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Bram Moolenaar921bde82022-05-09 19:50:35 +01001*builtin.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2022 May 09
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7Builtin functions *builtin-functions*
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9Note: Expression evaluation can be disabled at compile time. If this has been
10done, the builtin functions are not available. See |+eval| and
11|no-eval-feature|.
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131. Overview |builtin-function-list|
142. Details |builtin-function-details|
153. Feature list |feature-list|
164. Matching a pattern in a String |string-match|
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18==============================================================================
191. Overview *builtin-function-list*
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21Use CTRL-] on the function name to jump to the full explanation.
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23USAGE RESULT DESCRIPTION ~
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25abs({expr}) Float or Number absolute value of {expr}
26acos({expr}) Float arc cosine of {expr}
27add({object}, {item}) List/Blob append {item} to {object}
28and({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise AND
29append({lnum}, {text}) Number append {text} below line {lnum}
30appendbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text})
31 Number append {text} below line {lnum}
32 in buffer {expr}
33argc([{winid}]) Number number of files in the argument list
34argidx() Number current index in the argument list
35arglistid([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) Number argument list id
36argv({nr} [, {winid}]) String {nr} entry of the argument list
37argv([-1, {winid}]) List the argument list
38asin({expr}) Float arc sine of {expr}
39assert_beeps({cmd}) Number assert {cmd} causes a beep
40assert_equal({exp}, {act} [, {msg}])
41 Number assert {exp} is equal to {act}
42assert_equalfile({fname-one}, {fname-two} [, {msg}])
43 Number assert file contents are equal
44assert_exception({error} [, {msg}])
45 Number assert {error} is in v:exception
46assert_fails({cmd} [, {error} [, {msg} [, {lnum} [, {context}]]]])
47 Number assert {cmd} fails
48assert_false({actual} [, {msg}])
49 Number assert {actual} is false
50assert_inrange({lower}, {upper}, {actual} [, {msg}])
51 Number assert {actual} is inside the range
52assert_match({pat}, {text} [, {msg}])
53 Number assert {pat} matches {text}
54assert_nobeep({cmd}) Number assert {cmd} does not cause a beep
55assert_notequal({exp}, {act} [, {msg}])
56 Number assert {exp} is not equal {act}
57assert_notmatch({pat}, {text} [, {msg}])
58 Number assert {pat} not matches {text}
59assert_report({msg}) Number report a test failure
60assert_true({actual} [, {msg}]) Number assert {actual} is true
61atan({expr}) Float arc tangent of {expr}
62atan2({expr1}, {expr2}) Float arc tangent of {expr1} / {expr2}
63balloon_gettext() String current text in the balloon
64balloon_show({expr}) none show {expr} inside the balloon
65balloon_split({msg}) List split {msg} as used for a balloon
66blob2list({blob}) List convert {blob} into a list of numbers
67browse({save}, {title}, {initdir}, {default})
68 String put up a file requester
69browsedir({title}, {initdir}) String put up a directory requester
70bufadd({name}) Number add a buffer to the buffer list
71bufexists({buf}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {buf} exists
72buflisted({buf}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {buf} is listed
73bufload({buf}) Number load buffer {buf} if not loaded yet
74bufloaded({buf}) Number |TRUE| if buffer {buf} is loaded
75bufname([{buf}]) String Name of the buffer {buf}
76bufnr([{buf} [, {create}]]) Number Number of the buffer {buf}
77bufwinid({buf}) Number window ID of buffer {buf}
78bufwinnr({buf}) Number window number of buffer {buf}
79byte2line({byte}) Number line number at byte count {byte}
80byteidx({expr}, {nr}) Number byte index of {nr}'th char in {expr}
81byteidxcomp({expr}, {nr}) Number byte index of {nr}'th char in {expr}
82call({func}, {arglist} [, {dict}])
83 any call {func} with arguments {arglist}
84ceil({expr}) Float round {expr} up
85ch_canread({handle}) Number check if there is something to read
86ch_close({handle}) none close {handle}
87ch_close_in({handle}) none close in part of {handle}
88ch_evalexpr({handle}, {expr} [, {options}])
89 any evaluate {expr} on JSON {handle}
90ch_evalraw({handle}, {string} [, {options}])
91 any evaluate {string} on raw {handle}
92ch_getbufnr({handle}, {what}) Number get buffer number for {handle}/{what}
93ch_getjob({channel}) Job get the Job of {channel}
94ch_info({handle}) String info about channel {handle}
95ch_log({msg} [, {handle}]) none write {msg} in the channel log file
96ch_logfile({fname} [, {mode}]) none start logging channel activity
97ch_open({address} [, {options}])
98 Channel open a channel to {address}
99ch_read({handle} [, {options}]) String read from {handle}
100ch_readblob({handle} [, {options}])
101 Blob read Blob from {handle}
102ch_readraw({handle} [, {options}])
103 String read raw from {handle}
104ch_sendexpr({handle}, {expr} [, {options}])
105 any send {expr} over JSON {handle}
106ch_sendraw({handle}, {expr} [, {options}])
107 any send {expr} over raw {handle}
108ch_setoptions({handle}, {options})
109 none set options for {handle}
110ch_status({handle} [, {options}])
111 String status of channel {handle}
112changenr() Number current change number
113char2nr({expr} [, {utf8}]) Number ASCII/UTF-8 value of first char in {expr}
114charclass({string}) Number character class of {string}
115charcol({expr}) Number column number of cursor or mark
116charidx({string}, {idx} [, {countcc}])
117 Number char index of byte {idx} in {string}
118chdir({dir}) String change current working directory
119cindent({lnum}) Number C indent for line {lnum}
120clearmatches([{win}]) none clear all matches
121col({expr}) Number column byte index of cursor or mark
122complete({startcol}, {matches}) none set Insert mode completion
123complete_add({expr}) Number add completion match
124complete_check() Number check for key typed during completion
125complete_info([{what}]) Dict get current completion information
126confirm({msg} [, {choices} [, {default} [, {type}]]])
127 Number number of choice picked by user
128copy({expr}) any make a shallow copy of {expr}
129cos({expr}) Float cosine of {expr}
130cosh({expr}) Float hyperbolic cosine of {expr}
131count({comp}, {expr} [, {ic} [, {start}]])
132 Number count how many {expr} are in {comp}
133cscope_connection([{num}, {dbpath} [, {prepend}]])
134 Number checks existence of cscope connection
135cursor({lnum}, {col} [, {off}])
136 Number move cursor to {lnum}, {col}, {off}
137cursor({list}) Number move cursor to position in {list}
138debugbreak({pid}) Number interrupt process being debugged
139deepcopy({expr} [, {noref}]) any make a full copy of {expr}
140delete({fname} [, {flags}]) Number delete the file or directory {fname}
141deletebufline({buf}, {first} [, {last}])
142 Number delete lines from buffer {buf}
143did_filetype() Number |TRUE| if FileType autocmd event used
144diff_filler({lnum}) Number diff filler lines about {lnum}
145diff_hlID({lnum}, {col}) Number diff highlighting at {lnum}/{col}
146digraph_get({chars}) String get the |digraph| of {chars}
147digraph_getlist([{listall}]) List get all |digraph|s
148digraph_set({chars}, {digraph}) Boolean register |digraph|
149digraph_setlist({digraphlist}) Boolean register multiple |digraph|s
150echoraw({expr}) none output {expr} as-is
151empty({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is empty
152environ() Dict return environment variables
153escape({string}, {chars}) String escape {chars} in {string} with '\'
154eval({string}) any evaluate {string} into its value
155eventhandler() Number |TRUE| if inside an event handler
156executable({expr}) Number 1 if executable {expr} exists
157execute({command}) String execute {command} and get the output
158exepath({expr}) String full path of the command {expr}
159exists({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} exists
160exists_compiled({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} exists at compile time
161exp({expr}) Float exponential of {expr}
162expand({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list}]])
163 any expand special keywords in {expr}
Yegappan Lakshmanan2b74b682022-04-03 21:30:32 +0100164expandcmd({string} [, {options}])
165 String expand {string} like with `:edit`
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000166extend({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}])
167 List/Dict insert items of {expr2} into {expr1}
168extendnew({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}])
169 List/Dict like |extend()| but creates a new
170 List or Dictionary
171feedkeys({string} [, {mode}]) Number add key sequence to typeahead buffer
172filereadable({file}) Number |TRUE| if {file} is a readable file
173filewritable({file}) Number |TRUE| if {file} is a writable file
174filter({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict/Blob/String
175 remove items from {expr1} where
176 {expr2} is 0
177finddir({name} [, {path} [, {count}]])
178 String find directory {name} in {path}
179findfile({name} [, {path} [, {count}]])
180 String find file {name} in {path}
181flatten({list} [, {maxdepth}]) List flatten {list} up to {maxdepth} levels
182flattennew({list} [, {maxdepth}])
183 List flatten a copy of {list}
184float2nr({expr}) Number convert Float {expr} to a Number
185floor({expr}) Float round {expr} down
186fmod({expr1}, {expr2}) Float remainder of {expr1} / {expr2}
187fnameescape({fname}) String escape special characters in {fname}
188fnamemodify({fname}, {mods}) String modify file name
189foldclosed({lnum}) Number first line of fold at {lnum} if closed
190foldclosedend({lnum}) Number last line of fold at {lnum} if closed
191foldlevel({lnum}) Number fold level at {lnum}
192foldtext() String line displayed for closed fold
193foldtextresult({lnum}) String text for closed fold at {lnum}
194foreground() Number bring the Vim window to the foreground
195fullcommand({name}) String get full command from {name}
196funcref({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
197 Funcref reference to function {name}
198function({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
199 Funcref named reference to function {name}
200garbagecollect([{atexit}]) none free memory, breaking cyclic references
201get({list}, {idx} [, {def}]) any get item {idx} from {list} or {def}
202get({dict}, {key} [, {def}]) any get item {key} from {dict} or {def}
203get({func}, {what}) any get property of funcref/partial {func}
204getbufinfo([{buf}]) List information about buffers
205getbufline({buf}, {lnum} [, {end}])
206 List lines {lnum} to {end} of buffer {buf}
207getbufvar({buf}, {varname} [, {def}])
208 any variable {varname} in buffer {buf}
209getchangelist([{buf}]) List list of change list items
210getchar([expr]) Number or String
211 get one character from the user
212getcharmod() Number modifiers for the last typed character
213getcharpos({expr}) List position of cursor, mark, etc.
