is
11785 evaluated and returned as the result of the function.
11786 If "[expr]" is not given, the number 0 is returned.
11787 When a function ends without an explicit ":return",
11788 the number 0 is returned.
11789 Note that there is no check for unreachable lines,
11790 thus there is no warning if commands follow ":return".
11791
11792 If the ":return" is used after a |:try| but before the
11793 matching |:finally| (if present), the commands
11794 following the ":finally" up to the matching |:endtry|
11795 are executed first. This process applies to all
11796 nested ":try"s inside the function. The function
11797 returns at the outermost ":endtry".
11798
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +000011799 *function-argument* *a:var*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020011800An argument can be defined by giving its name. In the function this can then
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +000011801be used as "a:name" ("a:" for argument).
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000011802 *a:0* *a:1* *a:000* *E740* *...*
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +000011803Up to 20 arguments can be given, separated by commas. After the named
11804arguments an argument "..." can be specified, which means that more arguments
11805may optionally be following. In the function the extra arguments can be used
11806as "a:1", "a:2", etc. "a:0" is set to the number of extra arguments (which
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000011807can be 0). "a:000" is set to a |List| that contains these arguments. Note
11808that "a:1" is the same as "a:000[0]".
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +000011809 *E742*
11810The a: scope and the variables in it cannot be changed, they are fixed.
Bram Moolenaar069c1e72016-07-15 21:25:08 +020011811However, if a composite type is used, such as |List| or |Dictionary| , you can
11812change their contents. Thus you can pass a |List| to a function and have the
11813function add an item to it. If you want to make sure the function cannot
11814change a |List| or |Dictionary| use |:lockvar|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011815
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +000011816It is also possible to define a function without any arguments. You must
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +010011817still supply the () then.
11818
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +010011819It is allowed to define another function inside a function body.
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +000011820
Bram Moolenaar42ae78c2019-05-09 21:08:58 +020011821 *optional-function-argument*
11822You can provide default values for positional named arguments. This makes
11823them optional for function calls. When a positional argument is not
11824specified at a call, the default expression is used to initialize it.
Bram Moolenaard1caa942020-04-10 22:10:56 +020011825This only works for functions declared with `:function` or `:def`, not for
11826lambda expressions |expr-lambda|.
Bram Moolenaar42ae78c2019-05-09 21:08:58 +020011827
11828Example: >
11829 function Something(key, value = 10)
Bram Moolenaar8aad88d2019-05-12 13:53:50 +020011830 echo a:key .. ": " .. a:value
Bram Moolenaar42ae78c2019-05-09 21:08:58 +020011831 endfunction
11832 call Something('empty') "empty: 10"
Bram Moolenaar8aad88d2019-05-12 13:53:50 +020011833 call Something('key', 20) "key: 20"
Bram Moolenaar42ae78c2019-05-09 21:08:58 +020011834
11835The argument default expressions are evaluated at the time of the function
11836call, not definition. Thus it is possible to use an expression which is
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +020011837invalid the moment the function is defined. The expressions are also only
Bram Moolenaar42ae78c2019-05-09 21:08:58 +020011838evaluated when arguments are not specified during a call.
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +020011839 *none-function_argument*
Bram Moolenaar42ae78c2019-05-09 21:08:58 +020011840You can pass |v:none| to use the default expression. Note that this means you
11841cannot pass v:none as an ordinary value when an argument has a default
11842expression.
11843
11844Example: >
11845 function Something(a = 10, b = 20, c = 30)
11846 endfunction
11847 call Something(1, v:none, 3) " b = 20
11848<
11849 *E989*
11850Optional arguments with default expressions must occur after any mandatory
11851arguments. You can use "..." after all optional named arguments.
11852
11853It is possible for later argument defaults to refer to prior arguments,
11854but not the other way around. They must be prefixed with "a:", as with all
11855arguments.
11856
11857Example that works: >
11858 :function Okay(mandatory, optional = a:mandatory)
11859 :endfunction
11860Example that does NOT work: >
11861 :function NoGood(first = a:second, second = 10)
11862 :endfunction
11863<
Bram Moolenaard1caa942020-04-10 22:10:56 +020011864When not using "...", the number of arguments in a function call must be at
11865least equal to the number of mandatory named arguments. When using "...", the
11866number of arguments may be larger than the total of mandatory and optional
11867arguments.
Bram Moolenaar42ae78c2019-05-09 21:08:58 +020011868
Bram Moolenaar8f999f12005-01-25 22:12:55 +000011869 *local-variables*
Bram Moolenaar069c1e72016-07-15 21:25:08 +020011870Inside a function local variables can be used. These will disappear when the
11871function returns. Global variables need to be accessed with "g:".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011872
11873Example: >
11874 :function Table(title, ...)
11875 : echohl Title
11876 : echo a:title
11877 : echohl None
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +000011878 : echo a:0 . " items:"
11879 : for s in a:000
11880 : echon ' ' . s
11881 : endfor
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011882 :endfunction
11883
11884This function can then be called with: >
Bram Moolenaar677ee682005-01-27 14:41:15 +000011885 call Table("Table", "line1", "line2")
11886 call Table("Empty Table")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011887
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000011888To return more than one value, return a |List|: >
11889 :function Compute(n1, n2)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011890 : if a:n2 == 0
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000011891 : return ["fail", 0]
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011892 : endif
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000011893 : return ["ok", a:n1 / a:n2]
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011894 :endfunction
11895
11896This function can then be called with: >
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000011897 :let [success, div] = Compute(102, 6)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011898 :if success == "ok"
11899 : echo div
11900 :endif
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000011901<
Bram Moolenaar39f05632006-03-19 22:15:26 +000011902 *:cal* *:call* *E107* *E117*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011903:[range]cal[l] {name}([arguments])
11904 Call a function. The name of the function and its arguments
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +020011905 are as specified with `:function`. Up to 20 arguments can be
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000011906 used. The returned value is discarded.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011907 Without a range and for functions that accept a range, the
11908 function is called once. When a range is given the cursor is
11909 positioned at the start of the first line before executing the
11910 function.
11911 When a range is given and the function doesn't handle it
11912 itself, the function is executed for each line in the range,
11913 with the cursor in the first column of that line. The cursor
11914 is left at the last line (possibly moved by the last function
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020011915 call). The arguments are re-evaluated for each line. Thus
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011916 this works:
11917 *function-range-example* >
11918 :function Mynumber(arg)
11919 : echo line(".") . " " . a:arg
11920 :endfunction
11921 :1,5call Mynumber(getline("."))
11922<
11923 The "a:firstline" and "a:lastline" are defined anyway, they
11924 can be used to do something different at the start or end of
11925 the range.
11926
11927 Example of a function that handles the range itself: >
11928
11929 :function Cont() range
11930 : execute (a:firstline + 1) . "," . a:lastline . 's/^/\t\\ '
11931 :endfunction
11932 :4,8call Cont()
11933<
11934 This function inserts the continuation character "\" in front
11935 of all the lines in the range, except the first one.
11936
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000011937 When the function returns a composite value it can be further
11938 dereferenced, but the range will not be used then. Example: >
11939 :4,8call GetDict().method()
11940< Here GetDict() gets the range but method() does not.
11941
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011942 *E132*
11943The recursiveness of user functions is restricted with the |'maxfuncdepth'|
11944option.
11945
Bram Moolenaar25e42232019-08-04 15:04:10 +020011946It is also possible to use `:eval`. It does not support a range, but does
11947allow for method chaining, e.g.: >
11948 eval GetList()->Filter()->append('$')
11949
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +020011950A function can also be called as part of evaluating an expression or when it
11951is used as a method: >
11952 let x = GetList()
11953 let y = GetList()->Filter()
11954
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000011955
11956AUTOMATICALLY LOADING FUNCTIONS ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011957 *autoload-functions*
11958When using many or large functions, it's possible to automatically define them
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000011959only when they are used. There are two methods: with an autocommand and with
11960the "autoload" directory in 'runtimepath'.
11961
11962
11963Using an autocommand ~
11964
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +000011965This is introduced in the user manual, section |41.14|.
11966
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000011967The autocommand is useful if you have a plugin that is a long Vim script file.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +020011968You can define the autocommand and quickly quit the script with `:finish`.
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020011969That makes Vim startup faster. The autocommand should then load the same file
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +020011970again, setting a variable to skip the `:finish` command.
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000011971
11972Use the FuncUndefined autocommand event with a pattern that matches the
11973function(s) to be defined. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011974
11975 :au FuncUndefined BufNet* source ~/vim/bufnetfuncs.vim
11976
11977The file "~/vim/bufnetfuncs.vim" should then define functions that start with
11978"BufNet". Also see |FuncUndefined|.
11979
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000011980
11981Using an autoload script ~
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +000011982 *autoload* *E746*
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +000011983This is introduced in the user manual, section |41.15|.
11984
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000011985Using a script in the "autoload" directory is simpler, but requires using
11986exactly the right file name. A function that can be autoloaded has a name
11987like this: >
11988
Bram Moolenaara7fc0102005-05-18 22:17:12 +000011989 :call filename#funcname()
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000011990
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +020011991These functions are always global, in Vim9 script "g:" needs to be used: >
11992 :call g:filename#funcname()
11993
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000011994When such a function is called, and it is not defined yet, Vim will search the
11995"autoload" directories in 'runtimepath' for a script file called
11996"filename.vim". For example "~/.vim/autoload/filename.vim". That file should
11997then define the function like this: >
11998
Bram Moolenaara7fc0102005-05-18 22:17:12 +000011999 function filename#funcname()
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000012000 echo "Done!"
12001 endfunction
12002
Bram Moolenaar60a795a2005-09-16 21:55:43 +000012003The file name and the name used before the # in the function must match
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000012004exactly, and the defined function must have the name exactly as it will be
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +020012005called. In Vim9 script the "g:" prefix must be used: >
12006 function g:filename#funcname()
12007
12008or for a compiled function: >
12009 def g:filename#funcname()
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000012010
Bram Moolenaara7fc0102005-05-18 22:17:12 +000012011It is possible to use subdirectories. Every # in the function name works like
12012a path separator. Thus when calling a function: >
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000012013
Bram Moolenaara7fc0102005-05-18 22:17:12 +000012014 :call foo#bar#func()
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000012015
12016Vim will look for the file "autoload/foo/bar.vim" in 'runtimepath'.
12017
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +000012018This also works when reading a variable that has not been set yet: >
12019
Bram Moolenaara7fc0102005-05-18 22:17:12 +000012020 :let l = foo#bar#lvar
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +000012021
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000012022However, when the autoload script was already loaded it won't be loaded again
12023for an unknown variable.
12024
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +000012025When assigning a value to such a variable nothing special happens. This can
12026be used to pass settings to the autoload script before it's loaded: >
12027
Bram Moolenaara7fc0102005-05-18 22:17:12 +000012028 :let foo#bar#toggle = 1
12029 :call foo#bar#func()
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +000012030
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +000012031Note that when you make a mistake and call a function that is supposed to be
12032defined in an autoload script, but the script doesn't actually define the
12033function, the script will be sourced every time you try to call the function.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +000012034And you will get an error message every time.
12035
12036Also note that if you have two script files, and one calls a function in the
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000012037other and vice versa, before the used function is defined, it won't work.
Bram Moolenaar26a60b42005-02-22 08:49:11 +000012038Avoid using the autoload functionality at the toplevel.
Bram Moolenaar7c626922005-02-07 22:01:03 +000012039
Bram Moolenaar433f7c82006-03-21 21:29:36 +000012040Hint: If you distribute a bunch of scripts you can pack them together with the
12041|vimball| utility. Also read the user manual |distribute-script|.
12042
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012043==============================================================================
120446. Curly braces names *curly-braces-names*
12045
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +010012046In most places where you can use a variable, you can use a "curly braces name"
12047variable. This is a regular variable name with one or more expressions
12048wrapped in braces {} like this: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012049 my_{adjective}_variable
12050
12051When Vim encounters this, it evaluates the expression inside the braces, puts
12052that in place of the expression, and re-interprets the whole as a variable
12053name. So in the above example, if the variable "adjective" was set to
12054"noisy", then the reference would be to "my_noisy_variable", whereas if
12055"adjective" was set to "quiet", then it would be to "my_quiet_variable".
12056
12057One application for this is to create a set of variables governed by an option
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020012058value. For example, the statement >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012059 echo my_{&background}_message
12060
12061would output the contents of "my_dark_message" or "my_light_message" depending
12062on the current value of 'background'.
12063
12064You can use multiple brace pairs: >
12065 echo my_{adverb}_{adjective}_message
12066..or even nest them: >
12067 echo my_{ad{end_of_word}}_message
12068where "end_of_word" is either "verb" or "jective".
12069
12070However, the expression inside the braces must evaluate to a valid single
Bram Moolenaar402d2fe2005-04-15 21:00:38 +000012071variable name, e.g. this is invalid: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012072 :let foo='a + b'
12073 :echo c{foo}d
12074.. since the result of expansion is "ca + bd", which is not a variable name.
12075
12076 *curly-braces-function-names*
12077You can call and define functions by an evaluated name in a similar way.
12078Example: >
12079 :let func_end='whizz'
12080 :call my_func_{func_end}(parameter)
12081
12082This would call the function "my_func_whizz(parameter)".
12083
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +010012084This does NOT work: >
12085 :let i = 3
12086 :let @{i} = '' " error
12087 :echo @{i} " error
12088
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012089==============================================================================
120907. Commands *expression-commands*
12091
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +020012092Note: in Vim9 script `:let` is used for variable declaration, not assignment.
12093An assignment leaves out the `:let` command. |vim9-declaration|
12094
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012095:let {var-name} = {expr1} *:let* *E18*
12096 Set internal variable {var-name} to the result of the
12097 expression {expr1}. The variable will get the type
12098 from the {expr}. If {var-name} didn't exist yet, it
12099 is created.
12100
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +000012101:let {var-name}[{idx}] = {expr1} *E689*
12102 Set a list item to the result of the expression
12103 {expr1}. {var-name} must refer to a list and {idx}
12104 must be a valid index in that list. For nested list
12105 the index can be repeated.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000012106 This cannot be used to add an item to a |List|.
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020012107 This cannot be used to set a byte in a String. You
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000012108 can do that like this: >
12109 :let var = var[0:2] . 'X' . var[4:]
Bram Moolenaar6e5ea8d2019-01-12 22:47:31 +010012110< When {var-name} is a |Blob| then {idx} can be the
12111 length of the blob, in which case one byte is
12112 appended.
12113
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012114 *E711* *E719*
12115:let {var-name}[{idx1}:{idx2}] = {expr1} *E708* *E709* *E710*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012116 Set a sequence of items in a |List| to the result of
12117 the expression {expr1}, which must be a list with the
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +000012118 correct number of items.
12119 {idx1} can be omitted, zero is used instead.
12120 {idx2} can be omitted, meaning the end of the list.
12121 When the selected range of items is partly past the
12122 end of the list, items will be added.
12123
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020012124 *:let+=* *:let-=* *:letstar=*
12125 *:let/=* *:let%=* *:let.=* *:let..=* *E734* *E985*
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012126:let {var} += {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} + {expr1}".
12127:let {var} -= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} - {expr1}".
Bram Moolenaarff697e62019-02-12 22:28:33 +010012128:let {var} *= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} * {expr1}".
12129:let {var} /= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} / {expr1}".
12130:let {var} %= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} % {expr1}".
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012131:let {var} .= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} . {expr1}".
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020012132:let {var} ..= {expr1} Like ":let {var} = {var} .. {expr1}".
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012133 These fail if {var} was not set yet and when the type
12134 of {var} and {expr1} don't fit the operator.
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020012135 `.=` is not supported with Vim script version 2 and
12136 later, see |vimscript-version|.
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012137
12138
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012139:let ${env-name} = {expr1} *:let-environment* *:let-$*
12140 Set environment variable {env-name} to the result of
12141 the expression {expr1}. The type is always String.
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +020012142
12143 On some systems making an environment variable empty
12144 causes it to be deleted. Many systems do not make a
12145 difference between an environment variable that is not
12146 set and an environment variable that is empty.
12147
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012148:let ${env-name} .= {expr1}
12149 Append {expr1} to the environment variable {env-name}.
12150 If the environment variable didn't exist yet this
12151 works like "=".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012152
12153:let @{reg-name} = {expr1} *:let-register* *:let-@*
12154 Write the result of the expression {expr1} in register
12155 {reg-name}. {reg-name} must be a single letter, and
12156 must be the name of a writable register (see
12157 |registers|). "@@" can be used for the unnamed
12158 register, "@/" for the search pattern.
12159 If the result of {expr1} ends in a <CR> or <NL>, the
12160 register will be linewise, otherwise it will be set to
12161 characterwise.
12162 This can be used to clear the last search pattern: >
12163 :let @/ = ""
12164< This is different from searching for an empty string,
12165 that would match everywhere.
12166
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012167:let @{reg-name} .= {expr1}
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020012168 Append {expr1} to register {reg-name}. If the
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012169 register was empty it's like setting it to {expr1}.
12170
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000012171:let &{option-name} = {expr1} *:let-option* *:let-&*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012172 Set option {option-name} to the result of the
Bram Moolenaarfca34d62005-01-04 21:38:36 +000012173 expression {expr1}. A String or Number value is
12174 always converted to the type of the option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012175 For an option local to a window or buffer the effect
12176 is just like using the |:set| command: both the local
Bram Moolenaara5fac542005-10-12 20:58:49 +000012177 value and the global value are changed.
Bram Moolenaarfca34d62005-01-04 21:38:36 +000012178 Example: >
12179 :let &path = &path . ',/usr/local/include'
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +010012180< This also works for terminal codes in the form t_xx.
12181 But only for alphanumerical names. Example: >
12182 :let &t_k1 = "\<Esc>[234;"
12183< When the code does not exist yet it will be created as
12184 a terminal key code, there is no error.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012185
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012186:let &{option-name} .= {expr1}
12187 For a string option: Append {expr1} to the value.
12188 Does not insert a comma like |:set+=|.
12189
12190:let &{option-name} += {expr1}
12191:let &{option-name} -= {expr1}
12192 For a number or boolean option: Add or subtract
12193 {expr1}.
12194
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012195:let &l:{option-name} = {expr1}
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012196:let &l:{option-name} .= {expr1}
12197:let &l:{option-name} += {expr1}
12198:let &l:{option-name} -= {expr1}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012199 Like above, but only set the local value of an option
12200 (if there is one). Works like |:setlocal|.
12201
12202:let &g:{option-name} = {expr1}
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012203:let &g:{option-name} .= {expr1}
12204:let &g:{option-name} += {expr1}
12205:let &g:{option-name} -= {expr1}
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012206 Like above, but only set the global value of an option
12207 (if there is one). Works like |:setglobal|.
12208
Bram Moolenaar13065c42005-01-08 16:08:21 +000012209:let [{name1}, {name2}, ...] = {expr1} *:let-unpack* *E687* *E688*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012210 {expr1} must evaluate to a |List|. The first item in
Bram Moolenaarfca34d62005-01-04 21:38:36 +000012211 the list is assigned to {name1}, the second item to
12212 {name2}, etc.
12213 The number of names must match the number of items in
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012214 the |List|.
Bram Moolenaarfca34d62005-01-04 21:38:36 +000012215 Each name can be one of the items of the ":let"
12216 command as mentioned above.
12217 Example: >
12218 :let [s, item] = GetItem(s)
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012219< Detail: {expr1} is evaluated first, then the
12220 assignments are done in sequence. This matters if
12221 {name2} depends on {name1}. Example: >
12222 :let x = [0, 1]
12223 :let i = 0
12224 :let [i, x[i]] = [1, 2]
12225 :echo x
12226< The result is [0, 2].
12227
12228:let [{name1}, {name2}, ...] .= {expr1}
12229:let [{name1}, {name2}, ...] += {expr1}
12230:let [{name1}, {name2}, ...] -= {expr1}
12231 Like above, but append/add/subtract the value for each
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012232 |List| item.
Bram Moolenaarfca34d62005-01-04 21:38:36 +000012233
Bram Moolenaard1caa942020-04-10 22:10:56 +020012234:let [{name}, ..., ; {lastname}] = {expr1} *E452*
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012235 Like |:let-unpack| above, but the |List| may have more
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012236 items than there are names. A list of the remaining
12237 items is assigned to {lastname}. If there are no
12238 remaining items {lastname} is set to an empty list.
Bram Moolenaarfca34d62005-01-04 21:38:36 +000012239 Example: >
12240 :let [a, b; rest] = ["aval", "bval", 3, 4]
12241<
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012242:let [{name}, ..., ; {lastname}] .= {expr1}
12243:let [{name}, ..., ; {lastname}] += {expr1}
12244:let [{name}, ..., ; {lastname}] -= {expr1}
12245 Like above, but append/add/subtract the value for each
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012246 |List| item.
Bram Moolenaar4a748032010-09-30 21:47:56 +020012247
Bram Moolenaar24582002019-07-21 14:14:26 +020012248 *:let=<<* *:let-heredoc*
12249 *E990* *E991* *E172* *E221*
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020012250:let {var-name} =<< [trim] {endmarker}
Bram Moolenaarf5842c52019-05-19 18:41:26 +020012251text...
12252text...
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020012253{endmarker}
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +020012254 Set internal variable {var-name} to a |List|
12255 containing the lines of text bounded by the string
Bram Moolenaaraa970ab2020-08-02 16:10:39 +020012256 {endmarker}. The lines of text is used as a
12257 |literal-string|.
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020012258 {endmarker} must not contain white space.
12259 {endmarker} cannot start with a lower case character.
12260 The last line should end only with the {endmarker}
12261 string without any other character. Watch out for
12262 white space after {endmarker}!
Bram Moolenaarf5842c52019-05-19 18:41:26 +020012263
Bram Moolenaare7eb9272019-06-24 00:58:07 +020012264 Without "trim" any white space characters in the lines
12265 of text are preserved. If "trim" is specified before
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020012266 {endmarker}, then indentation is stripped so you can
12267 do: >
Bram Moolenaare7eb9272019-06-24 00:58:07 +020012268 let text =<< trim END
12269 if ok
12270 echo 'done'
12271 endif
12272 END
12273< Results in: ["if ok", " echo 'done'", "endif"]
12274 The marker must line up with "let" and the indentation
12275 of the first line is removed from all the text lines.
12276 Specifically: all the leading indentation exactly
12277 matching the leading indentation of the first
12278 non-empty text line is stripped from the input lines.
12279 All leading indentation exactly matching the leading
12280 indentation before `let` is stripped from the line
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020012281 containing {endmarker}. Note that the difference
12282 between space and tab matters here.
Bram Moolenaarf5842c52019-05-19 18:41:26 +020012283
12284 If {var-name} didn't exist yet, it is created.
12285 Cannot be followed by another command, but can be
12286 followed by a comment.