214getcharsearch() Dict last character search
215getcharstr([expr]) String get one character from the user
Shougo Matsushita79d599b2022-05-07 12:48:29 +0100216getcmdcompltype() String return the type of the current
217 command-line completion
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000218getcmdline() String return the current command-line
219getcmdpos() Number return cursor position in command-line
Shougo Matsushita79d599b2022-05-07 12:48:29 +0100220getcmdscreenpos() Number return cursor screen position in
221 command-line
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000222getcmdtype() String return current command-line type
223getcmdwintype() String return current command-line window type
224getcompletion({pat}, {type} [, {filtered}])
225 List list of cmdline completion matches
226getcurpos([{winnr}]) List position of the cursor
227getcursorcharpos([{winnr}]) List character position of the cursor
228getcwd([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) String get the current working directory
229getenv({name}) String return environment variable
230getfontname([{name}]) String name of font being used
231getfperm({fname}) String file permissions of file {fname}
232getfsize({fname}) Number size in bytes of file {fname}
233getftime({fname}) Number last modification time of file
234getftype({fname}) String description of type of file {fname}
235getimstatus() Number |TRUE| if the IME status is active
236getjumplist([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
237 List list of jump list items
238getline({lnum}) String line {lnum} of current buffer
239getline({lnum}, {end}) List lines {lnum} to {end} of current buffer
240getloclist({nr}) List list of location list items
241getloclist({nr}, {what}) Dict get specific location list properties
242getmarklist([{buf}]) List list of global/local marks
243getmatches([{win}]) List list of current matches
244getmousepos() Dict last known mouse position
245getpid() Number process ID of Vim
246getpos({expr}) List position of cursor, mark, etc.
247getqflist() List list of quickfix items
248getqflist({what}) Dict get specific quickfix list properties
249getreg([{regname} [, 1 [, {list}]]])
250 String or List contents of a register
251getreginfo([{regname}]) Dict information about a register
252getregtype([{regname}]) String type of a register
253gettabinfo([{expr}]) List list of tab pages
254gettabvar({nr}, {varname} [, {def}])
255 any variable {varname} in tab {nr} or {def}
256gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {name} [, {def}])
257 any {name} in {winnr} in tab page {tabnr}
258gettagstack([{nr}]) Dict get the tag stack of window {nr}
259gettext({text}) String lookup translation of {text}
260getwininfo([{winid}]) List list of info about each window
261getwinpos([{timeout}]) List X and Y coord in pixels of the Vim window
262getwinposx() Number X coord in pixels of the Vim window
263getwinposy() Number Y coord in pixels of the Vim window
264getwinvar({nr}, {varname} [, {def}])
265 any variable {varname} in window {nr}
266glob({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]])
267 any expand file wildcards in {expr}
268glob2regpat({expr}) String convert a glob pat into a search pat
269globpath({path}, {expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]])
270 String do glob({expr}) for all dirs in {path}
271has({feature} [, {check}]) Number |TRUE| if feature {feature} supported
272has_key({dict}, {key}) Number |TRUE| if {dict} has entry {key}
273haslocaldir([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
274 Number |TRUE| if the window executed |:lcd|
275 or |:tcd|
276hasmapto({what} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]])
277 Number |TRUE| if mapping to {what} exists
278histadd({history}, {item}) Number add an item to a history
279histdel({history} [, {item}]) Number remove an item from a history
280histget({history} [, {index}]) String get the item {index} from a history
281histnr({history}) Number highest index of a history
282hlID({name}) Number syntax ID of highlight group {name}
283hlexists({name}) Number |TRUE| if highlight group {name} exists
284hlget([{name} [, {resolve}]]) List get highlight group attributes
285hlset({list}) Number set highlight group attributes
286hostname() String name of the machine Vim is running on
287iconv({expr}, {from}, {to}) String convert encoding of {expr}
288indent({lnum}) Number indent of line {lnum}
289index({object}, {expr} [, {start} [, {ic}]])
290 Number index in {object} where {expr} appears
291input({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]])
292 String get input from the user
293inputdialog({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]])
294 String like input() but in a GUI dialog
295inputlist({textlist}) Number let the user pick from a choice list
296inputrestore() Number restore typeahead
297inputsave() Number save and clear typeahead
298inputsecret({prompt} [, {text}]) String like input() but hiding the text
299insert({object}, {item} [, {idx}]) List insert {item} in {object} [before {idx}]
300interrupt() none interrupt script execution
301invert({expr}) Number bitwise invert
LemonBoydca1d402022-04-28 15:26:33 +0100302isabsolutepath({path}) Number |TRUE| if {path} is an absolute path
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000303isdirectory({directory}) Number |TRUE| if {directory} is a directory
304isinf({expr}) Number determine if {expr} is infinity value
305 (positive or negative)
306islocked({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is locked
307isnan({expr}) Number |TRUE| if {expr} is NaN
308items({dict}) List key-value pairs in {dict}
309job_getchannel({job}) Channel get the channel handle for {job}
310job_info([{job}]) Dict get information about {job}
311job_setoptions({job}, {options}) none set options for {job}
312job_start({command} [, {options}])
313 Job start a job
314job_status({job}) String get the status of {job}
315job_stop({job} [, {how}]) Number stop {job}
316join({list} [, {sep}]) String join {list} items into one String
317js_decode({string}) any decode JS style JSON
318js_encode({expr}) String encode JS style JSON
319json_decode({string}) any decode JSON
320json_encode({expr}) String encode JSON
321keys({dict}) List keys in {dict}
322len({expr}) Number the length of {expr}
323libcall({lib}, {func}, {arg}) String call {func} in library {lib} with {arg}
324libcallnr({lib}, {func}, {arg}) Number idem, but return a Number
325line({expr} [, {winid}]) Number line nr of cursor, last line or mark
326line2byte({lnum}) Number byte count of line {lnum}
327lispindent({lnum}) Number Lisp indent for line {lnum}
328list2blob({list}) Blob turn {list} of numbers into a Blob
329list2str({list} [, {utf8}]) String turn {list} of numbers into a String
330listener_add({callback} [, {buf}])
331 Number add a callback to listen to changes
332listener_flush([{buf}]) none invoke listener callbacks
333listener_remove({id}) none remove a listener callback
334localtime() Number current time
335log({expr}) Float natural logarithm (base e) of {expr}
336log10({expr}) Float logarithm of Float {expr} to base 10
337luaeval({expr} [, {expr}]) any evaluate |Lua| expression
338map({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict/Blob/String
339 change each item in {expr1} to {expr2}
340maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict}]]])
341 String or Dict
342 rhs of mapping {name} in mode {mode}
343mapcheck({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]])
344 String check for mappings matching {name}
Ernie Rael09661202022-04-25 14:40:44 +0100345maplist([{abbr}]) List list of all mappings, a dict for each
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000346mapnew({expr1}, {expr2}) List/Dict/Blob/String
347 like |map()| but creates a new List or
348 Dictionary
349mapset({mode}, {abbr}, {dict}) none restore mapping from |maparg()| result
350match({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
351 Number position where {pat} matches in {expr}
352matchadd({group}, {pattern} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
353 Number highlight {pattern} with {group}
354matchaddpos({group}, {pos} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
355 Number highlight positions with {group}
356matcharg({nr}) List arguments of |:match|
357matchdelete({id} [, {win}]) Number delete match identified by {id}
358matchend({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
359 Number position where {pat} ends in {expr}
360matchfuzzy({list}, {str} [, {dict}])
361 List fuzzy match {str} in {list}
362matchfuzzypos({list}, {str} [, {dict}])
363 List fuzzy match {str} in {list}
364matchlist({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
365 List match and submatches of {pat} in {expr}
366matchstr({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
367 String {count}'th match of {pat} in {expr}
368matchstrpos({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]])
369 List {count}'th match of {pat} in {expr}
370max({expr}) Number maximum value of items in {expr}
371menu_info({name} [, {mode}]) Dict get menu item information
372min({expr}) Number minimum value of items in {expr}
373mkdir({name} [, {path} [, {prot}]])
374 Number create directory {name}
375mode([expr]) String current editing mode
376mzeval({expr}) any evaluate |MzScheme| expression
377nextnonblank({lnum}) Number line nr of non-blank line >= {lnum}
378nr2char({expr} [, {utf8}]) String single char with ASCII/UTF-8 value {expr}
379or({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise OR
380pathshorten({expr} [, {len}]) String shorten directory names in a path
381perleval({expr}) any evaluate |Perl| expression
382popup_atcursor({what}, {options}) Number create popup window near the cursor
383popup_beval({what}, {options}) Number create popup window for 'ballooneval'
384popup_clear() none close all popup windows
385popup_close({id} [, {result}]) none close popup window {id}
386popup_create({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window
387popup_dialog({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window used as a dialog
388popup_filter_menu({id}, {key}) Number filter for a menu popup window
389popup_filter_yesno({id}, {key}) Number filter for a dialog popup window
390popup_findinfo() Number get window ID of info popup window
391popup_findpreview() Number get window ID of preview popup window
392popup_getoptions({id}) Dict get options of popup window {id}
393popup_getpos({id}) Dict get position of popup window {id}
394popup_hide({id}) none hide popup menu {id}
395popup_list() List get a list of window IDs of all popups
396popup_locate({row}, {col}) Number get window ID of popup at position
397popup_menu({what}, {options}) Number create a popup window used as a menu
398popup_move({id}, {options}) none set position of popup window {id}
399popup_notification({what}, {options})
400 Number create a notification popup window
401popup_setoptions({id}, {options})
402 none set options for popup window {id}
403popup_settext({id}, {text}) none set the text of popup window {id}
404popup_show({id}) none unhide popup window {id}
405pow({x}, {y}) Float {x} to the power of {y}
406prevnonblank({lnum}) Number line nr of non-blank line <= {lnum}
407printf({fmt}, {expr1}...) String format text
408prompt_getprompt({buf}) String get prompt text
409prompt_setcallback({buf}, {expr}) none set prompt callback function
410prompt_setinterrupt({buf}, {text}) none set prompt interrupt function
411prompt_setprompt({buf}, {text}) none set prompt text
412prop_add({lnum}, {col}, {props}) none add one text property
413prop_add_list({props}, [[{lnum}, {col}, {end-lnum}, {end-col}], ...])