12287
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020012288 To avoid line continuation to be applied, consider
12289 adding 'C' to 'cpoptions': >
12290 set cpo+=C
12291 let var =<< END
12292 \ leading backslash
12293 END
12294 set cpo-=C
12295<
Bram Moolenaarf5842c52019-05-19 18:41:26 +020012296 Examples: >
12297 let var1 =<< END
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020012298 Sample text 1
12299 Sample text 2
12300 Sample text 3
12301 END
Bram Moolenaarf5842c52019-05-19 18:41:26 +020012302
12303 let data =<< trim DATA
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020012304 1 2 3 4
12305 5 6 7 8
Bram Moolenaarf5842c52019-05-19 18:41:26 +020012306 DATA
12307<
Bram Moolenaar4a748032010-09-30 21:47:56 +020012308 *E121*
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020012309:let {var-name} .. List the value of variable {var-name}. Multiple
Bram Moolenaardcaf10e2005-01-21 11:55:25 +000012310 variable names may be given. Special names recognized
12311 here: *E738*
Bram Moolenaarca003e12006-03-17 23:19:38 +000012312 g: global variables
12313 b: local buffer variables
12314 w: local window variables
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +000012315 t: local tab page variables
Bram Moolenaarca003e12006-03-17 23:19:38 +000012316 s: script-local variables
12317 l: local function variables
Bram Moolenaardcaf10e2005-01-21 11:55:25 +000012318 v: Vim variables.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +020012319 This does not work in Vim9 script. |vim9-declaration|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012320
Bram Moolenaard7ee7ce2005-01-03 21:02:03 +000012321:let List the values of all variables. The type of the
12322 variable is indicated before the value:
12323 <nothing> String
12324 # Number
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000012325 * Funcref
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +020012326 This does not work in Vim9 script. |vim9-declaration|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012327
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000012328:unl[et][!] {name} ... *:unlet* *:unl* *E108* *E795*
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +000012329 Remove the internal variable {name}. Several variable
12330 names can be given, they are all removed. The name
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012331 may also be a |List| or |Dictionary| item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012332 With [!] no error message is given for non-existing
12333 variables.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012334 One or more items from a |List| can be removed: >
Bram Moolenaar9cd15162005-01-16 22:02:49 +000012335 :unlet list[3] " remove fourth item
12336 :unlet list[3:] " remove fourth item to last
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012337< One item from a |Dictionary| can be removed at a time: >
Bram Moolenaar9cd15162005-01-16 22:02:49 +000012338 :unlet dict['two']
12339 :unlet dict.two
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000012340< This is especially useful to clean up used global
12341 variables and script-local variables (these are not
12342 deleted when the script ends). Function-local
12343 variables are automatically deleted when the function
12344 ends.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012345
Bram Moolenaar137374f2018-05-13 15:59:50 +020012346:unl[et] ${env-name} ... *:unlet-environment* *:unlet-$*
12347 Remove environment variable {env-name}.
12348 Can mix {name} and ${env-name} in one :unlet command.
12349 No error message is given for a non-existing
12350 variable, also without !.
12351 If the system does not support deleting an environment
Bram Moolenaar9937a052019-06-15 15:45:06 +020012352 variable, it is made empty.
Bram Moolenaar137374f2018-05-13 15:59:50 +020012353
Bram Moolenaar1c196e72019-06-16 15:41:58 +020012354 *:cons* *:const*
Bram Moolenaar9937a052019-06-15 15:45:06 +020012355:cons[t] {var-name} = {expr1}
12356:cons[t] [{name1}, {name2}, ...] = {expr1}
Bram Moolenaar9937a052019-06-15 15:45:06 +020012357:cons[t] [{name}, ..., ; {lastname}] = {expr1}
12358:cons[t] {var-name} =<< [trim] {marker}
12359text...
12360text...
12361{marker}
12362 Similar to |:let|, but additionally lock the variable
12363 after setting the value. This is the same as locking
12364 the variable with |:lockvar| just after |:let|, thus: >
12365 :const x = 1
12366< is equivalent to: >
12367 :let x = 1
Bram Moolenaar021bda52020-08-17 21:07:22 +020012368 :lockvar! x
Bram Moolenaara187c432020-09-16 21:08:28 +020012369< NOTE: in Vim9 script `:const` works differently, see
12370 |vim9-const|
12371 This is useful if you want to make sure the variable
Bram Moolenaar021bda52020-08-17 21:07:22 +020012372 is not modified. If the value is a List or Dictionary
12373 literal then the items also cannot be changed: >
12374 const ll = [1, 2, 3]
12375 let ll[1] = 5 " Error!
12376< Nested references are not locked: >
12377 let lvar = ['a']
12378 const lconst = [0, lvar]
12379 let lconst[0] = 2 " Error!
12380 let lconst[1][0] = 'b' " OK
12381< *E995*
Bram Moolenaar9b283522019-06-17 22:19:33 +020012382 |:const| does not allow to for changing a variable: >
Bram Moolenaar9937a052019-06-15 15:45:06 +020012383 :let x = 1
12384 :const x = 2 " Error!
Bram Moolenaar1c196e72019-06-16 15:41:58 +020012385< *E996*
12386 Note that environment variables, option values and
12387 register values cannot be used here, since they cannot
12388 be locked.
12389
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +020012390:cons[t]
12391:cons[t] {var-name}
12392 If no argument is given or only {var-name} is given,
12393 the behavior is the same as |:let|.
12394
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +000012395:lockv[ar][!] [depth] {name} ... *:lockvar* *:lockv*
12396 Lock the internal variable {name}. Locking means that
12397 it can no longer be changed (until it is unlocked).
12398 A locked variable can be deleted: >
12399 :lockvar v
12400 :let v = 'asdf' " fails!
12401 :unlet v
Bram Moolenaare7877fe2017-02-20 22:35:33 +010012402< *E741* *E940*
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +000012403 If you try to change a locked variable you get an
Bram Moolenaare7877fe2017-02-20 22:35:33 +010012404 error message: "E741: Value is locked: {name}".
12405 If you try to lock or unlock a built-in variable you
12406 get an error message: "E940: Cannot lock or unlock
12407 variable {name}".
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +000012408
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012409 [depth] is relevant when locking a |List| or
12410 |Dictionary|. It specifies how deep the locking goes:
Bram Moolenaara187c432020-09-16 21:08:28 +020012411 0 Lock the variable {name} but not its
12412 value.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012413 1 Lock the |List| or |Dictionary| itself,
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +000012414 cannot add or remove items, but can
12415 still change their values.
12416 2 Also lock the values, cannot change
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012417 the items. If an item is a |List| or
12418 |Dictionary|, cannot add or remove
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +000012419 items, but can still change the
12420 values.
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012421 3 Like 2 but for the |List| /
12422 |Dictionary| in the |List| /
12423 |Dictionary|, one level deeper.
12424 The default [depth] is 2, thus when {name} is a |List|
12425 or |Dictionary| the values cannot be changed.
Bram Moolenaara187c432020-09-16 21:08:28 +020012426
12427 Example with [depth] 0: >
12428 let mylist = [1, 2, 3]
12429 lockvar 0 mylist
12430 let mylist[0] = 77 " OK
12431 call add(mylist, 4] " OK
12432 let mylist = [7, 8, 9] " Error!
12433< *E743*
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +000012434 For unlimited depth use [!] and omit [depth].
12435 However, there is a maximum depth of 100 to catch
12436 loops.
12437
Bram Moolenaar32466aa2006-02-24 23:53:04 +000012438 Note that when two variables refer to the same |List|
12439 and you lock one of them, the |List| will also be
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +000012440 locked when used through the other variable.
12441 Example: >
Bram Moolenaar2ce06f62005-01-31 19:19:04 +000012442 :let l = [0, 1, 2, 3]
12443 :let cl = l
12444 :lockvar l
12445 :let cl[1] = 99 " won't work!
12446< You may want to make a copy of a list to avoid this.
12447 See |deepcopy()|.
12448
12449
12450:unlo[ckvar][!] [depth] {name} ... *:unlockvar* *:unlo*
12451 Unlock the internal variable {name}. Does the
12452 opposite of |:lockvar|.
12453
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +020012454:if {expr1} *:if* *:end* *:endif* *:en* *E171* *E579* *E580*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012455:en[dif] Execute the commands until the next matching ":else"
12456 or ":endif" if {expr1} evaluates to non-zero.
12457
12458 From Vim version 4.5 until 5.0, every Ex command in
12459 between the ":if" and ":endif" is ignored. These two
12460 commands were just to allow for future expansions in a
Bram Moolenaar85084ef2016-01-17 22:26:33 +010012461 backward compatible way. Nesting was allowed. Note
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012462 that any ":else" or ":elseif" was ignored, the "else"
12463 part was not executed either.
12464
12465 You can use this to remain compatible with older
12466 versions: >
12467 :if version >= 500
12468 : version-5-specific-commands
12469 :endif
12470< The commands still need to be parsed to find the
12471 "endif". Sometimes an older Vim has a problem with a
12472 new command. For example, ":silent" is recognized as
12473 a ":substitute" command. In that case ":execute" can
12474 avoid problems: >
12475 :if version >= 600
12476 : execute "silent 1,$delete"
12477 :endif
12478<
12479 NOTE: The ":append" and ":insert" commands don't work
12480 properly in between ":if" and ":endif".
12481
12482 *:else* *:el* *E581* *E583*
12483:el[se] Execute the commands until the next matching ":else"
12484 or ":endif" if they previously were not being
12485 executed.
12486
12487 *:elseif* *:elsei* *E582* *E584*
12488:elsei[f] {expr1} Short for ":else" ":if", with the addition that there
12489 is no extra ":endif".
12490
12491:wh[ile] {expr1} *:while* *:endwhile* *:wh* *:endw*
Bram Moolenaar3a3a7232005-01-17 22:16:15 +000012492 *E170* *E585* *E588* *E733*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012493:endw[hile] Repeat the commands between ":while" and ":endwhile",
12494 as long as {expr1} evaluates to non-zero.
12495 When an error is detected from a command inside the
12496 loop, execution continues after the "endwhile".
Bram Moolenaar12805862005-01-05 22:16:17 +000012497 Example: >
12498 :let lnum = 1
12499 :while lnum <= line("$")
12500 :call FixLine(lnum)
12501 :let lnum = lnum + 1
12502 :endwhile
12503<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012504 NOTE: The ":append" and ":insert" commands don't work
Bram Moolenaard8b02732005-01-14 21:48:43 +000012505 properly inside a ":while" and ":for" loop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012506
Bram Moolenaar5e66b422019-01-24 21:58:10 +010012507:for {var} in {object} *:for* *E690* *E732*
Bram Moolenaar12805862005-01-05 22:16:17 +000012508:endfo[r] *:endfo* *:endfor*
12509 Repeat the commands between ":for" and ":endfor" for
Bram Moolenaar5e66b422019-01-24 21:58:10 +010012510 each item in {object}. {object} can be a |List| or
12511 a |Blob|. Variable {var} is set to the value of each
12512 item. When an error is detected for a command inside
12513 the loop, execution continues after the "endfor".
12514 Changing {object} inside the loop affects what items
12515 are used. Make a copy if this is unwanted: >
Bram Moolenaarde8866b2005-01-06 23:24:37 +000012516 :for item in copy(mylist)
Bram Moolenaar5e66b422019-01-24 21:58:10 +010012517<
12518 When {object} is a |List| and not making a copy, Vim
12519 stores a reference to the next item in the |List|
12520 before executing the commands with the current item.
12521 Thus the current item can be removed without effect.
12522 Removing any later item means it will not be found.
12523 Thus the following example works (an inefficient way
12524 to make a |List| empty): >
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010012525 for item in mylist
12526 call remove(mylist, 0)
12527 endfor
Bram Moolenaar5e66b422019-01-24 21:58:10 +010012528< Note that reordering the |List| (e.g., with sort() or
Bram Moolenaar9588a0f2005-01-08 21:45:39 +000012529 reverse()) may have unexpected effects.
Bram Moolenaar12805862005-01-05 22:16:17 +000012530
Bram Moolenaar5e66b422019-01-24 21:58:10 +010012531 When {object} is a |Blob|, Vim always makes a copy to
12532 iterate over. Unlike with |List|, modifying the
12533 |Blob| does not affect the iteration.