414 none add multiple text properties
415prop_clear({lnum} [, {lnum-end} [, {props}]])
416 none remove all text properties
417prop_find({props} [, {direction}])
418 Dict search for a text property
419prop_list({lnum} [, {props}]) List text properties in {lnum}
420prop_remove({props} [, {lnum} [, {lnum-end}]])
421 Number remove a text property
422prop_type_add({name}, {props}) none define a new property type
423prop_type_change({name}, {props})
424 none change an existing property type
425prop_type_delete({name} [, {props}])
426 none delete a property type
427prop_type_get({name} [, {props}])
428 Dict get property type values
429prop_type_list([{props}]) List get list of property types
430pum_getpos() Dict position and size of pum if visible
431pumvisible() Number whether popup menu is visible
432py3eval({expr}) any evaluate |python3| expression
433pyeval({expr}) any evaluate |Python| expression
434pyxeval({expr}) any evaluate |python_x| expression
435rand([{expr}]) Number get pseudo-random number
436range({expr} [, {max} [, {stride}]])
437 List items from {expr} to {max}
438readblob({fname}) Blob read a |Blob| from {fname}
439readdir({dir} [, {expr} [, {dict}]])
440 List file names in {dir} selected by {expr}
441readdirex({dir} [, {expr} [, {dict}]])
442 List file info in {dir} selected by {expr}
443readfile({fname} [, {type} [, {max}]])
444 List get list of lines from file {fname}
445reduce({object}, {func} [, {initial}])
446 any reduce {object} using {func}
447reg_executing() String get the executing register name
448reg_recording() String get the recording register name
449reltime([{start} [, {end}]]) List get time value
450reltimefloat({time}) Float turn the time value into a Float
451reltimestr({time}) String turn time value into a String
452remote_expr({server}, {string} [, {idvar} [, {timeout}]])
453 String send expression
454remote_foreground({server}) Number bring Vim server to the foreground
455remote_peek({serverid} [, {retvar}])
456 Number check for reply string
457remote_read({serverid} [, {timeout}])
458 String read reply string
459remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar}])
460 String send key sequence
461remote_startserver({name}) none become server {name}
462remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}]) any/List
463 remove items {idx}-{end} from {list}
464remove({blob}, {idx} [, {end}]) Number/Blob
465 remove bytes {idx}-{end} from {blob}
466remove({dict}, {key}) any remove entry {key} from {dict}
467rename({from}, {to}) Number rename (move) file from {from} to {to}
468repeat({expr}, {count}) String repeat {expr} {count} times
469resolve({filename}) String get filename a shortcut points to
470reverse({list}) List reverse {list} in-place
471round({expr}) Float round off {expr}
472rubyeval({expr}) any evaluate |Ruby| expression
473screenattr({row}, {col}) Number attribute at screen position
474screenchar({row}, {col}) Number character at screen position
475screenchars({row}, {col}) List List of characters at screen position
476screencol() Number current cursor column
477screenpos({winid}, {lnum}, {col}) Dict screen row and col of a text character
478screenrow() Number current cursor row
479screenstring({row}, {col}) String characters at screen position
480search({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
481 Number search for {pattern}
482searchcount([{options}]) Dict get or update search stats
483searchdecl({name} [, {global} [, {thisblock}]])
484 Number search for variable declaration
485searchpair({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip} [...]]])
486 Number search for other end of start/end pair
487searchpairpos({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip} [...]]])
488 List search for other end of start/end pair
489searchpos({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
490 List search for {pattern}
491server2client({clientid}, {string})
492 Number send reply string
493serverlist() String get a list of available servers
494setbufline({expr}, {lnum}, {text})
495 Number set line {lnum} to {text} in buffer
496 {expr}
497setbufvar({buf}, {varname}, {val})
498 none set {varname} in buffer {buf} to {val}
499setcellwidths({list}) none set character cell width overrides
500setcharpos({expr}, {list}) Number set the {expr} position to {list}
501setcharsearch({dict}) Dict set character search from {dict}
502setcmdpos({pos}) Number set cursor position in command-line
503setcursorcharpos({list}) Number move cursor to position in {list}
504setenv({name}, {val}) none set environment variable
505setfperm({fname}, {mode}) Number set {fname} file permissions to {mode}
506setline({lnum}, {line}) Number set line {lnum} to {line}
507setloclist({nr}, {list} [, {action}])
508 Number modify location list using {list}
509setloclist({nr}, {list}, {action}, {what})
510 Number modify specific location list props
511setmatches({list} [, {win}]) Number restore a list of matches
512setpos({expr}, {list}) Number set the {expr} position to {list}
513setqflist({list} [, {action}]) Number modify quickfix list using {list}
514setqflist({list}, {action}, {what})
515 Number modify specific quickfix list props
516setreg({n}, {v} [, {opt}]) Number set register to value and type
517settabvar({nr}, {varname}, {val}) none set {varname} in tab page {nr} to {val}
518settabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname}, {val})
519 none set {varname} in window {winnr} in tab
520 page {tabnr} to {val}
521settagstack({nr}, {dict} [, {action}])
522 Number modify tag stack using {dict}
523setwinvar({nr}, {varname}, {val}) none set {varname} in window {nr} to {val}
524sha256({string}) String SHA256 checksum of {string}
525shellescape({string} [, {special}])
526 String escape {string} for use as shell
527 command argument
528shiftwidth([{col}]) Number effective value of 'shiftwidth'
529sign_define({name} [, {dict}]) Number define or update a sign
530sign_define({list}) List define or update a list of signs
531sign_getdefined([{name}]) List get a list of defined signs
532sign_getplaced([{buf} [, {dict}]])
533 List get a list of placed signs
534sign_jump({id}, {group}, {buf})
535 Number jump to a sign
536sign_place({id}, {group}, {name}, {buf} [, {dict}])
537 Number place a sign
538sign_placelist({list}) List place a list of signs
539sign_undefine([{name}]) Number undefine a sign
540sign_undefine({list}) List undefine a list of signs
541sign_unplace({group} [, {dict}])
542 Number unplace a sign
543sign_unplacelist({list}) List unplace a list of signs
544simplify({filename}) String simplify filename as much as possible
545sin({expr}) Float sine of {expr}
546sinh({expr}) Float hyperbolic sine of {expr}
547slice({expr}, {start} [, {end}]) String, List or Blob
548 slice of a String, List or Blob
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +0000549sort({list} [, {how} [, {dict}]])
550 List sort {list}, compare with {how}
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000551sound_clear() none stop playing all sounds
552sound_playevent({name} [, {callback}])
553 Number play an event sound
554sound_playfile({path} [, {callback}])
555 Number play sound file {path}
556sound_stop({id}) none stop playing sound {id}
557soundfold({word}) String sound-fold {word}
558spellbadword() String badly spelled word at cursor
559spellsuggest({word} [, {max} [, {capital}]])
560 List spelling suggestions
561split({expr} [, {pat} [, {keepempty}]])
562 List make |List| from {pat} separated {expr}
563sqrt({expr}) Float square root of {expr}
564srand([{expr}]) List get seed for |rand()|
565state([{what}]) String current state of Vim
566str2float({expr} [, {quoted}]) Float convert String to Float
567str2list({expr} [, {utf8}]) List convert each character of {expr} to
568 ASCII/UTF-8 value
569str2nr({expr} [, {base} [, {quoted}]])
570 Number convert String to Number
571strcharlen({expr}) Number character length of the String {expr}
572strcharpart({str}, {start} [, {len} [, {skipcc}]])
573 String {len} characters of {str} at
574 character {start}
575strchars({expr} [, {skipcc}]) Number character count of the String {expr}
576strdisplaywidth({expr} [, {col}]) Number display length of the String {expr}
577strftime({format} [, {time}]) String format time with a specified format
578strgetchar({str}, {index}) Number get char {index} from {str}
579stridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}])
580 Number index of {needle} in {haystack}
581string({expr}) String String representation of {expr} value
582strlen({expr}) Number length of the String {expr}
583strpart({str}, {start} [, {len} [, {chars}]])
584 String {len} bytes/chars of {str} at
585 byte {start}
586strptime({format}, {timestring})
587 Number Convert {timestring} to unix timestamp
588strridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}])
589 Number last index of {needle} in {haystack}
590strtrans({expr}) String translate string to make it printable
591strwidth({expr}) Number display cell length of the String {expr}
592submatch({nr} [, {list}]) String or List
593 specific match in ":s" or substitute()
594substitute({expr}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags})
595 String all {pat} in {expr} replaced with {sub}
596swapinfo({fname}) Dict information about swap file {fname}
597swapname({buf}) String swap file of buffer {buf}
598synID({lnum}, {col}, {trans}) Number syntax ID at {lnum} and {col}
599synIDattr({synID}, {what} [, {mode}])
600 String attribute {what} of syntax ID {synID}
601synIDtrans({synID}) Number translated syntax ID of {synID}
602synconcealed({lnum}, {col}) List info about concealing
603synstack({lnum}, {col}) List stack of syntax IDs at {lnum} and {col}
604system({expr} [, {input}]) String output of shell command/filter {expr}
605systemlist({expr} [, {input}]) List output of shell command/filter {expr}
606tabpagebuflist([{arg}]) List list of buffer numbers in tab page
607tabpagenr([{arg}]) Number number of current or last tab page
608tabpagewinnr({tabarg} [, {arg}]) Number number of current window in tab page
609tagfiles() List tags files used
610taglist({expr} [, {filename}]) List list of tags matching {expr}
611tan({expr}) Float tangent of {expr}
612tanh({expr}) Float hyperbolic tangent of {expr}
613tempname() String name for a temporary file
614term_dumpdiff({filename}, {filename} [, {options}])
615 Number display difference between two dumps
616term_dumpload({filename} [, {options}])
617 Number displaying a screen dump
618term_dumpwrite({buf}, {filename} [, {options}])
619 none dump terminal window contents
620term_getaltscreen({buf}) Number get the alternate screen flag
621term_getansicolors({buf}) List get ANSI palette in GUI color mode
622term_getattr({attr}, {what}) Number get the value of attribute {what}
623term_getcursor({buf}) List get the cursor position of a terminal
624term_getjob({buf}) Job get the job associated with a terminal
625term_getline({buf}, {row}) String get a line of text from a terminal
626term_getscrolled({buf}) Number get the scroll count of a terminal
627term_getsize({buf}) List get the size of a terminal
628term_getstatus({buf}) String get the status of a terminal
629term_gettitle({buf}) String get the title of a terminal
630term_gettty({buf}, [{input}]) String get the tty name of a terminal
631term_list() List get the list of terminal buffers