12534
Bram Moolenaar12805862005-01-05 22:16:17 +000012535:for [{var1}, {var2}, ...] in {listlist}
12536:endfo[r]
12537 Like ":for" above, but each item in {listlist} must be
12538 a list, of which each item is assigned to {var1},
12539 {var2}, etc. Example: >
12540 :for [lnum, col] in [[1, 3], [2, 5], [3, 8]]
12541 :echo getline(lnum)[col]
12542 :endfor
12543<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012544 *:continue* *:con* *E586*
Bram Moolenaar12805862005-01-05 22:16:17 +000012545:con[tinue] When used inside a ":while" or ":for" loop, jumps back
12546 to the start of the loop.
12547 If it is used after a |:try| inside the loop but
12548 before the matching |:finally| (if present), the
12549 commands following the ":finally" up to the matching
12550 |:endtry| are executed first. This process applies to
12551 all nested ":try"s inside the loop. The outermost
12552 ":endtry" then jumps back to the start of the loop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012553
12554 *:break* *:brea* *E587*
Bram Moolenaar12805862005-01-05 22:16:17 +000012555:brea[k] When used inside a ":while" or ":for" loop, skips to
12556 the command after the matching ":endwhile" or
12557 ":endfor".
12558 If it is used after a |:try| inside the loop but
12559 before the matching |:finally| (if present), the
12560 commands following the ":finally" up to the matching
12561 |:endtry| are executed first. This process applies to
12562 all nested ":try"s inside the loop. The outermost
12563 ":endtry" then jumps to the command after the loop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012564
12565:try *:try* *:endt* *:endtry* *E600* *E601* *E602*
12566:endt[ry] Change the error handling for the commands between
12567 ":try" and ":endtry" including everything being
12568 executed across ":source" commands, function calls,
12569 or autocommand invocations.
12570
12571 When an error or interrupt is detected and there is
12572 a |:finally| command following, execution continues
12573 after the ":finally". Otherwise, or when the
12574 ":endtry" is reached thereafter, the next
12575 (dynamically) surrounding ":try" is checked for
12576 a corresponding ":finally" etc. Then the script
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +010012577 processing is terminated. Whether a function
12578 definition has an "abort" argument does not matter.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012579 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +010012580 try | call Unknown() | finally | echomsg "cleanup" | endtry
12581 echomsg "not reached"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012582<
12583 Moreover, an error or interrupt (dynamically) inside
12584 ":try" and ":endtry" is converted to an exception. It
12585 can be caught as if it were thrown by a |:throw|
12586 command (see |:catch|). In this case, the script
12587 processing is not terminated.
12588
12589 The value "Vim:Interrupt" is used for an interrupt
12590 exception. An error in a Vim command is converted
12591 to a value of the form "Vim({command}):{errmsg}",
12592 other errors are converted to a value of the form
12593 "Vim:{errmsg}". {command} is the full command name,
12594 and {errmsg} is the message that is displayed if the
12595 error exception is not caught, always beginning with
12596 the error number.
12597 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +010012598 try | sleep 100 | catch /^Vim:Interrupt$/ | endtry
12599 try | edit | catch /^Vim(edit):E\d\+/ | echo "error" | endtry
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012600<
12601 *:cat* *:catch* *E603* *E604* *E605*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010012602:cat[ch] /{pattern}/ The following commands until the next |:catch|,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012603 |:finally|, or |:endtry| that belongs to the same
12604 |:try| as the ":catch" are executed when an exception
12605 matching {pattern} is being thrown and has not yet
12606 been caught by a previous ":catch". Otherwise, these
12607 commands are skipped.
12608 When {pattern} is omitted all errors are caught.
12609 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaar647e24b2019-03-17 16:39:46 +010012610 :catch /^Vim:Interrupt$/ " catch interrupts (CTRL-C)
12611 :catch /^Vim\%((\a\+)\)\=:E/ " catch all Vim errors
12612 :catch /^Vim\%((\a\+)\)\=:/ " catch errors and interrupts
12613 :catch /^Vim(write):/ " catch all errors in :write
12614 :catch /^Vim\%((\a\+)\)\=:E123:/ " catch error E123
12615 :catch /my-exception/ " catch user exception
12616 :catch /.*/ " catch everything
12617 :catch " same as /.*/
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012618<
12619 Another character can be used instead of / around the
12620 {pattern}, so long as it does not have a special
12621 meaning (e.g., '|' or '"') and doesn't occur inside
12622 {pattern}.
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +020012623 Information about the exception is available in
12624 |v:exception|. Also see |throw-variables|.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012625 NOTE: It is not reliable to ":catch" the TEXT of
12626 an error message because it may vary in different
12627 locales.
12628
12629 *:fina* *:finally* *E606* *E607*
12630:fina[lly] The following commands until the matching |:endtry|
12631 are executed whenever the part between the matching
12632 |:try| and the ":finally" is left: either by falling
12633 through to the ":finally" or by a |:continue|,
12634 |:break|, |:finish|, or |:return|, or by an error or
12635 interrupt or exception (see |:throw|).
12636
12637 *:th* *:throw* *E608*
12638:th[row] {expr1} The {expr1} is evaluated and thrown as an exception.
12639 If the ":throw" is used after a |:try| but before the
12640 first corresponding |:catch|, commands are skipped
12641 until the first ":catch" matching {expr1} is reached.
12642 If there is no such ":catch" or if the ":throw" is
12643 used after a ":catch" but before the |:finally|, the
12644 commands following the ":finally" (if present) up to
12645 the matching |:endtry| are executed. If the ":throw"
12646 is after the ":finally", commands up to the ":endtry"
12647 are skipped. At the ":endtry", this process applies
12648 again for the next dynamically surrounding ":try"
12649 (which may be found in a calling function or sourcing
12650 script), until a matching ":catch" has been found.
12651 If the exception is not caught, the command processing
12652 is terminated.
12653 Example: >
12654 :try | throw "oops" | catch /^oo/ | echo "caught" | endtry
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010012655< Note that "catch" may need to be on a separate line
12656 for when an error causes the parsing to skip the whole
12657 line and not see the "|" that separates the commands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012658
12659 *:ec* *:echo*
12660:ec[ho] {expr1} .. Echoes each {expr1}, with a space in between. The
12661 first {expr1} starts on a new line.
12662 Also see |:comment|.
12663 Use "\n" to start a new line. Use "\r" to move the
12664 cursor to the first column.
12665 Uses the highlighting set by the |:echohl| command.
12666 Cannot be followed by a comment.
12667 Example: >
12668 :echo "the value of 'shell' is" &shell
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000012669< *:echo-redraw*
12670 A later redraw may make the message disappear again.
12671 And since Vim mostly postpones redrawing until it's
12672 finished with a sequence of commands this happens
12673 quite often. To avoid that a command from before the
12674 ":echo" causes a redraw afterwards (redraws are often
12675 postponed until you type something), force a redraw
12676 with the |:redraw| command. Example: >
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012677 :new | redraw | echo "there is a new window"
12678<
12679 *:echon*
12680:echon {expr1} .. Echoes each {expr1}, without anything added. Also see
12681 |:comment|.
12682 Uses the highlighting set by the |:echohl| command.
12683 Cannot be followed by a comment.
12684 Example: >
12685 :echon "the value of 'shell' is " &shell
12686<
12687 Note the difference between using ":echo", which is a
12688 Vim command, and ":!echo", which is an external shell
12689 command: >
12690 :!echo % --> filename
12691< The arguments of ":!" are expanded, see |:_%|. >
12692 :!echo "%" --> filename or "filename"
12693< Like the previous example. Whether you see the double
12694 quotes or not depends on your 'shell'. >
12695 :echo % --> nothing
12696< The '%' is an illegal character in an expression. >
12697 :echo "%" --> %
12698< This just echoes the '%' character. >
12699 :echo expand("%") --> filename
12700< This calls the expand() function to expand the '%'.
12701
12702 *:echoh* *:echohl*
12703:echoh[l] {name} Use the highlight group {name} for the following
12704 |:echo|, |:echon| and |:echomsg| commands. Also used
12705 for the |input()| prompt. Example: >
12706 :echohl WarningMsg | echo "Don't panic!" | echohl None
12707< Don't forget to set the group back to "None",
12708 otherwise all following echo's will be highlighted.
12709
12710 *:echom* *:echomsg*
12711:echom[sg] {expr1} .. Echo the expression(s) as a true message, saving the
12712 message in the |message-history|.
12713 Spaces are placed between the arguments as with the
12714 |:echo| command. But unprintable characters are
12715 displayed, not interpreted.
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000012716 The parsing works slightly different from |:echo|,
12717 more like |:execute|. All the expressions are first
12718 evaluated and concatenated before echoing anything.
Bram Moolenaar461a7fc2018-12-22 13:28:07 +010012719 If expressions does not evaluate to a Number or
12720 String, string() is used to turn it into a string.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012721 Uses the highlighting set by the |:echohl| command.
12722 Example: >
12723 :echomsg "It's a Zizzer Zazzer Zuzz, as you can plainly see."
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000012724< See |:echo-redraw| to avoid the message disappearing
12725 when the screen is redrawn.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012726 *:echoe* *:echoerr*
12727:echoe[rr] {expr1} .. Echo the expression(s) as an error message, saving the
12728 message in the |message-history|. When used in a
12729 script or function the line number will be added.
12730 Spaces are placed between the arguments as with the
Bram Moolenaar461a7fc2018-12-22 13:28:07 +010012731 |:echomsg| command. When used inside a try conditional,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012732 the message is raised as an error exception instead
12733 (see |try-echoerr|).
12734 Example: >
12735 :echoerr "This script just failed!"
12736< If you just want a highlighted message use |:echohl|.
12737 And to get a beep: >
12738 :exe "normal \<Esc>"
12739<
Bram Moolenaar09c6f262019-11-17 15:55:14 +010012740 *:eval*
12741:eval {expr} Evaluate {expr} and discard the result. Example: >
12742 :eval Getlist()->Filter()->append('$')
12743
12744< The expression is supposed to have a side effect,
12745 since the resulting value is not used. In the example
12746 the `append()` call appends the List with text to the
12747 buffer. This is similar to `:call` but works with any
12748 expression.
12749
12750 The command can be shortened to `:ev` or `:eva`, but
12751 these are hard to recognize and therefore not to be
12752 used.
12753
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +010012754 The command cannot be followed by "|" and another
12755 command, since "|" is seen as part of the expression.
12756
Bram Moolenaar09c6f262019-11-17 15:55:14 +010012757
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012758 *:exe* *:execute*
12759:exe[cute] {expr1} .. Executes the string that results from the evaluation
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +020012760 of {expr1} as an Ex command.
12761 Multiple arguments are concatenated, with a space in
12762 between. To avoid the extra space use the "."
12763 operator to concatenate strings into one argument.
12764 {expr1} is used as the processed command, command line
12765 editing keys are not recognized.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012766 Cannot be followed by a comment.
12767 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +020012768 :execute "buffer" nextbuf
12769 :execute "normal" count . "w"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012770<
12771 ":execute" can be used to append a command to commands
12772 that don't accept a '|'. Example: >
12773 :execute '!ls' | echo "theend"
12774
12775< ":execute" is also a nice way to avoid having to type
12776 control characters in a Vim script for a ":normal"
12777 command: >
12778 :execute "normal ixxx\<Esc>"
12779< This has an <Esc> character, see |expr-string|.
12780
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000012781 Be careful to correctly escape special characters in
12782 file names. The |fnameescape()| function can be used
Bram Moolenaar05bb9532008-07-04 09:44:11 +000012783 for Vim commands, |shellescape()| for |:!| commands.
12784 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000012785 :execute "e " . fnameescape(filename)
Bram Moolenaar251835e2014-02-24 02:51:51 +010012786 :execute "!ls " . shellescape(filename, 1)
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000012787<
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012788 Note: The executed string may be any command-line, but
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +010012789 starting or ending "if", "while" and "for" does not
12790 always work, because when commands are skipped the
12791 ":execute" is not evaluated and Vim loses track of
12792 where blocks start and end. Also "break" and
12793 "continue" should not be inside ":execute".
12794 This example does not work, because the ":execute" is
12795 not evaluated and Vim does not see the "while", and
12796 gives an error for finding an ":endwhile": >
12797 :if 0
12798 : execute 'while i > 5'
12799 : echo "test"
12800 : endwhile
12801 :endif
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012802<
12803 It is allowed to have a "while" or "if" command
12804 completely in the executed string: >
12805 :execute 'while i < 5 | echo i | let i = i + 1 | endwhile'
12806<
12807
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010012808 *:exe-comment*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012809 ":execute", ":echo" and ":echon" cannot be followed by
12810 a comment directly, because they see the '"' as the
12811 start of a string. But, you can use '|' followed by a
12812 comment. Example: >
12813 :echo "foo" | "this is a comment
12814
12815==============================================================================
128168. Exception handling *exception-handling*
12817
12818The Vim script language comprises an exception handling feature. This section
12819explains how it can be used in a Vim script.
12820
12821Exceptions may be raised by Vim on an error or on interrupt, see
12822|catch-errors| and |catch-interrupt|. You can also explicitly throw an
12823exception by using the ":throw" command, see |throw-catch|.
12824
12825
12826TRY CONDITIONALS *try-conditionals*
12827
12828Exceptions can be caught or can cause cleanup code to be executed. You can
12829use a try conditional to specify catch clauses (that catch exceptions) and/or
12830a finally clause (to be executed for cleanup).
12831 A try conditional begins with a |:try| command and ends at the matching
12832|:endtry| command. In between, you can use a |:catch| command to start
12833a catch clause, or a |:finally| command to start a finally clause. There may
12834be none or multiple catch clauses, but there is at most one finally clause,
12835which must not be followed by any catch clauses. The lines before the catch
12836clauses and the finally clause is called a try block. >
12837
12838 :try
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000012839 : ...
12840 : ... TRY BLOCK
12841 : ...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012842 :catch /{pattern}/
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000012843 : ...
12844 : ... CATCH CLAUSE
12845 : ...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012846 :catch /{pattern}/
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000012847 : ...
12848 : ... CATCH CLAUSE
12849 : ...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012850 :finally
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000012851 : ...
12852 : ... FINALLY CLAUSE
12853 : ...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012854 :endtry
12855
12856The try conditional allows to watch code for exceptions and to take the
12857appropriate actions. Exceptions from the try block may be caught. Exceptions
12858from the try block and also the catch clauses may cause cleanup actions.
12859 When no exception is thrown during execution of the try block, the control
12860is transferred to the finally clause, if present. After its execution, the
12861script continues with the line following the ":endtry".
12862 When an exception occurs during execution of the try block, the remaining
12863lines in the try block are skipped. The exception is matched against the
12864patterns specified as arguments to the ":catch" commands. The catch clause
12865after the first matching ":catch" is taken, other catch clauses are not
12866executed. The catch clause ends when the next ":catch", ":finally", or
12867":endtry" command is reached - whatever is first. Then, the finally clause
12868(if present) is executed. When the ":endtry" is reached, the script execution
12869continues in the following line as usual.
12870 When an exception that does not match any of the patterns specified by the
12871":catch" commands is thrown in the try block, the exception is not caught by
12872that try conditional and none of the catch clauses is executed. Only the
12873finally clause, if present, is taken. The exception pends during execution of
12874the finally clause. It is resumed at the ":endtry", so that commands after
12875the ":endtry" are not executed and the exception might be caught elsewhere,
12876see |try-nesting|.
12877 When during execution of a catch clause another exception is thrown, the
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020012878remaining lines in that catch clause are not executed. The new exception is
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012879not matched against the patterns in any of the ":catch" commands of the same
12880try conditional and none of its catch clauses is taken. If there is, however,
12881a finally clause, it is executed, and the exception pends during its
12882execution. The commands following the ":endtry" are not executed. The new
12883exception might, however, be caught elsewhere, see |try-nesting|.
12884 When during execution of the finally clause (if present) an exception is
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020012885thrown, the remaining lines in the finally clause are skipped. If the finally
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012886clause has been taken because of an exception from the try block or one of the
12887catch clauses, the original (pending) exception is discarded. The commands
12888following the ":endtry" are not executed, and the exception from the finally
12889clause is propagated and can be caught elsewhere, see |try-nesting|.
12890
12891The finally clause is also executed, when a ":break" or ":continue" for
12892a ":while" loop enclosing the complete try conditional is executed from the
12893try block or a catch clause. Or when a ":return" or ":finish" is executed
12894from the try block or a catch clause of a try conditional in a function or
12895sourced script, respectively. The ":break", ":continue", ":return", or
12896":finish" pends during execution of the finally clause and is resumed when the
12897":endtry" is reached. It is, however, discarded when an exception is thrown
12898from the finally clause.
12899 When a ":break" or ":continue" for a ":while" loop enclosing the complete
12900try conditional or when a ":return" or ":finish" is encountered in the finally
12901clause, the rest of the finally clause is skipped, and the ":break",
12902":continue", ":return" or ":finish" is executed as usual. If the finally
12903clause has been taken because of an exception or an earlier ":break",
12904":continue", ":return", or ":finish" from the try block or a catch clause,
12905this pending exception or command is discarded.
12906
12907For examples see |throw-catch| and |try-finally|.
12908
12909
12910NESTING OF TRY CONDITIONALS *try-nesting*
12911
12912Try conditionals can be nested arbitrarily. That is, a complete try
12913conditional can be put into the try block, a catch clause, or the finally
12914clause of another try conditional. If the inner try conditional does not
12915catch an exception thrown in its try block or throws a new exception from one
12916of its catch clauses or its finally clause, the outer try conditional is
12917checked according to the rules above. If the inner try conditional is in the
12918try block of the outer try conditional, its catch clauses are checked, but
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020012919otherwise only the finally clause is executed. It does not matter for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012920nesting, whether the inner try conditional is directly contained in the outer
12921one, or whether the outer one sources a script or calls a function containing
12922the inner try conditional.
12923
12924When none of the active try conditionals catches an exception, just their
12925finally clauses are executed. Thereafter, the script processing terminates.
12926An error message is displayed in case of an uncaught exception explicitly
12927thrown by a ":throw" command. For uncaught error and interrupt exceptions
12928implicitly raised by Vim, the error message(s) or interrupt message are shown
12929as usual.
12930
12931For examples see |throw-catch|.
12932
12933
12934EXAMINING EXCEPTION HANDLING CODE *except-examine*
12935
12936Exception handling code can get tricky. If you are in doubt what happens, set
12937'verbose' to 13 or use the ":13verbose" command modifier when sourcing your
12938script file. Then you see when an exception is thrown, discarded, caught, or
12939finished. When using a verbosity level of at least 14, things pending in
12940a finally clause are also shown. This information is also given in debug mode
12941(see |debug-scripts|).
12942
12943
12944THROWING AND CATCHING EXCEPTIONS *throw-catch*
12945
12946You can throw any number or string as an exception. Use the |:throw| command
12947and pass the value to be thrown as argument: >
12948 :throw 4711
12949 :throw "string"
12950< *throw-expression*
12951You can also specify an expression argument. The expression is then evaluated
12952first, and the result is thrown: >
12953 :throw 4705 + strlen("string")
12954 :throw strpart("strings", 0, 6)
12955
12956An exception might be thrown during evaluation of the argument of the ":throw"
12957command. Unless it is caught there, the expression evaluation is abandoned.
12958The ":throw" command then does not throw a new exception.
12959 Example: >
12960
12961 :function! Foo(arg)
12962 : try
12963 : throw a:arg
12964 : catch /foo/
12965 : endtry
12966 : return 1
12967 :endfunction
12968 :
12969 :function! Bar()
12970 : echo "in Bar"
12971 : return 4710
12972 :endfunction
12973 :
12974 :throw Foo("arrgh") + Bar()
12975
12976This throws "arrgh", and "in Bar" is not displayed since Bar() is not
12977executed. >
12978 :throw Foo("foo") + Bar()
12979however displays "in Bar" and throws 4711.
12980
12981Any other command that takes an expression as argument might also be
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020012982abandoned by an (uncaught) exception during the expression evaluation. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012983exception is then propagated to the caller of the command.
12984 Example: >
12985
12986 :if Foo("arrgh")
12987 : echo "then"
12988 :else
12989 : echo "else"
12990 :endif
12991
12992Here neither of "then" or "else" is displayed.
12993
12994 *catch-order*
12995Exceptions can be caught by a try conditional with one or more |:catch|
12996commands, see |try-conditionals|. The values to be caught by each ":catch"
12997command can be specified as a pattern argument. The subsequent catch clause
12998gets executed when a matching exception is caught.
12999 Example: >
13000
13001 :function! Foo(value)
13002 : try
13003 : throw a:value
13004 : catch /^\d\+$/
13005 : echo "Number thrown"
13006 : catch /.*/
13007 : echo "String thrown"
13008 : endtry
13009 :endfunction
13010 :
13011 :call Foo(0x1267)
13012 :call Foo('string')
13013
13014The first call to Foo() displays "Number thrown", the second "String thrown".
13015An exception is matched against the ":catch" commands in the order they are
13016specified. Only the first match counts. So you should place the more
13017specific ":catch" first. The following order does not make sense: >
13018
13019 : catch /.*/
13020 : echo "String thrown"
13021 : catch /^\d\+$/
13022 : echo "Number thrown"
13023
13024The first ":catch" here matches always, so that the second catch clause is
13025never taken.
13026
13027 *throw-variables*
13028If you catch an exception by a general pattern, you may access the exact value
13029in the variable |v:exception|: >
13030
13031 : catch /^\d\+$/
13032 : echo "Number thrown. Value is" v:exception
13033
13034You may also be interested where an exception was thrown. This is stored in
13035|v:throwpoint|. Note that "v:exception" and "v:throwpoint" are valid for the
13036exception most recently caught as long it is not finished.
13037 Example: >
13038
13039 :function! Caught()
13040 : if v:exception != ""
13041 : echo 'Caught "' . v:exception . '" in ' . v:throwpoint
13042 : else
13043 : echo 'Nothing caught'
13044 : endif
13045 :endfunction
13046 :
13047 :function! Foo()
13048 : try
13049 : try
13050 : try
13051 : throw 4711
13052 : finally
13053 : call Caught()
13054 : endtry
13055 : catch /.*/
13056 : call Caught()
13057 : throw "oops"
13058 : endtry
13059 : catch /.*/
13060 : call Caught()
13061 : finally
13062 : call Caught()
13063 : endtry
13064 :endfunction
13065 :
13066 :call Foo()
13067
13068This displays >
13069
13070 Nothing caught
13071 Caught "4711" in function Foo, line 4
13072 Caught "oops" in function Foo, line 10
13073 Nothing caught
13074
13075A practical example: The following command ":LineNumber" displays the line
13076number in the script or function where it has been used: >
13077
13078 :function! LineNumber()
13079 : return substitute(v:throwpoint, '.*\D\(\d\+\).*', '\1', "")
13080 :endfunction
13081 :command! LineNumber try | throw "" | catch | echo LineNumber() | endtry
13082<
13083 *try-nested*
13084An exception that is not caught by a try conditional can be caught by
13085a surrounding try conditional: >
13086
13087 :try
13088 : try
13089 : throw "foo"
13090 : catch /foobar/
13091 : echo "foobar"
13092 : finally
13093 : echo "inner finally"
13094 : endtry
13095 :catch /foo/
13096 : echo "foo"
13097 :endtry
13098
13099The inner try conditional does not catch the exception, just its finally
13100clause is executed. The exception is then caught by the outer try
13101conditional. The example displays "inner finally" and then "foo".