632term_scrape({buf}, {row}) List get row of a terminal screen
633term_sendkeys({buf}, {keys}) none send keystrokes to a terminal
634term_setansicolors({buf}, {colors})
635 none set ANSI palette in GUI color mode
636term_setapi({buf}, {expr}) none set |terminal-api| function name prefix
637term_setkill({buf}, {how}) none set signal to stop job in terminal
638term_setrestore({buf}, {command}) none set command to restore terminal
639term_setsize({buf}, {rows}, {cols})
640 none set the size of a terminal
641term_start({cmd} [, {options}]) Number open a terminal window and run a job
642term_wait({buf} [, {time}]) Number wait for screen to be updated
643terminalprops() Dict properties of the terminal
644test_alloc_fail({id}, {countdown}, {repeat})
645 none make memory allocation fail
646test_autochdir() none enable 'autochdir' during startup
647test_feedinput({string}) none add key sequence to input buffer
648test_garbagecollect_now() none free memory right now for testing
649test_garbagecollect_soon() none free memory soon for testing
650test_getvalue({string}) any get value of an internal variable
Yegappan Lakshmanan06011e12022-01-30 12:37:29 +0000651test_gui_event({event}, {args}) bool generate a GUI event for testing
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000652test_ignore_error({expr}) none ignore a specific error
653test_null_blob() Blob null value for testing
654test_null_channel() Channel null value for testing
655test_null_dict() Dict null value for testing
656test_null_function() Funcref null value for testing
657test_null_job() Job null value for testing
658test_null_list() List null value for testing
659test_null_partial() Funcref null value for testing
660test_null_string() String null value for testing
661test_option_not_set({name}) none reset flag indicating option was set
662test_override({expr}, {val}) none test with Vim internal overrides
663test_refcount({expr}) Number get the reference count of {expr}
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000664test_setmouse({row}, {col}) none set the mouse position for testing
665test_settime({expr}) none set current time for testing
666test_srand_seed([seed]) none set seed for testing srand()
667test_unknown() any unknown value for testing
668test_void() any void value for testing
669timer_info([{id}]) List information about timers
670timer_pause({id}, {pause}) none pause or unpause a timer
671timer_start({time}, {callback} [, {options}])
672 Number create a timer
673timer_stop({timer}) none stop a timer
674timer_stopall() none stop all timers
675tolower({expr}) String the String {expr} switched to lowercase
676toupper({expr}) String the String {expr} switched to uppercase
677tr({src}, {fromstr}, {tostr}) String translate chars of {src} in {fromstr}
678 to chars in {tostr}
679trim({text} [, {mask} [, {dir}]])
680 String trim characters in {mask} from {text}
681trunc({expr}) Float truncate Float {expr}
682type({expr}) Number type of value {expr}
683typename({expr}) String representation of the type of {expr}
684undofile({name}) String undo file name for {name}
685undotree() List undo file tree
686uniq({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]])
687 List remove adjacent duplicates from a list
688values({dict}) List values in {dict}
689virtcol({expr}) Number screen column of cursor or mark
690visualmode([expr]) String last visual mode used
691wildmenumode() Number whether 'wildmenu' mode is active
692win_execute({id}, {command} [, {silent}])
693 String execute {command} in window {id}
694win_findbuf({bufnr}) List find windows containing {bufnr}
695win_getid([{win} [, {tab}]]) Number get window ID for {win} in {tab}
696win_gettype([{nr}]) String type of window {nr}
697win_gotoid({expr}) Number go to window with ID {expr}
698win_id2tabwin({expr}) List get tab and window nr from window ID
699win_id2win({expr}) Number get window nr from window ID
Daniel Steinbergee630312022-01-10 13:36:34 +0000700win_move_separator({nr}) Number move window vertical separator
701win_move_statusline({nr}) Number move window status line
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000702win_screenpos({nr}) List get screen position of window {nr}
703win_splitmove({nr}, {target} [, {options}])
704 Number move window {nr} to split of {target}
705winbufnr({nr}) Number buffer number of window {nr}
706wincol() Number window column of the cursor
707windowsversion() String MS-Windows OS version
708winheight({nr}) Number height of window {nr}
709winlayout([{tabnr}]) List layout of windows in tab {tabnr}
710winline() Number window line of the cursor
711winnr([{expr}]) Number number of current window
712winrestcmd() String returns command to restore window sizes
713winrestview({dict}) none restore view of current window
714winsaveview() Dict save view of current window
715winwidth({nr}) Number width of window {nr}
716wordcount() Dict get byte/char/word statistics
717writefile({object}, {fname} [, {flags}])
718 Number write |Blob| or |List| of lines to file
719xor({expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise XOR
720
721==============================================================================
7222. Details *builtin-function-details*
723
724Not all functions are here, some have been moved to a help file covering the
725specific functionality.
726
727abs({expr}) *abs()*
728 Return the absolute value of {expr}. When {expr} evaluates to
729 a |Float| abs() returns a |Float|. When {expr} can be
730 converted to a |Number| abs() returns a |Number|. Otherwise
731 abs() gives an error message and returns -1.
732 Examples: >
733 echo abs(1.456)
734< 1.456 >
735 echo abs(-5.456)
736< 5.456 >
737 echo abs(-4)
738< 4
739
740 Can also be used as a |method|: >
741 Compute()->abs()
742
743< {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
744
745
746acos({expr}) *acos()*
747 Return the arc cosine of {expr} measured in radians, as a
748 |Float| in the range of [0, pi].
749 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range
750 [-1, 1].
751 Examples: >
752 :echo acos(0)
753< 1.570796 >
754 :echo acos(-0.5)
755< 2.094395
756
757 Can also be used as a |method|: >
758 Compute()->acos()
759
760< {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
761
762
763add({object}, {expr}) *add()*
764 Append the item {expr} to |List| or |Blob| {object}. Returns
765 the resulting |List| or |Blob|. Examples: >
766 :let alist = add([1, 2, 3], item)
767 :call add(mylist, "woodstock")
768< Note that when {expr} is a |List| it is appended as a single
769 item. Use |extend()| to concatenate |Lists|.
770 When {object} is a |Blob| then {expr} must be a number.
771 Use |insert()| to add an item at another position.
772
773 Can also be used as a |method|: >
774 mylist->add(val1)->add(val2)
775
776
777and({expr}, {expr}) *and()*
778 Bitwise AND on the two arguments. The arguments are converted
779 to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error.
780 Example: >
781 :let flag = and(bits, 0x80)
782< Can also be used as a |method|: >
783 :let flag = bits->and(0x80)
784
785
786append({lnum}, {text}) *append()*
787 When {text} is a |List|: Append each item of the |List| as a
788 text line below line {lnum} in the current buffer.
789 Otherwise append {text} as one text line below line {lnum} in
790 the current buffer.
791 Any type of item is accepted and converted to a String.
792 {lnum} can be zero to insert a line before the first one.
793 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
794 Returns 1 for failure ({lnum} out of range or out of memory),
795 0 for success. In |Vim9| script an invalid argument or
796 negative number results in an error. Example: >
797 :let failed = append(line('$'), "# THE END")
798 :let failed = append(0, ["Chapter 1", "the beginning"])
799
800< Can also be used as a |method| after a List, the base is
801 passed as the second argument: >
802 mylist->append(lnum)
803
804
805appendbufline({buf}, {lnum}, {text}) *appendbufline()*
806 Like |append()| but append the text in buffer {buf}.
807
808 This function works only for loaded buffers. First call
809 |bufload()| if needed.
810
811 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()|.
812
Bram Moolenaar8b6256f2021-12-28 11:24:49 +0000813 {lnum} is the line number to append below. Note that using
814 |line()| would use the current buffer, not the one appending
815 to. Use "$" to append at the end of the buffer. Other string
816 values are not supported.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000817
818 On success 0 is returned, on failure 1 is returned.
819 In |Vim9| script an error is given for an invalid {lnum}.
820
821 If {buf} is not a valid buffer or {lnum} is not valid, an
822 error message is given. Example: >
823 :let failed = appendbufline(13, 0, "# THE START")
824<
825 Can also be used as a |method| after a List, the base is
826 passed as the second argument: >
827 mylist->appendbufline(buf, lnum)
828
829
830argc([{winid}]) *argc()*
831 The result is the number of files in the argument list. See
832 |arglist|.
833 If {winid} is not supplied, the argument list of the current
834 window is used.
835 If {winid} is -1, the global argument list is used.
836 Otherwise {winid} specifies the window of which the argument
837 list is used: either the window number or the window ID.
838 Returns -1 if the {winid} argument is invalid.
839
840 *argidx()*
841argidx() The result is the current index in the argument list. 0 is
842 the first file. argc() - 1 is the last one. See |arglist|.
843
844 *arglistid()*
845arglistid([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
846 Return the argument list ID. This is a number which
847 identifies the argument list being used. Zero is used for the
848 global argument list. See |arglist|.
849 Returns -1 if the arguments are invalid.
850
851 Without arguments use the current window.
852 With {winnr} only use this window in the current tab page.
853 With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab
854 page.
855 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
856
857 *argv()*
858argv([{nr} [, {winid}]])
859 The result is the {nr}th file in the argument list. See
860 |arglist|. "argv(0)" is the first one. Example: >
861 :let i = 0
862 :while i < argc()
863 : let f = escape(fnameescape(argv(i)), '.')
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +0000864 : exe 'amenu Arg.' .. f .. ' :e ' .. f .. '<CR>'
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +0000865 : let i = i + 1
866 :endwhile
867< Without the {nr} argument, or when {nr} is -1, a |List| with
868 the whole |arglist| is returned.
869
870 The {winid} argument specifies the window ID, see |argc()|.
871 For the Vim command line arguments see |v:argv|.
872
873asin({expr}) *asin()*
874 Return the arc sine of {expr} measured in radians, as a |Float|
875 in the range of [-pi/2, pi/2].
876 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range
877 [-1, 1].
878 Examples: >
879 :echo asin(0.8)
880< 0.927295 >
881 :echo asin(-0.5)
882< -0.523599
883
884 Can also be used as a |method|: >
885 Compute()->asin()
886<
887 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
888
889
890assert_ functions are documented here: |assert-functions-details|
891
892
893
894atan({expr}) *atan()*
895 Return the principal value of the arc tangent of {expr}, in
896 the range [-pi/2, +pi/2] radians, as a |Float|.
897 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
898 Examples: >
899 :echo atan(100)
900< 1.560797 >
901 :echo atan(-4.01)
902< -1.326405
903
904 Can also be used as a |method|: >
905 Compute()->atan()
906<
907 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
908
909
910atan2({expr1}, {expr2}) *atan2()*
911 Return the arc tangent of {expr1} / {expr2}, measured in
912 radians, as a |Float| in the range [-pi, pi].
913 {expr1} and {expr2} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
914 Examples: >
915 :echo atan2(-1, 1)
916< -0.785398 >
917 :echo atan2(1, -1)
918< 2.356194
919
920 Can also be used as a |method|: >
921 Compute()->atan2(1)
922<
923 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
924
925balloon_gettext() *balloon_gettext()*
926 Return the current text in the balloon. Only for the string,
927 not used for the List.
928
929balloon_show({expr}) *balloon_show()*
930 Show {expr} inside the balloon. For the GUI {expr} is used as
931 a string. For a terminal {expr} can be a list, which contains
932 the lines of the balloon. If {expr} is not a list it will be
933 split with |balloon_split()|.
934 If {expr} is an empty string any existing balloon is removed.
935
936 Example: >
937 func GetBalloonContent()
938 " ... initiate getting the content
939 return ''
940 endfunc
941 set balloonexpr=GetBalloonContent()
942
943 func BalloonCallback(result)
944 call balloon_show(a:result)
945 endfunc
946< Can also be used as a |method|: >
947 GetText()->balloon_show()
948<
949 The intended use is that fetching the content of the balloon
950 is initiated from 'balloonexpr'. It will invoke an
951 asynchronous method, in which a callback invokes
952 balloon_show(). The 'balloonexpr' itself can return an
953 empty string or a placeholder.
954
955 When showing a balloon is not possible nothing happens, no
956 error message.
957 {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval| or
958 |+balloon_eval_term| feature}
959
960balloon_split({msg}) *balloon_split()*
961 Split String {msg} into lines to be displayed in a balloon.
962 The splits are made for the current window size and optimize
963 to show debugger output.
964 Returns a |List| with the split lines.
965 Can also be used as a |method|: >
966 GetText()->balloon_split()->balloon_show()
967
968< {only available when compiled with the |+balloon_eval_term|
969 feature}
970
971blob2list({blob}) *blob2list()*
972 Return a List containing the number value of each byte in Blob
973 {blob}. Examples: >
974 blob2list(0z0102.0304) returns [1, 2, 3, 4]
975 blob2list(0z) returns []
976< Returns an empty List on error. |list2blob()| does the
977 opposite.
978
979 Can also be used as a |method|: >
980 GetBlob()->blob2list()
981
982 *browse()*
983browse({save}, {title}, {initdir}, {default})
984 Put up a file requester. This only works when "has("browse")"
985 returns |TRUE| (only in some GUI versions).
986 The input fields are:
987 {save} when |TRUE|, select file to write
988 {title} title for the requester
989 {initdir} directory to start browsing in
990 {default} default file name
991 An empty string is returned when the "Cancel" button is hit,
992 something went wrong, or browsing is not possible.
993
994 *browsedir()*
995browsedir({title}, {initdir})
996 Put up a directory requester. This only works when
997 "has("browse")" returns |TRUE| (only in some GUI versions).
998 On systems where a directory browser is not supported a file
999 browser is used. In that case: select a file in the directory
1000 to be used.
1001 The input fields are:
1002 {title} title for the requester
1003 {initdir} directory to start browsing in
1004 When the "Cancel" button is hit, something went wrong, or
1005 browsing is not possible, an empty string is returned.
1006
1007bufadd({name}) *bufadd()*
1008 Add a buffer to the buffer list with String {name}.
1009 If a buffer for file {name} already exists, return that buffer
1010 number. Otherwise return the buffer number of the newly
1011 created buffer. When {name} is an empty string then a new
1012 buffer is always created.
1013 The buffer will not have 'buflisted' set and not be loaded
1014 yet. To add some text to the buffer use this: >
1015 let bufnr = bufadd('someName')
1016 call bufload(bufnr)
1017 call setbufline(bufnr, 1, ['some', 'text'])
1018< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1019 let bufnr = 'somename'->bufadd()
1020
1021bufexists({buf}) *bufexists()*
1022 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called
1023 {buf} exists.
1024 If the {buf} argument is a number, buffer numbers are used.
1025 Number zero is the alternate buffer for the current window.
1026
1027 If the {buf} argument is a string it must match a buffer name
1028 exactly. The name can be:
1029 - Relative to the current directory.
1030 - A full path.
1031 - The name of a buffer with 'buftype' set to "nofile".
1032 - A URL name.
1033 Unlisted buffers will be found.
1034 Note that help files are listed by their short name in the
1035 output of |:buffers|, but bufexists() requires using their
1036 long name to be able to find them.
1037 bufexists() may report a buffer exists, but to use the name
1038 with a |:buffer| command you may need to use |expand()|. Esp
1039 for MS-Windows 8.3 names in the form "c:\DOCUME~1"
1040 Use "bufexists(0)" to test for the existence of an alternate
1041 file name.
1042
1043 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1044 let exists = 'somename'->bufexists()
1045<
1046 Obsolete name: buffer_exists(). *buffer_exists()*
1047
1048buflisted({buf}) *buflisted()*
1049 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called
1050 {buf} exists and is listed (has the 'buflisted' option set).
1051 The {buf} argument is used like with |bufexists()|.
1052
1053 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1054 let listed = 'somename'->buflisted()
1055
1056bufload({buf}) *bufload()*
1057 Ensure the buffer {buf} is loaded. When the buffer name
1058 refers to an existing file then the file is read. Otherwise
1059 the buffer will be empty. If the buffer was already loaded
1060 then there is no change.
1061 If there is an existing swap file for the file of the buffer,
1062 there will be no dialog, the buffer will be loaded anyway.
1063 The {buf} argument is used like with |bufexists()|.
1064
1065 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1066 eval 'somename'->bufload()
1067
1068bufloaded({buf}) *bufloaded()*
1069 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if a buffer called
1070 {buf} exists and is loaded (shown in a window or hidden).
1071 The {buf} argument is used like with |bufexists()|.
1072
1073 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1074 let loaded = 'somename'->bufloaded()
1075
1076bufname([{buf}]) *bufname()*
1077 The result is the name of a buffer. Mostly as it is displayed
1078 by the `:ls` command, but not using special names such as
1079 "[No Name]".
1080 If {buf} is omitted the current buffer is used.
1081 If {buf} is a Number, that buffer number's name is given.
1082 Number zero is the alternate buffer for the current window.
1083 If {buf} is a String, it is used as a |file-pattern| to match
1084 with the buffer names. This is always done like 'magic' is
1085 set and 'cpoptions' is empty. When there is more than one
1086 match an empty string is returned.
1087 "" or "%" can be used for the current buffer, "#" for the
1088 alternate buffer.
1089 A full match is preferred, otherwise a match at the start, end
1090 or middle of the buffer name is accepted. If you only want a
1091 full match then put "^" at the start and "$" at the end of the
1092 pattern.
1093 Listed buffers are found first. If there is a single match
1094 with a listed buffer, that one is returned. Next unlisted
1095 buffers are searched for.
1096 If the {buf} is a String, but you want to use it as a buffer
1097 number, force it to be a Number by adding zero to it: >
1098 :echo bufname("3" + 0)
1099< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1100 echo bufnr->bufname()
1101
1102< If the buffer doesn't exist, or doesn't have a name, an empty
1103 string is returned. >
1104 bufname("#") alternate buffer name
1105 bufname(3) name of buffer 3
1106 bufname("%") name of current buffer
1107 bufname("file2") name of buffer where "file2" matches.
1108< *buffer_name()*
1109 Obsolete name: buffer_name().
1110
1111 *bufnr()*
1112bufnr([{buf} [, {create}]])
1113 The result is the number of a buffer, as it is displayed by
1114 the `:ls` command. For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()|
1115 above.
1116
1117 If the buffer doesn't exist, -1 is returned. Or, if the
1118 {create} argument is present and TRUE, a new, unlisted,
1119 buffer is created and its number is returned. Example: >
1120 let newbuf = bufnr('Scratch001', 1)
1121< Using an empty name uses the current buffer. To create a new
1122 buffer with an empty name use |bufadd()|.
1123
1124 bufnr("$") is the last buffer: >
1125 :let last_buffer = bufnr("$")
1126< The result is a Number, which is the highest buffer number
1127 of existing buffers. Note that not all buffers with a smaller
1128 number necessarily exist, because ":bwipeout" may have removed
1129 them. Use bufexists() to test for the existence of a buffer.
1130
1131 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1132 echo bufref->bufnr()
1133<
1134 Obsolete name: buffer_number(). *buffer_number()*
1135 *last_buffer_nr()*
1136 Obsolete name for bufnr("$"): last_buffer_nr().
1137
1138bufwinid({buf}) *bufwinid()*
1139 The result is a Number, which is the |window-ID| of the first
1140 window associated with buffer {buf}. For the use of {buf},
1141 see |bufname()| above. If buffer {buf} doesn't exist or
1142 there is no such window, -1 is returned. Example: >
1143
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001144 echo "A window containing buffer 1 is " .. (bufwinid(1))
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001145<
1146 Only deals with the current tab page.
1147
1148 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1149 FindBuffer()->bufwinid()
1150
1151bufwinnr({buf}) *bufwinnr()*
1152 Like |bufwinid()| but return the window number instead of the
1153 |window-ID|.
1154 If buffer {buf} doesn't exist or there is no such window, -1
1155 is returned. Example: >
1156
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001157 echo "A window containing buffer 1 is " .. (bufwinnr(1))
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001158
1159< The number can be used with |CTRL-W_w| and ":wincmd w"
1160 |:wincmd|.
1161
1162 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1163 FindBuffer()->bufwinnr()
1164
1165byte2line({byte}) *byte2line()*
1166 Return the line number that contains the character at byte
1167 count {byte} in the current buffer. This includes the
1168 end-of-line character, depending on the 'fileformat' option
1169 for the current buffer. The first character has byte count
1170 one.
1171 Also see |line2byte()|, |go| and |:goto|.
1172
1173 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1174 GetOffset()->byte2line()
1175
1176< {not available when compiled without the |+byte_offset|
1177 feature}
1178
1179byteidx({expr}, {nr}) *byteidx()*
1180 Return byte index of the {nr}'th character in the String
1181 {expr}. Use zero for the first character, it then returns
1182 zero.
1183 If there are no multibyte characters the returned value is
1184 equal to {nr}.