13102
13103 *throw-from-catch*
13104You can catch an exception and throw a new one to be caught elsewhere from the
13105catch clause: >
13106
13107 :function! Foo()
13108 : throw "foo"
13109 :endfunction
13110 :
13111 :function! Bar()
13112 : try
13113 : call Foo()
13114 : catch /foo/
13115 : echo "Caught foo, throw bar"
13116 : throw "bar"
13117 : endtry
13118 :endfunction
13119 :
13120 :try
13121 : call Bar()
13122 :catch /.*/
13123 : echo "Caught" v:exception
13124 :endtry
13125
13126This displays "Caught foo, throw bar" and then "Caught bar".
13127
13128 *rethrow*
13129There is no real rethrow in the Vim script language, but you may throw
13130"v:exception" instead: >
13131
13132 :function! Bar()
13133 : try
13134 : call Foo()
13135 : catch /.*/
13136 : echo "Rethrow" v:exception
13137 : throw v:exception
13138 : endtry
13139 :endfunction
13140< *try-echoerr*
13141Note that this method cannot be used to "rethrow" Vim error or interrupt
13142exceptions, because it is not possible to fake Vim internal exceptions.
13143Trying so causes an error exception. You should throw your own exception
13144denoting the situation. If you want to cause a Vim error exception containing
13145the original error exception value, you can use the |:echoerr| command: >
13146
13147 :try
13148 : try
13149 : asdf
13150 : catch /.*/
13151 : echoerr v:exception
13152 : endtry
13153 :catch /.*/
13154 : echo v:exception
13155 :endtry
13156
13157This code displays
13158
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000013159 Vim(echoerr):Vim:E492: Not an editor command: asdf ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013160
13161
13162CLEANUP CODE *try-finally*
13163
13164Scripts often change global settings and restore them at their end. If the
13165user however interrupts the script by pressing CTRL-C, the settings remain in
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020013166an inconsistent state. The same may happen to you in the development phase of
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013167a script when an error occurs or you explicitly throw an exception without
13168catching it. You can solve these problems by using a try conditional with
13169a finally clause for restoring the settings. Its execution is guaranteed on
13170normal control flow, on error, on an explicit ":throw", and on interrupt.
13171(Note that errors and interrupts from inside the try conditional are converted
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020013172to exceptions. When not caught, they terminate the script after the finally
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013173clause has been executed.)
13174Example: >
13175
13176 :try
13177 : let s:saved_ts = &ts
13178 : set ts=17
13179 :
13180 : " Do the hard work here.
13181 :
13182 :finally
13183 : let &ts = s:saved_ts
13184 : unlet s:saved_ts
13185 :endtry
13186
13187This method should be used locally whenever a function or part of a script
13188changes global settings which need to be restored on failure or normal exit of
13189that function or script part.
13190
13191 *break-finally*
13192Cleanup code works also when the try block or a catch clause is left by
13193a ":continue", ":break", ":return", or ":finish".
13194 Example: >
13195
13196 :let first = 1
13197 :while 1
13198 : try
13199 : if first
13200 : echo "first"
13201 : let first = 0
13202 : continue
13203 : else
13204 : throw "second"
13205 : endif
13206 : catch /.*/
13207 : echo v:exception
13208 : break
13209 : finally
13210 : echo "cleanup"
13211 : endtry
13212 : echo "still in while"
13213 :endwhile
13214 :echo "end"
13215
13216This displays "first", "cleanup", "second", "cleanup", and "end". >
13217
13218 :function! Foo()
13219 : try
13220 : return 4711
13221 : finally
13222 : echo "cleanup\n"
13223 : endtry
13224 : echo "Foo still active"
13225 :endfunction
13226 :
13227 :echo Foo() "returned by Foo"
13228
13229This displays "cleanup" and "4711 returned by Foo". You don't need to add an
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020013230extra ":return" in the finally clause. (Above all, this would override the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013231return value.)
13232
13233 *except-from-finally*
13234Using either of ":continue", ":break", ":return", ":finish", or ":throw" in
13235a finally clause is possible, but not recommended since it abandons the
13236cleanup actions for the try conditional. But, of course, interrupt and error
13237exceptions might get raised from a finally clause.
13238 Example where an error in the finally clause stops an interrupt from
13239working correctly: >
13240
13241 :try
13242 : try
13243 : echo "Press CTRL-C for interrupt"
13244 : while 1
13245 : endwhile
13246 : finally
13247 : unlet novar
13248 : endtry
13249 :catch /novar/
13250 :endtry
13251 :echo "Script still running"
13252 :sleep 1
13253
13254If you need to put commands that could fail into a finally clause, you should
13255think about catching or ignoring the errors in these commands, see
13256|catch-errors| and |ignore-errors|.
13257
13258
13259CATCHING ERRORS *catch-errors*
13260
13261If you want to catch specific errors, you just have to put the code to be
13262watched in a try block and add a catch clause for the error message. The
13263presence of the try conditional causes all errors to be converted to an
13264exception. No message is displayed and |v:errmsg| is not set then. To find
13265the right pattern for the ":catch" command, you have to know how the format of
13266the error exception is.
13267 Error exceptions have the following format: >
13268
13269 Vim({cmdname}):{errmsg}
13270or >
13271 Vim:{errmsg}
13272
13273{cmdname} is the name of the command that failed; the second form is used when
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020013274the command name is not known. {errmsg} is the error message usually produced
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013275when the error occurs outside try conditionals. It always begins with
13276a capital "E", followed by a two or three-digit error number, a colon, and
13277a space.
13278
13279Examples:
13280
13281The command >
13282 :unlet novar
13283normally produces the error message >
13284 E108: No such variable: "novar"
13285which is converted inside try conditionals to an exception >
13286 Vim(unlet):E108: No such variable: "novar"
13287
13288The command >
13289 :dwim
13290normally produces the error message >
13291 E492: Not an editor command: dwim
13292which is converted inside try conditionals to an exception >
13293 Vim:E492: Not an editor command: dwim
13294
13295You can catch all ":unlet" errors by a >
13296 :catch /^Vim(unlet):/
13297or all errors for misspelled command names by a >
13298 :catch /^Vim:E492:/
13299
13300Some error messages may be produced by different commands: >
13301 :function nofunc
13302and >
13303 :delfunction nofunc
13304both produce the error message >
13305 E128: Function name must start with a capital: nofunc
13306which is converted inside try conditionals to an exception >
13307 Vim(function):E128: Function name must start with a capital: nofunc
13308or >
13309 Vim(delfunction):E128: Function name must start with a capital: nofunc
13310respectively. You can catch the error by its number independently on the
13311command that caused it if you use the following pattern: >
13312 :catch /^Vim(\a\+):E128:/
13313
13314Some commands like >
13315 :let x = novar
13316produce multiple error messages, here: >
13317 E121: Undefined variable: novar
13318 E15: Invalid expression: novar
13319Only the first is used for the exception value, since it is the most specific
13320one (see |except-several-errors|). So you can catch it by >
13321 :catch /^Vim(\a\+):E121:/
13322
13323You can catch all errors related to the name "nofunc" by >
13324 :catch /\<nofunc\>/
13325
13326You can catch all Vim errors in the ":write" and ":read" commands by >
13327 :catch /^Vim(\(write\|read\)):E\d\+:/
13328
13329You can catch all Vim errors by the pattern >
13330 :catch /^Vim\((\a\+)\)\=:E\d\+:/
13331<
13332 *catch-text*
13333NOTE: You should never catch the error message text itself: >
13334 :catch /No such variable/
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +010013335only works in the English locale, but not when the user has selected
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013336a different language by the |:language| command. It is however helpful to
13337cite the message text in a comment: >
13338 :catch /^Vim(\a\+):E108:/ " No such variable
13339
13340
13341IGNORING ERRORS *ignore-errors*
13342
13343You can ignore errors in a specific Vim command by catching them locally: >
13344
13345 :try
13346 : write
13347 :catch
13348 :endtry
13349
13350But you are strongly recommended NOT to use this simple form, since it could
13351catch more than you want. With the ":write" command, some autocommands could
13352be executed and cause errors not related to writing, for instance: >
13353
13354 :au BufWritePre * unlet novar
13355
13356There could even be such errors you are not responsible for as a script
13357writer: a user of your script might have defined such autocommands. You would
13358then hide the error from the user.
13359 It is much better to use >
13360
13361 :try
13362 : write
13363 :catch /^Vim(write):/
13364 :endtry
13365
13366which only catches real write errors. So catch only what you'd like to ignore
13367intentionally.
13368
13369For a single command that does not cause execution of autocommands, you could
13370even suppress the conversion of errors to exceptions by the ":silent!"
13371command: >
13372 :silent! nunmap k
13373This works also when a try conditional is active.
13374
13375
13376CATCHING INTERRUPTS *catch-interrupt*
13377
13378When there are active try conditionals, an interrupt (CTRL-C) is converted to
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020013379the exception "Vim:Interrupt". You can catch it like every exception. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013380script is not terminated, then.
13381 Example: >
13382
13383 :function! TASK1()
13384 : sleep 10
13385 :endfunction
13386
13387 :function! TASK2()
13388 : sleep 20
13389 :endfunction
13390
13391 :while 1
13392 : let command = input("Type a command: ")
13393 : try
13394 : if command == ""
13395 : continue
13396 : elseif command == "END"
13397 : break
13398 : elseif command == "TASK1"
13399 : call TASK1()
13400 : elseif command == "TASK2"
13401 : call TASK2()
13402 : else
13403 : echo "\nIllegal command:" command
13404 : continue
13405 : endif
13406 : catch /^Vim:Interrupt$/
13407 : echo "\nCommand interrupted"
13408 : " Caught the interrupt. Continue with next prompt.
13409 : endtry
13410 :endwhile
13411
13412You can interrupt a task here by pressing CTRL-C; the script then asks for
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020013413a new command. If you press CTRL-C at the prompt, the script is terminated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013414
13415For testing what happens when CTRL-C would be pressed on a specific line in
13416your script, use the debug mode and execute the |>quit| or |>interrupt|
13417command on that line. See |debug-scripts|.
13418
13419
13420CATCHING ALL *catch-all*
13421
13422The commands >
13423
13424 :catch /.*/
13425 :catch //
13426 :catch
13427
13428catch everything, error exceptions, interrupt exceptions and exceptions
13429explicitly thrown by the |:throw| command. This is useful at the top level of
13430a script in order to catch unexpected things.
13431 Example: >
13432
13433 :try
13434 :
13435 : " do the hard work here
13436 :
13437 :catch /MyException/
13438 :
13439 : " handle known problem
13440 :
13441 :catch /^Vim:Interrupt$/
13442 : echo "Script interrupted"
13443 :catch /.*/
13444 : echo "Internal error (" . v:exception . ")"
13445 : echo " - occurred at " . v:throwpoint
13446 :endtry
13447 :" end of script
13448
13449Note: Catching all might catch more things than you want. Thus, you are
13450strongly encouraged to catch only for problems that you can really handle by
13451specifying a pattern argument to the ":catch".
13452 Example: Catching all could make it nearly impossible to interrupt a script
13453by pressing CTRL-C: >
13454
13455 :while 1
13456 : try
13457 : sleep 1
13458 : catch
13459 : endtry
13460 :endwhile
13461
13462
13463EXCEPTIONS AND AUTOCOMMANDS *except-autocmd*
13464
13465Exceptions may be used during execution of autocommands. Example: >
13466
13467 :autocmd User x try
13468 :autocmd User x throw "Oops!"