1185 Composing characters are not counted separately, their byte
1186 length is added to the preceding base character. See
1187 |byteidxcomp()| below for counting composing characters
1188 separately.
1189 Example : >
1190 echo matchstr(str, ".", byteidx(str, 3))
1191< will display the fourth character. Another way to do the
1192 same: >
1193 let s = strpart(str, byteidx(str, 3))
1194 echo strpart(s, 0, byteidx(s, 1))
1195< Also see |strgetchar()| and |strcharpart()|.
1196
1197 If there are less than {nr} characters -1 is returned.
1198 If there are exactly {nr} characters the length of the string
1199 in bytes is returned.
1200
1201 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1202 GetName()->byteidx(idx)
1203
1204byteidxcomp({expr}, {nr}) *byteidxcomp()*
1205 Like byteidx(), except that a composing character is counted
1206 as a separate character. Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001207 let s = 'e' .. nr2char(0x301)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001208 echo byteidx(s, 1)
1209 echo byteidxcomp(s, 1)
1210 echo byteidxcomp(s, 2)
1211< The first and third echo result in 3 ('e' plus composing
1212 character is 3 bytes), the second echo results in 1 ('e' is
1213 one byte).
1214 Only works differently from byteidx() when 'encoding' is set
1215 to a Unicode encoding.
1216
1217 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1218 GetName()->byteidxcomp(idx)
1219
1220call({func}, {arglist} [, {dict}]) *call()* *E699*
1221 Call function {func} with the items in |List| {arglist} as
1222 arguments.
1223 {func} can either be a |Funcref| or the name of a function.
1224 a:firstline and a:lastline are set to the cursor line.
1225 Returns the return value of the called function.
1226 {dict} is for functions with the "dict" attribute. It will be
1227 used to set the local variable "self". |Dictionary-function|
1228
1229 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1230 GetFunc()->call([arg, arg], dict)
1231
1232ceil({expr}) *ceil()*
1233 Return the smallest integral value greater than or equal to
1234 {expr} as a |Float| (round up).
1235 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
1236 Examples: >
1237 echo ceil(1.456)
1238< 2.0 >
1239 echo ceil(-5.456)
1240< -5.0 >
1241 echo ceil(4.0)
1242< 4.0
1243
1244 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1245 Compute()->ceil()
1246<
1247 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
1248
1249
1250ch_ functions are documented here: |channel-functions-details|
1251
1252
1253changenr() *changenr()*
1254 Return the number of the most recent change. This is the same
1255 number as what is displayed with |:undolist| and can be used
1256 with the |:undo| command.
1257 When a change was made it is the number of that change. After
1258 redo it is the number of the redone change. After undo it is
1259 one less than the number of the undone change.
1260
1261char2nr({string} [, {utf8}]) *char2nr()*
1262 Return number value of the first char in {string}.
1263 Examples: >
1264 char2nr(" ") returns 32
1265 char2nr("ABC") returns 65
1266< When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
1267 Example for "utf-8": >
1268 char2nr("á") returns 225
1269 char2nr("á"[0]) returns 195
1270< When {utf8} is TRUE, always treat as UTF-8 characters.
1271 A combining character is a separate character.
1272 |nr2char()| does the opposite.
1273 To turn a string into a list of character numbers: >
1274 let str = "ABC"
1275 let list = map(split(str, '\zs'), {_, val -> char2nr(val)})
1276< Result: [65, 66, 67]
1277
1278 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1279 GetChar()->char2nr()
1280
1281
1282charclass({string}) *charclass()*
1283 Return the character class of the first character in {string}.
1284 The character class is one of:
1285 0 blank
1286 1 punctuation
1287 2 word character
1288 3 emoji
1289 other specific Unicode class
1290 The class is used in patterns and word motions.
1291
1292
1293charcol({expr}) *charcol()*
1294 Same as |col()| but returns the character index of the column
1295 position given with {expr} instead of the byte position.
1296
1297 Example:
1298 With the cursor on '세' in line 5 with text "여보세요": >
1299 charcol('.') returns 3
1300 col('.') returns 7
1301
1302< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1303 GetPos()->col()
1304<
1305 *charidx()*
1306charidx({string}, {idx} [, {countcc}])
1307 Return the character index of the byte at {idx} in {string}.
1308 The index of the first character is zero.
1309 If there are no multibyte characters the returned value is
1310 equal to {idx}.
1311 When {countcc} is omitted or |FALSE|, then composing characters
1312 are not counted separately, their byte length is
1313 added to the preceding base character.
1314 When {countcc} is |TRUE|, then composing characters are
1315 counted as separate characters.
1316 Returns -1 if the arguments are invalid or if {idx} is greater
1317 than the index of the last byte in {string}. An error is
1318 given if the first argument is not a string, the second
1319 argument is not a number or when the third argument is present
1320 and is not zero or one.
1321 See |byteidx()| and |byteidxcomp()| for getting the byte index
1322 from the character index.
1323 Examples: >
1324 echo charidx('áb́ć', 3) returns 1
1325 echo charidx('áb́ć', 6, 1) returns 4
1326 echo charidx('áb́ć', 16) returns -1
1327<
1328 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1329 GetName()->charidx(idx)
1330
1331chdir({dir}) *chdir()*
1332 Change the current working directory to {dir}. The scope of
1333 the directory change depends on the directory of the current
1334 window:
1335 - If the current window has a window-local directory
1336 (|:lcd|), then changes the window local directory.
1337 - Otherwise, if the current tabpage has a local
1338 directory (|:tcd|) then changes the tabpage local
1339 directory.
1340 - Otherwise, changes the global directory.
1341 {dir} must be a String.
1342 If successful, returns the previous working directory. Pass
1343 this to another chdir() to restore the directory.
1344 On failure, returns an empty string.
1345
1346 Example: >
1347 let save_dir = chdir(newdir)
1348 if save_dir != ""
1349 " ... do some work
1350 call chdir(save_dir)
1351 endif
1352
1353< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1354 GetDir()->chdir()
1355<
1356cindent({lnum}) *cindent()*
1357 Get the amount of indent for line {lnum} according the C
1358 indenting rules, as with 'cindent'.
1359 The indent is counted in spaces, the value of 'tabstop' is
1360 relevant. {lnum} is used just like in |getline()|.
1361 When {lnum} is invalid or Vim was not compiled the |+cindent|
1362 feature, -1 is returned.
1363 See |C-indenting|.
1364
1365 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1366 GetLnum()->cindent()
1367
1368clearmatches([{win}]) *clearmatches()*
1369 Clears all matches previously defined for the current window
1370 by |matchadd()| and the |:match| commands.
1371 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
1372 window ID instead of the current window.
1373
1374 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1375 GetWin()->clearmatches()
1376<
1377 *col()*
1378col({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the byte index of the column
1379 position given with {expr}. The accepted positions are:
1380 . the cursor position
1381 $ the end of the cursor line (the result is the
1382 number of bytes in the cursor line plus one)
1383 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is
1384 returned)
1385 v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the
1386 cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode
1387 returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in
1388 that it's updated right away.
1389 Additionally {expr} can be [lnum, col]: a |List| with the line
1390 and column number. Most useful when the column is "$", to get
1391 the last column of a specific line. When "lnum" or "col" is
1392 out of range then col() returns zero.
1393 To get the line number use |line()|. To get both use
1394 |getpos()|.
1395 For the screen column position use |virtcol()|. For the
1396 character position use |charcol()|.
1397 Note that only marks in the current file can be used.
1398 Examples: >
1399 col(".") column of cursor
1400 col("$") length of cursor line plus one
1401 col("'t") column of mark t
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001402 col("'" .. markname) column of mark markname
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001403< The first column is 1. 0 is returned for an error.
1404 For an uppercase mark the column may actually be in another
1405 buffer.
1406 For the cursor position, when 'virtualedit' is active, the
1407 column is one higher if the cursor is after the end of the
1408 line. This can be used to obtain the column in Insert mode: >
1409 :imap <F2> <C-O>:let save_ve = &ve<CR>
1410 \<C-O>:set ve=all<CR>
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00001411 \<C-O>:echo col(".") .. "\n" <Bar>
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001412 \let &ve = save_ve<CR>
1413
1414< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1415 GetPos()->col()
1416<
1417
1418complete({startcol}, {matches}) *complete()* *E785*
1419 Set the matches for Insert mode completion.
1420 Can only be used in Insert mode. You need to use a mapping
1421 with CTRL-R = (see |i_CTRL-R|). It does not work after CTRL-O
1422 or with an expression mapping.
1423 {startcol} is the byte offset in the line where the completed
1424 text start. The text up to the cursor is the original text
1425 that will be replaced by the matches. Use col('.') for an
1426 empty string. "col('.') - 1" will replace one character by a
1427 match.
1428 {matches} must be a |List|. Each |List| item is one match.
1429 See |complete-items| for the kind of items that are possible.
1430 "longest" in 'completeopt' is ignored.
1431 Note that the after calling this function you need to avoid
1432 inserting anything that would cause completion to stop.
1433 The match can be selected with CTRL-N and CTRL-P as usual with
1434 Insert mode completion. The popup menu will appear if
1435 specified, see |ins-completion-menu|.
1436 Example: >
1437 inoremap <F5> <C-R>=ListMonths()<CR>
1438
1439 func! ListMonths()
1440 call complete(col('.'), ['January', 'February', 'March',
1441 \ 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September',
1442 \ 'October', 'November', 'December'])
1443 return ''
1444 endfunc
1445< This isn't very useful, but it shows how it works. Note that
1446 an empty string is returned to avoid a zero being inserted.
1447
1448 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
1449 second argument: >
1450 GetMatches()->complete(col('.'))
1451
1452complete_add({expr}) *complete_add()*
1453 Add {expr} to the list of matches. Only to be used by the
1454 function specified with the 'completefunc' option.
1455 Returns 0 for failure (empty string or out of memory),
1456 1 when the match was added, 2 when the match was already in
1457 the list.
1458 See |complete-functions| for an explanation of {expr}. It is
1459 the same as one item in the list that 'omnifunc' would return.
1460
1461 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1462 GetMoreMatches()->complete_add()
1463
1464complete_check() *complete_check()*
1465 Check for a key typed while looking for completion matches.
1466 This is to be used when looking for matches takes some time.
1467 Returns |TRUE| when searching for matches is to be aborted,
1468 zero otherwise.
1469 Only to be used by the function specified with the
1470 'completefunc' option.
1471
1472
1473complete_info([{what}]) *complete_info()*
1474 Returns a |Dictionary| with information about Insert mode
1475 completion. See |ins-completion|.