13469 :autocmd User x catch
13470 :autocmd User x echo v:exception
13471 :autocmd User x endtry
13472 :autocmd User x throw "Arrgh!"
13473 :autocmd User x echo "Should not be displayed"
13474 :
13475 :try
13476 : doautocmd User x
13477 :catch
13478 : echo v:exception
13479 :endtry
13480
13481This displays "Oops!" and "Arrgh!".
13482
13483 *except-autocmd-Pre*
13484For some commands, autocommands get executed before the main action of the
13485command takes place. If an exception is thrown and not caught in the sequence
13486of autocommands, the sequence and the command that caused its execution are
13487abandoned and the exception is propagated to the caller of the command.
13488 Example: >
13489
13490 :autocmd BufWritePre * throw "FAIL"
13491 :autocmd BufWritePre * echo "Should not be displayed"
13492 :
13493 :try
13494 : write
13495 :catch
13496 : echo "Caught:" v:exception "from" v:throwpoint
13497 :endtry
13498
13499Here, the ":write" command does not write the file currently being edited (as
13500you can see by checking 'modified'), since the exception from the BufWritePre
13501autocommand abandons the ":write". The exception is then caught and the
13502script displays: >
13503
13504 Caught: FAIL from BufWrite Auto commands for "*"
13505<
13506 *except-autocmd-Post*
13507For some commands, autocommands get executed after the main action of the
13508command has taken place. If this main action fails and the command is inside
13509an active try conditional, the autocommands are skipped and an error exception
13510is thrown that can be caught by the caller of the command.
13511 Example: >
13512
13513 :autocmd BufWritePost * echo "File successfully written!"
13514 :
13515 :try
13516 : write /i/m/p/o/s/s/i/b/l/e
13517 :catch
13518 : echo v:exception
13519 :endtry
13520
13521This just displays: >
13522
13523 Vim(write):E212: Can't open file for writing (/i/m/p/o/s/s/i/b/l/e)
13524
13525If you really need to execute the autocommands even when the main action
13526fails, trigger the event from the catch clause.
13527 Example: >
13528
13529 :autocmd BufWritePre * set noreadonly
13530 :autocmd BufWritePost * set readonly
13531 :
13532 :try
13533 : write /i/m/p/o/s/s/i/b/l/e
13534 :catch
13535 : doautocmd BufWritePost /i/m/p/o/s/s/i/b/l/e
13536 :endtry
13537<
13538You can also use ":silent!": >
13539
13540 :let x = "ok"
13541 :let v:errmsg = ""
13542 :autocmd BufWritePost * if v:errmsg != ""
13543 :autocmd BufWritePost * let x = "after fail"
13544 :autocmd BufWritePost * endif
13545 :try
13546 : silent! write /i/m/p/o/s/s/i/b/l/e
13547 :catch
13548 :endtry
13549 :echo x
13550
13551This displays "after fail".
13552
13553If the main action of the command does not fail, exceptions from the
13554autocommands will be catchable by the caller of the command: >
13555
13556 :autocmd BufWritePost * throw ":-("
13557 :autocmd BufWritePost * echo "Should not be displayed"
13558 :
13559 :try
13560 : write
13561 :catch
13562 : echo v:exception
13563 :endtry
13564<
13565 *except-autocmd-Cmd*
13566For some commands, the normal action can be replaced by a sequence of
13567autocommands. Exceptions from that sequence will be catchable by the caller
13568of the command.
13569 Example: For the ":write" command, the caller cannot know whether the file
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020013570had actually been written when the exception occurred. You need to tell it in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013571some way. >
13572
13573 :if !exists("cnt")
13574 : let cnt = 0
13575 :
13576 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * if &modified
13577 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * let cnt = cnt + 1
13578 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * if cnt % 3 == 2
13579 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * throw "BufWriteCmdError"
13580 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * endif
13581 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * write | set nomodified
13582 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * if cnt % 3 == 0
13583 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * throw "BufWriteCmdError"
13584 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * endif
13585 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * echo "File successfully written!"
13586 : autocmd BufWriteCmd * endif
13587 :endif
13588 :
13589 :try
13590 : write
13591 :catch /^BufWriteCmdError$/
13592 : if &modified
13593 : echo "Error on writing (file contents not changed)"
13594 : else
13595 : echo "Error after writing"
13596 : endif
13597 :catch /^Vim(write):/
13598 : echo "Error on writing"
13599 :endtry
13600
13601When this script is sourced several times after making changes, it displays
13602first >
13603 File successfully written!
13604then >
13605 Error on writing (file contents not changed)
13606then >
13607 Error after writing
13608etc.
13609
13610 *except-autocmd-ill*
13611You cannot spread a try conditional over autocommands for different events.
13612The following code is ill-formed: >
13613
13614 :autocmd BufWritePre * try
13615 :
13616 :autocmd BufWritePost * catch
13617 :autocmd BufWritePost * echo v:exception
13618 :autocmd BufWritePost * endtry
13619 :
13620 :write
13621
13622
13623EXCEPTION HIERARCHIES AND PARAMETERIZED EXCEPTIONS *except-hier-param*
13624
13625Some programming languages allow to use hierarchies of exception classes or to
13626pass additional information with the object of an exception class. You can do
13627similar things in Vim.
13628 In order to throw an exception from a hierarchy, just throw the complete
13629class name with the components separated by a colon, for instance throw the
13630string "EXCEPT:MATHERR:OVERFLOW" for an overflow in a mathematical library.
13631 When you want to pass additional information with your exception class, add
13632it in parentheses, for instance throw the string "EXCEPT:IO:WRITEERR(myfile)"
13633for an error when writing "myfile".
13634 With the appropriate patterns in the ":catch" command, you can catch for
13635base classes or derived classes of your hierarchy. Additional information in
13636parentheses can be cut out from |v:exception| with the ":substitute" command.
13637 Example: >
13638
13639 :function! CheckRange(a, func)
13640 : if a:a < 0
13641 : throw "EXCEPT:MATHERR:RANGE(" . a:func . ")"
13642 : endif
13643 :endfunction
13644 :
13645 :function! Add(a, b)
13646 : call CheckRange(a:a, "Add")
13647 : call CheckRange(a:b, "Add")
13648 : let c = a:a + a:b
13649 : if c < 0
13650 : throw "EXCEPT:MATHERR:OVERFLOW"
13651 : endif
13652 : return c
13653 :endfunction
13654 :
13655 :function! Div(a, b)
13656 : call CheckRange(a:a, "Div")
13657 : call CheckRange(a:b, "Div")
13658 : if (a:b == 0)
13659 : throw "EXCEPT:MATHERR:ZERODIV"
13660 : endif
13661 : return a:a / a:b
13662 :endfunction
13663 :
13664 :function! Write(file)
13665 : try
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000013666 : execute "write" fnameescape(a:file)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013667 : catch /^Vim(write):/
13668 : throw "EXCEPT:IO(" . getcwd() . ", " . a:file . "):WRITEERR"
13669 : endtry
13670 :endfunction
13671 :
13672 :try
13673 :
13674 : " something with arithmetics and I/O
13675 :
13676 :catch /^EXCEPT:MATHERR:RANGE/
13677 : let function = substitute(v:exception, '.*(\(\a\+\)).*', '\1', "")
13678 : echo "Range error in" function
13679 :
13680 :catch /^EXCEPT:MATHERR/ " catches OVERFLOW and ZERODIV
13681 : echo "Math error"
13682 :
13683 :catch /^EXCEPT:IO/
13684 : let dir = substitute(v:exception, '.*(\(.\+\),\s*.\+).*', '\1', "")
13685 : let file = substitute(v:exception, '.*(.\+,\s*\(.\+\)).*', '\1', "")
13686 : if file !~ '^/'
13687 : let file = dir . "/" . file
13688 : endif
13689 : echo 'I/O error for "' . file . '"'
13690 :
13691 :catch /^EXCEPT/
13692 : echo "Unspecified error"
13693 :
13694 :endtry
13695
13696The exceptions raised by Vim itself (on error or when pressing CTRL-C) use
13697a flat hierarchy: they are all in the "Vim" class. You cannot throw yourself
13698exceptions with the "Vim" prefix; they are reserved for Vim.
13699 Vim error exceptions are parameterized with the name of the command that
13700failed, if known. See |catch-errors|.
13701
13702
13703PECULIARITIES
13704 *except-compat*
13705The exception handling concept requires that the command sequence causing the
13706exception is aborted immediately and control is transferred to finally clauses
13707and/or a catch clause.
13708
13709In the Vim script language there are cases where scripts and functions
13710continue after an error: in functions without the "abort" flag or in a command
13711after ":silent!", control flow goes to the following line, and outside
13712functions, control flow goes to the line following the outermost ":endwhile"
13713or ":endif". On the other hand, errors should be catchable as exceptions
13714(thus, requiring the immediate abortion).
13715
13716This problem has been solved by converting errors to exceptions and using
13717immediate abortion (if not suppressed by ":silent!") only when a try
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020013718conditional is active. This is no restriction since an (error) exception can
13719be caught only from an active try conditional. If you want an immediate
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013720termination without catching the error, just use a try conditional without
13721catch clause. (You can cause cleanup code being executed before termination
13722by specifying a finally clause.)
13723
13724When no try conditional is active, the usual abortion and continuation
13725behavior is used instead of immediate abortion. This ensures compatibility of
13726scripts written for Vim 6.1 and earlier.
13727
13728However, when sourcing an existing script that does not use exception handling
13729commands (or when calling one of its functions) from inside an active try
13730conditional of a new script, you might change the control flow of the existing
13731script on error. You get the immediate abortion on error and can catch the
13732error in the new script. If however the sourced script suppresses error
13733messages by using the ":silent!" command (checking for errors by testing
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020013734|v:errmsg| if appropriate), its execution path is not changed. The error is
13735not converted to an exception. (See |:silent|.) So the only remaining cause
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013736where this happens is for scripts that don't care about errors and produce
13737error messages. You probably won't want to use such code from your new
13738scripts.
13739
13740 *except-syntax-err*
13741Syntax errors in the exception handling commands are never caught by any of
13742the ":catch" commands of the try conditional they belong to. Its finally
13743clauses, however, is executed.
13744 Example: >
13745
13746 :try
13747 : try
13748 : throw 4711
13749 : catch /\(/
13750 : echo "in catch with syntax error"
13751 : catch
13752 : echo "inner catch-all"
13753 : finally
13754 : echo "inner finally"
13755 : endtry
13756 :catch
13757 : echo 'outer catch-all caught "' . v:exception . '"'
13758 : finally
13759 : echo "outer finally"
13760 :endtry
13761
13762This displays: >
13763 inner finally
13764 outer catch-all caught "Vim(catch):E54: Unmatched \("
13765 outer finally
13766The original exception is discarded and an error exception is raised, instead.
13767
13768 *except-single-line*
13769The ":try", ":catch", ":finally", and ":endtry" commands can be put on
13770a single line, but then syntax errors may make it difficult to recognize the
13771"catch" line, thus you better avoid this.
13772 Example: >
13773 :try | unlet! foo # | catch | endtry
13774raises an error exception for the trailing characters after the ":unlet!"
13775argument, but does not see the ":catch" and ":endtry" commands, so that the
13776error exception is discarded and the "E488: Trailing characters" message gets
13777displayed.
13778
13779 *except-several-errors*
13780When several errors appear in a single command, the first error message is
13781usually the most specific one and therefor converted to the error exception.
13782 Example: >
13783 echo novar
13784causes >
13785 E121: Undefined variable: novar
13786 E15: Invalid expression: novar
13787The value of the error exception inside try conditionals is: >
13788 Vim(echo):E121: Undefined variable: novar
13789< *except-syntax-error*
13790But when a syntax error is detected after a normal error in the same command,
13791the syntax error is used for the exception being thrown.