1476 The items are:
1477 mode Current completion mode name string.
1478 See |complete_info_mode| for the values.
1479 pum_visible |TRUE| if popup menu is visible.
1480 See |pumvisible()|.
1481 items List of completion matches. Each item is a
1482 dictionary containing the entries "word",
1483 "abbr", "menu", "kind", "info" and "user_data".
1484 See |complete-items|.
1485 selected Selected item index. First index is zero.
1486 Index is -1 if no item is selected (showing
1487 typed text only, or the last completion after
1488 no item is selected when using the <Up> or
1489 <Down> keys)
1490 inserted Inserted string. [NOT IMPLEMENT YET]
1491
1492 *complete_info_mode*
1493 mode values are:
1494 "" Not in completion mode
1495 "keyword" Keyword completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-N|
1496 "ctrl_x" Just pressed CTRL-X |i_CTRL-X|
1497 "scroll" Scrolling with |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-E| or
1498 |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-Y|
1499 "whole_line" Whole lines |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-L|
1500 "files" File names |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-F|
1501 "tags" Tags |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-]|
1502 "path_defines" Definition completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-D|
1503 "path_patterns" Include completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-I|
1504 "dictionary" Dictionary |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-K|
1505 "thesaurus" Thesaurus |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-T|
1506 "cmdline" Vim Command line |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-V|
1507 "function" User defined completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-U|
1508 "omni" Omni completion |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O|
1509 "spell" Spelling suggestions |i_CTRL-X_s|
1510 "eval" |complete()| completion
1511 "unknown" Other internal modes
1512
1513 If the optional {what} list argument is supplied, then only
1514 the items listed in {what} are returned. Unsupported items in
1515 {what} are silently ignored.
1516
1517 To get the position and size of the popup menu, see
1518 |pum_getpos()|. It's also available in |v:event| during the
1519 |CompleteChanged| event.
1520
1521 Examples: >
1522 " Get all items
1523 call complete_info()
1524 " Get only 'mode'
1525 call complete_info(['mode'])
1526 " Get only 'mode' and 'pum_visible'
1527 call complete_info(['mode', 'pum_visible'])
1528
1529< Can also be used as a |method|: >
1530 GetItems()->complete_info()
1531<
1532 *confirm()*
1533confirm({msg} [, {choices} [, {default} [, {type}]]])
1534 confirm() offers the user a dialog, from which a choice can be
1535 made. It returns the number of the choice. For the first
1536 choice this is 1.
1537 Note: confirm() is only supported when compiled with dialog
1538 support, see |+dialog_con| and |+dialog_gui|.
1539
1540 {msg} is displayed in a |dialog| with {choices} as the
1541 alternatives. When {choices} is missing or empty, "&OK" is
1542 used (and translated).
1543 {msg} is a String, use '\n' to include a newline. Only on
1544 some systems the string is wrapped when it doesn't fit.
1545
1546 {choices} is a String, with the individual choices separated
1547 by '\n', e.g. >
1548 confirm("Save changes?", "&Yes\n&No\n&Cancel")
1549< The letter after the '&' is the shortcut key for that choice.
1550 Thus you can type 'c' to select "Cancel". The shortcut does
1551 not need to be the first letter: >
1552 confirm("file has been modified", "&Save\nSave &All")
1553< For the console, the first letter of each choice is used as
1554 the default shortcut key. Case is ignored.
1555
1556 The optional {default} argument is the number of the choice
1557 that is made if the user hits <CR>. Use 1 to make the first
1558 choice the default one. Use 0 to not set a default. If
1559 {default} is omitted, 1 is used.
1560
1561 The optional {type} String argument gives the type of dialog.
1562 This is only used for the icon of the GTK, Mac, Motif and
1563 Win32 GUI. It can be one of these values: "Error",
1564 "Question", "Info", "Warning" or "Generic". Only the first
1565 character is relevant. When {type} is omitted, "Generic" is
1566 used.
1567
1568 If the user aborts the dialog by pressing <Esc>, CTRL-C,
1569 or another valid interrupt key, confirm() returns 0.
1570
1571 An example: >
Bram Moolenaar46eea442022-03-30 10:51:39 +01001572 let choice = confirm("What do you want?",
1573 \ "&Apples\n&Oranges\n&Bananas", 2)
1574 if choice == 0
1575 echo "make up your mind!"
1576 elseif choice == 3
1577 echo "tasteful"
1578 else
1579 echo "I prefer bananas myself."
1580 endif
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001581< In a GUI dialog, buttons are used. The layout of the buttons
1582 depends on the 'v' flag in 'guioptions'. If it is included,
1583 the buttons are always put vertically. Otherwise, confirm()
1584 tries to put the buttons in one horizontal line. If they
1585 don't fit, a vertical layout is used anyway. For some systems
1586 the horizontal layout is always used.
1587
1588 Can also be used as a |method|in: >
1589 BuildMessage()->confirm("&Yes\n&No")
1590<
1591 *copy()*
1592copy({expr}) Make a copy of {expr}. For Numbers and Strings this isn't
1593 different from using {expr} directly.
1594 When {expr} is a |List| a shallow copy is created. This means
1595 that the original |List| can be changed without changing the
1596 copy, and vice versa. But the items are identical, thus
1597 changing an item changes the contents of both |Lists|.
1598 A |Dictionary| is copied in a similar way as a |List|.
1599 Also see |deepcopy()|.
1600 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1601 mylist->copy()
1602
1603cos({expr}) *cos()*
1604 Return the cosine of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|.
1605 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
1606 Examples: >
1607 :echo cos(100)
1608< 0.862319 >
1609 :echo cos(-4.01)
1610< -0.646043
1611
1612 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1613 Compute()->cos()
1614<
1615 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
1616
1617
1618cosh({expr}) *cosh()*
1619 Return the hyperbolic cosine of {expr} as a |Float| in the range
1620 [1, inf].
1621 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
1622 Examples: >
1623 :echo cosh(0.5)
1624< 1.127626 >
1625 :echo cosh(-0.5)
1626< -1.127626
1627
1628 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1629 Compute()->cosh()
1630<
1631 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
1632
1633
1634count({comp}, {expr} [, {ic} [, {start}]]) *count()*
1635 Return the number of times an item with value {expr} appears
1636 in |String|, |List| or |Dictionary| {comp}.
1637
1638 If {start} is given then start with the item with this index.
1639 {start} can only be used with a |List|.
1640
1641 When {ic} is given and it's |TRUE| then case is ignored.
1642
1643 When {comp} is a string then the number of not overlapping
1644 occurrences of {expr} is returned. Zero is returned when
1645 {expr} is an empty string.
1646
1647 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1648 mylist->count(val)
1649<
1650 *cscope_connection()*
1651cscope_connection([{num} , {dbpath} [, {prepend}]])
1652 Checks for the existence of a |cscope| connection. If no
1653 parameters are specified, then the function returns:
1654 0, if cscope was not available (not compiled in), or
1655 if there are no cscope connections;
1656 1, if there is at least one cscope connection.
1657
1658 If parameters are specified, then the value of {num}
1659 determines how existence of a cscope connection is checked:
1660
1661 {num} Description of existence check
1662 ----- ------------------------------
1663 0 Same as no parameters (e.g., "cscope_connection()").
1664 1 Ignore {prepend}, and use partial string matches for
1665 {dbpath}.
1666 2 Ignore {prepend}, and use exact string matches for
1667 {dbpath}.
1668 3 Use {prepend}, use partial string matches for both
1669 {dbpath} and {prepend}.
1670 4 Use {prepend}, use exact string matches for both
1671 {dbpath} and {prepend}.
1672
1673 Note: All string comparisons are case sensitive!
1674
1675 Examples. Suppose we had the following (from ":cs show"): >
1676
1677 # pid database name prepend path
1678 0 27664 cscope.out /usr/local
1679<
1680 Invocation Return Val ~
1681 ---------- ---------- >
1682 cscope_connection() 1
1683 cscope_connection(1, "out") 1
1684 cscope_connection(2, "out") 0
1685 cscope_connection(3, "out") 0
1686 cscope_connection(3, "out", "local") 1
1687 cscope_connection(4, "out") 0
1688 cscope_connection(4, "out", "local") 0
1689 cscope_connection(4, "cscope.out", "/usr/local") 1
1690<
1691cursor({lnum}, {col} [, {off}]) *cursor()*
1692cursor({list})
1693 Positions the cursor at the column (byte count) {col} in the
1694 line {lnum}. The first column is one.
1695
1696 When there is one argument {list} this is used as a |List|
1697 with two, three or four item:
1698 [{lnum}, {col}]
1699 [{lnum}, {col}, {off}]
1700 [{lnum}, {col}, {off}, {curswant}]
1701 This is like the return value of |getpos()| or |getcurpos()|,
1702 but without the first item.
1703
1704 To position the cursor using the character count, use
1705 |setcursorcharpos()|.
1706
1707 Does not change the jumplist.
1708 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
1709 If {lnum} is greater than the number of lines in the buffer,
1710 the cursor will be positioned at the last line in the buffer.
1711 If {lnum} is zero, the cursor will stay in the current line.
1712 If {col} is greater than the number of bytes in the line,
1713 the cursor will be positioned at the last character in the
1714 line.
1715 If {col} is zero, the cursor will stay in the current column.
1716 If {curswant} is given it is used to set the preferred column
1717 for vertical movement. Otherwise {col} is used.
1718
1719 When 'virtualedit' is used {off} specifies the offset in
1720 screen columns from the start of the character. E.g., a
1721 position within a <Tab> or after the last character.
1722 Returns 0 when the position could be set, -1 otherwise.
1723
1724 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1725 GetCursorPos()->cursor()
1726
1727debugbreak({pid}) *debugbreak()*
1728 Specifically used to interrupt a program being debugged. It
1729 will cause process {pid} to get a SIGTRAP. Behavior for other
1730 processes is undefined. See |terminal-debugger|.
1731 {only available on MS-Windows}
1732
1733 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1734 GetPid()->debugbreak()
1735
1736deepcopy({expr} [, {noref}]) *deepcopy()* *E698*
1737 Make a copy of {expr}. For Numbers and Strings this isn't
1738 different from using {expr} directly.
1739 When {expr} is a |List| a full copy is created. This means
1740 that the original |List| can be changed without changing the
1741 copy, and vice versa. When an item is a |List| or
1742 |Dictionary|, a copy for it is made, recursively. Thus
1743 changing an item in the copy does not change the contents of
1744 the original |List|.
1745 A |Dictionary| is copied in a similar way as a |List|.
1746
1747 When {noref} is omitted or zero a contained |List| or
1748 |Dictionary| is only copied once. All references point to
1749 this single copy. With {noref} set to 1 every occurrence of a
1750 |List| or |Dictionary| results in a new copy. This also means
1751 that a cyclic reference causes deepcopy() to fail.
1752 *E724*
1753 Nesting is possible up to 100 levels. When there is an item
1754 that refers back to a higher level making a deep copy with
1755 {noref} set to 1 will fail.
1756 Also see |copy()|.
1757
1758 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1759 GetObject()->deepcopy()
1760
1761delete({fname} [, {flags}]) *delete()*
1762 Without {flags} or with {flags} empty: Deletes the file by the
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01001763 name {fname}.
1764
1765 This also works when {fname} is a symbolic link. The symbolic
1766 link itself is deleted, not what it points to.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001767
1768 When {flags} is "d": Deletes the directory by the name
1769 {fname}. This fails when directory {fname} is not empty.
1770
1771 When {flags} is "rf": Deletes the directory by the name
1772 {fname} and everything in it, recursively. BE CAREFUL!
1773 Note: on MS-Windows it is not possible to delete a directory
1774 that is being used.
1775
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001776 The result is a Number, which is 0/false if the delete
1777 operation was successful and -1/true when the deletion failed
1778 or partly failed.
1779
1780 Use |remove()| to delete an item from a |List|.
1781 To delete a line from the buffer use |:delete| or
1782 |deletebufline()|.
1783
1784 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1785 GetName()->delete()
1786
1787deletebufline({buf}, {first} [, {last}]) *deletebufline()*
1788 Delete lines {first} to {last} (inclusive) from buffer {buf}.
1789 If {last} is omitted then delete line {first} only.
1790 On success 0 is returned, on failure 1 is returned.
1791
1792 This function works only for loaded buffers. First call
1793 |bufload()| if needed.
1794
1795 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
1796
1797 {first} and {last} are used like with |getline()|. Note that
1798 when using |line()| this refers to the current buffer. Use "$"
1799 to refer to the last line in buffer {buf}.
1800
1801 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1802 GetBuffer()->deletebufline(1)
1803<
1804 *did_filetype()*
1805did_filetype() Returns |TRUE| when autocommands are being executed and the
1806 FileType event has been triggered at least once. Can be used
1807 to avoid triggering the FileType event again in the scripts
1808 that detect the file type. |FileType|
1809 Returns |FALSE| when `:setf FALLBACK` was used.
1810 When editing another file, the counter is reset, thus this
1811 really checks if the FileType event has been triggered for the
1812 current buffer. This allows an autocommand that starts
1813 editing another buffer to set 'filetype' and load a syntax
1814 file.
1815
1816diff_filler({lnum}) *diff_filler()*
1817 Returns the number of filler lines above line {lnum}.
1818 These are the lines that were inserted at this point in
1819 another diff'ed window. These filler lines are shown in the
1820 display but don't exist in the buffer.
1821 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
1822 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
1823 Returns 0 if the current window is not in diff mode.
1824
1825 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1826 GetLnum()->diff_filler()
1827
1828diff_hlID({lnum}, {col}) *diff_hlID()*
1829 Returns the highlight ID for diff mode at line {lnum} column
1830 {col} (byte index). When the current line does not have a
1831 diff change zero is returned.
1832 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
1833 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
1834 {col} is 1 for the leftmost column, {lnum} is 1 for the first
1835 line.
1836 The highlight ID can be used with |synIDattr()| to obtain
1837 syntax information about the highlighting.
1838
1839 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1840 GetLnum()->diff_hlID(col)
1841<
1842
1843digraph_get({chars}) *digraph_get()* *E1214*
1844 Return the digraph of {chars}. This should be a string with
1845 exactly two characters. If {chars} are not just two
1846 characters, or the digraph of {chars} does not exist, an error
1847 is given and an empty string is returned.
1848
1849 The character will be converted from Unicode to 'encoding'
1850 when needed. This does require the conversion to be
1851 available, it might fail.
1852
1853 Also see |digraph_getlist()|.
1854
1855 Examples: >
1856 " Get a built-in digraph
1857 :echo digraph_get('00') " Returns '∞'
1858
1859 " Get a user-defined digraph
1860 :call digraph_set('aa', 'あ')
1861 :echo digraph_get('aa') " Returns 'あ'
1862<
1863 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1864 GetChars()->digraph_get()
1865<
1866 This function works only when compiled with the |+digraphs|
1867 feature. If this feature is disabled, this function will
1868 display an error message.
1869
1870
1871digraph_getlist([{listall}]) *digraph_getlist()*
1872 Return a list of digraphs. If the {listall} argument is given
1873 and it is TRUE, return all digraphs, including the default
1874 digraphs. Otherwise, return only user-defined digraphs.
1875
1876 The characters will be converted from Unicode to 'encoding'
1877 when needed. This does require the conservation to be
1878 available, it might fail.
1879
1880 Also see |digraph_get()|.
1881
1882 Examples: >
1883 " Get user-defined digraphs
1884 :echo digraph_getlist()
1885
1886 " Get all the digraphs, including default digraphs
1887 :echo digraph_getlist(1)
1888<
1889 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1890 GetNumber()->digraph_getlist()
1891<
1892 This function works only when compiled with the |+digraphs|
1893 feature. If this feature is disabled, this function will
1894 display an error message.
1895
1896
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00001897digraph_set({chars}, {digraph}) *digraph_set()*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001898 Add digraph {chars} to the list. {chars} must be a string
1899 with two characters. {digraph} is a string with one UTF-8
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00001900 encoded character. *E1215*
1901 Be careful, composing characters are NOT ignored. This
1902 function is similar to |:digraphs| command, but useful to add
1903 digraphs start with a white space.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001904
1905 The function result is v:true if |digraph| is registered. If
1906 this fails an error message is given and v:false is returned.
1907
1908 If you want to define multiple digraphs at once, you can use
1909 |digraph_setlist()|.
1910
1911 Example: >
1912 call digraph_set(' ', 'あ')
1913<
1914 Can be used as a |method|: >
1915 GetString()->digraph_set('あ')
1916<
1917 This function works only when compiled with the |+digraphs|
1918 feature. If this feature is disabled, this function will
1919 display an error message.
1920
1921
1922digraph_setlist({digraphlist}) *digraph_setlist()*
1923 Similar to |digraph_set()| but this function can add multiple
1924 digraphs at once. {digraphlist} is a list composed of lists,
1925 where each list contains two strings with {chars} and
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00001926 {digraph} as in |digraph_set()|. *E1216*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00001927 Example: >
1928 call digraph_setlist([['aa', 'あ'], ['ii', 'い']])
1929<
1930 It is similar to the following: >
1931 for [chars, digraph] in [['aa', 'あ'], ['ii', 'い']]
1932 call digraph_set(chars, digraph)
1933 endfor
1934< Except that the function returns after the first error,
1935 following digraphs will not be added.
1936
1937 Can be used as a |method|: >
1938 GetList()->digraph_setlist()
1939<
1940 This function works only when compiled with the |+digraphs|
1941 feature. If this feature is disabled, this function will
1942 display an error message.
1943
1944
1945echoraw({string}) *echoraw()*
1946 Output {string} as-is, including unprintable characters.
1947 This can be used to output a terminal code. For example, to
1948 disable modifyOtherKeys: >
1949 call echoraw(&t_TE)
1950< and to enable it again: >
1951 call echoraw(&t_TI)
1952< Use with care, you can mess up the terminal this way.
1953
1954
1955empty({expr}) *empty()*
1956 Return the Number 1 if {expr} is empty, zero otherwise.
1957 - A |List| or |Dictionary| is empty when it does not have any
1958 items.
1959 - A |String| is empty when its length is zero.
1960 - A |Number| and |Float| are empty when their value is zero.
1961 - |v:false|, |v:none| and |v:null| are empty, |v:true| is not.
1962 - A |Job| is empty when it failed to start.
1963 - A |Channel| is empty when it is closed.
1964 - A |Blob| is empty when its length is zero.
1965
1966 For a long |List| this is much faster than comparing the
1967 length with zero.
1968
1969 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1970 mylist->empty()
1971
1972environ() *environ()*
1973 Return all of environment variables as dictionary. You can
1974 check if an environment variable exists like this: >
1975 :echo has_key(environ(), 'HOME')
1976< Note that the variable name may be CamelCase; to ignore case
1977 use this: >
1978 :echo index(keys(environ()), 'HOME', 0, 1) != -1
1979
1980escape({string}, {chars}) *escape()*
1981 Escape the characters in {chars} that occur in {string} with a
1982 backslash. Example: >
1983 :echo escape('c:\program files\vim', ' \')
1984< results in: >
1985 c:\\program\ files\\vim
1986< Also see |shellescape()| and |fnameescape()|.
1987
1988 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1989 GetText()->escape(' \')
1990<
1991 *eval()*
1992eval({string}) Evaluate {string} and return the result. Especially useful to
1993 turn the result of |string()| back into the original value.
1994 This works for Numbers, Floats, Strings, Blobs and composites
1995 of them. Also works for |Funcref|s that refer to existing
1996 functions.
1997
1998 Can also be used as a |method|: >
1999 argv->join()->eval()
2000
2001eventhandler() *eventhandler()*
2002 Returns 1 when inside an event handler. That is that Vim got
2003 interrupted while waiting for the user to type a character,
2004 e.g., when dropping a file on Vim. This means interactive
2005 commands cannot be used. Otherwise zero is returned.
2006
2007executable({expr}) *executable()*
2008 This function checks if an executable with the name {expr}
2009 exists. {expr} must be the name of the program without any
2010 arguments.
2011 executable() uses the value of $PATH and/or the normal
2012 searchpath for programs. *PATHEXT*
2013 On MS-Windows the ".exe", ".bat", etc. can optionally be
2014 included. Then the extensions in $PATHEXT are tried. Thus if
2015 "foo.exe" does not exist, "foo.exe.bat" can be found. If
2016 $PATHEXT is not set then ".com;.exe;.bat;.cmd" is used. A dot
2017 by itself can be used in $PATHEXT to try using the name
2018 without an extension. When 'shell' looks like a Unix shell,
2019 then the name is also tried without adding an extension.
2020 On MS-Windows it only checks if the file exists and is not a
2021 directory