13792 Example: >
13793 unlet novar #
13794causes >
13795 E108: No such variable: "novar"
13796 E488: Trailing characters
13797The value of the error exception inside try conditionals is: >
13798 Vim(unlet):E488: Trailing characters
13799This is done because the syntax error might change the execution path in a way
13800not intended by the user. Example: >
13801 try
13802 try | unlet novar # | catch | echo v:exception | endtry
13803 catch /.*/
13804 echo "outer catch:" v:exception
13805 endtry
13806This displays "outer catch: Vim(unlet):E488: Trailing characters", and then
13807a "E600: Missing :endtry" error message is given, see |except-single-line|.
13808
13809==============================================================================
138109. Examples *eval-examples*
13811
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013812Printing in Binary ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013813>
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010013814 :" The function Nr2Bin() returns the binary string representation of a number.
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013815 :func Nr2Bin(nr)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013816 : let n = a:nr
13817 : let r = ""
13818 : while n
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013819 : let r = '01'[n % 2] . r
13820 : let n = n / 2
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013821 : endwhile
13822 : return r
13823 :endfunc
13824
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013825 :" The function String2Bin() converts each character in a string to a
13826 :" binary string, separated with dashes.
13827 :func String2Bin(str)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013828 : let out = ''
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013829 : for ix in range(strlen(a:str))
13830 : let out = out . '-' . Nr2Bin(char2nr(a:str[ix]))
13831 : endfor
13832 : return out[1:]
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013833 :endfunc
13834
13835Example of its use: >
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013836 :echo Nr2Bin(32)
13837result: "100000" >
13838 :echo String2Bin("32")
13839result: "110011-110010"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013840
13841
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013842Sorting lines ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013843
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013844This example sorts lines with a specific compare function. >
13845
13846 :func SortBuffer()
13847 : let lines = getline(1, '$')
13848 : call sort(lines, function("Strcmp"))
13849 : call setline(1, lines)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013850 :endfunction
13851
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013852As a one-liner: >
13853 :call setline(1, sort(getline(1, '$'), function("Strcmp")))
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013854
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013855
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013856scanf() replacement ~
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013857 *sscanf*
13858There is no sscanf() function in Vim. If you need to extract parts from a
13859line, you can use matchstr() and substitute() to do it. This example shows
13860how to get the file name, line number and column number out of a line like
13861"foobar.txt, 123, 45". >
13862 :" Set up the match bit
13863 :let mx='\(\f\+\),\s*\(\d\+\),\s*\(\d\+\)'
13864 :"get the part matching the whole expression
13865 :let l = matchstr(line, mx)
13866 :"get each item out of the match
13867 :let file = substitute(l, mx, '\1', '')
13868 :let lnum = substitute(l, mx, '\2', '')
13869 :let col = substitute(l, mx, '\3', '')
13870
13871The input is in the variable "line", the results in the variables "file",
13872"lnum" and "col". (idea from Michael Geddes)
13873
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013874
13875getting the scriptnames in a Dictionary ~
13876 *scriptnames-dictionary*
13877The |:scriptnames| command can be used to get a list of all script files that
13878have been sourced. There is no equivalent function or variable for this
13879(because it's rarely needed). In case you need to manipulate the list this
13880code can be used: >
13881 " Get the output of ":scriptnames" in the scriptnames_output variable.
13882 let scriptnames_output = ''
13883 redir => scriptnames_output
13884 silent scriptnames
13885 redir END
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +010013886
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000013887 " Split the output into lines and parse each line. Add an entry to the
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013888 " "scripts" dictionary.
13889 let scripts = {}
13890 for line in split(scriptnames_output, "\n")
13891 " Only do non-blank lines.
13892 if line =~ '\S'
13893 " Get the first number in the line.
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000013894 let nr = matchstr(line, '\d\+')
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013895 " Get the file name, remove the script number " 123: ".
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000013896 let name = substitute(line, '.\+:\s*', '', '')
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013897 " Add an item to the Dictionary
Bram Moolenaar446cb832008-06-24 21:56:24 +000013898 let scripts[nr] = name
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000013899 endif
13900 endfor
13901 unlet scriptnames_output
13902
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013903==============================================================================
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +02001390410. Vim script versions *vimscript-version* *vimscript-versions*
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +020013905 *scriptversion*
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020013906Over time many features have been added to Vim script. This includes Ex
13907commands, functions, variable types, etc. Each individual feature can be
13908checked with the |has()| and |exists()| functions.
13909
13910Sometimes old syntax of functionality gets in the way of making Vim better.
13911When support is taken away this will break older Vim scripts. To make this
13912explicit the |:scriptversion| command can be used. When a Vim script is not
13913compatible with older versions of Vim this will give an explicit error,
Bram Moolenaar3ff5f0f2019-06-10 13:11:22 +020013914instead of failing in mysterious ways.
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020013915
Bram Moolenaar3ff5f0f2019-06-10 13:11:22 +020013916 *scriptversion-1* >
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020013917 :scriptversion 1
13918< This is the original Vim script, same as not using a |:scriptversion|
13919 command. Can be used to go back to old syntax for a range of lines.
13920 Test for support with: >
13921 has('vimscript-1')
13922
Bram Moolenaar3ff5f0f2019-06-10 13:11:22 +020013923< *scriptversion-2* >
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020013924 :scriptversion 2
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +020013925< String concatenation with "." is not supported, use ".." instead.
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020013926 This avoids the ambiguity using "." for Dict member access and
13927 floating point numbers. Now ".5" means the number 0.5.
Bram Moolenaar3ff5f0f2019-06-10 13:11:22 +020013928
13929 *scriptversion-3* >
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +020013930 :scriptversion 3
13931< All |vim-variable|s must be prefixed by "v:". E.g. "version" doesn't
13932 work as |v:version| anymore, it can be used as a normal variable.
13933 Same for some obvious names as "count" and others.
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020013934
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +020013935 Test for support with: >
13936 has('vimscript-3')
Bram Moolenaar60a8de22019-09-15 14:33:22 +020013937<
13938 *scriptversion-4* >
13939 :scriptversion 4
Bram Moolenaarc17e66c2020-06-02 21:38:22 +020013940< Numbers with a leading zero are not recognized as octal. "0o" or "0O"
13941 is still recognized as octal. With the
Bram Moolenaar60a8de22019-09-15 14:33:22 +020013942 previous version you get: >
Bram Moolenaarc17e66c2020-06-02 21:38:22 +020013943 echo 017 " displays 15 (octal)
13944 echo 0o17 " displays 15 (octal)
13945 echo 018 " displays 18 (decimal)
Bram Moolenaar60a8de22019-09-15 14:33:22 +020013946< with script version 4: >
Bram Moolenaarc17e66c2020-06-02 21:38:22 +020013947 echo 017 " displays 17 (decimal)
13948 echo 0o17 " displays 15 (octal)
13949 echo 018 " displays 18 (decimal)
Bram Moolenaar60a8de22019-09-15 14:33:22 +020013950< Also, it is possible to use single quotes inside numbers to make them
13951 easier to read: >
13952 echo 1'000'000
13953< The quotes must be surrounded by digits.
13954
13955 Test for support with: >
13956 has('vimscript-4')
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +020013957
13958==============================================================================
1395911. No +eval feature *no-eval-feature*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013960
13961When the |+eval| feature was disabled at compile time, none of the expression
13962evaluation commands are available. To prevent this from causing Vim scripts
13963to generate all kinds of errors, the ":if" and ":endif" commands are still
13964recognized, though the argument of the ":if" and everything between the ":if"
13965and the matching ":endif" is ignored. Nesting of ":if" blocks is allowed, but
13966only if the commands are at the start of the line. The ":else" command is not
13967recognized.
13968
13969Example of how to avoid executing commands when the |+eval| feature is
13970missing: >
13971
13972 :if 1
13973 : echo "Expression evaluation is compiled in"
13974 :else
13975 : echo "You will _never_ see this message"
13976 :endif
13977
Bram Moolenaar773a97c2019-06-06 20:39:55 +020013978To execute a command only when the |+eval| feature is disabled can be done in
13979two ways. The simplest is to exit the script (or Vim) prematurely: >
13980 if 1
13981 echo "commands executed with +eval"
13982 finish
13983 endif
13984 args " command executed without +eval
13985
13986If you do not want to abort loading the script you can use a trick, as this
13987example shows: >
Bram Moolenaar45d2cca2017-04-30 16:36:05 +020013988
13989 silent! while 0
13990 set history=111
13991 silent! endwhile
13992
13993When the |+eval| feature is available the command is skipped because of the
13994"while 0". Without the |+eval| feature the "while 0" is an error, which is
13995silently ignored, and the command is executed.
Bram Moolenaarcd5c8f82017-04-09 20:11:58 +020013996
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013997==============================================================================
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +02001399812. The sandbox *eval-sandbox* *sandbox* *E48*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013999
Bram Moolenaar368373e2010-07-19 20:46:22 +020014000The 'foldexpr', 'formatexpr', 'includeexpr', 'indentexpr', 'statusline' and
14001'foldtext' options may be evaluated in a sandbox. This means that you are
14002protected from these expressions having nasty side effects. This gives some
14003safety for when these options are set from a modeline. It is also used when
14004the command from a tags file is executed and for CTRL-R = in the command line.
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +000014005The sandbox is also used for the |:sandbox| command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014006
14007These items are not allowed in the sandbox:
14008 - changing the buffer text
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +020014009 - defining or changing mapping, autocommands, user commands
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014010 - setting certain options (see |option-summary|)
Bram Moolenaaref2f6562007-05-06 13:32:59 +000014011 - setting certain v: variables (see |v:var|) *E794*
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014012 - executing a shell command
14013 - reading or writing a file
14014 - jumping to another buffer or editing a file
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000014015 - executing Python, Perl, etc. commands
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +000014016This is not guaranteed 100% secure, but it should block most attacks.
14017
14018 *:san* *:sandbox*
Bram Moolenaar045e82d2005-07-08 22:25:33 +000014019:san[dbox] {cmd} Execute {cmd} in the sandbox. Useful to evaluate an
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +000014020 option that may have been set from a modeline, e.g.
14021 'foldexpr'.
14022
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +000014023 *sandbox-option*
14024A few options contain an expression. When this expression is evaluated it may
Bram Moolenaar9b2200a2006-03-20 21:55:45 +000014025have to be done in the sandbox to avoid a security risk. But the sandbox is
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +000014026restrictive, thus this only happens when the option was set from an insecure
14027location. Insecure in this context are:
Bram Moolenaar551dbcc2006-04-25 22:13:59 +000014028- sourcing a .vimrc or .exrc in the current directory
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +000014029- while executing in the sandbox
14030- value coming from a modeline
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +020014031- executing a function that was defined in the sandbox
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +000014032
14033Note that when in the sandbox and saving an option value and restoring it, the
14034option will still be marked as it was set in the sandbox.
14035
14036==============================================================================
Bram Moolenaar558ca4a2019-04-04 18:15:38 +02001403713. Textlock *textlock*
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +000014038
14039In a few situations it is not allowed to change the text in the buffer, jump
14040to another window and some other things that might confuse or break what Vim
14041is currently doing. This mostly applies to things that happen when Vim is
Bram Moolenaar58b85342016-08-14 19:54:54 +020014042actually doing something else. For example, evaluating the 'balloonexpr' may
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +000014043happen any moment the mouse cursor is resting at some position.
14044
14045This is not allowed when the textlock is active:
14046 - changing the buffer text
14047 - jumping to another buffer or window
14048 - editing another file
14049 - closing a window or quitting Vim
14050 - etc.
14051
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014052
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +020014053 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: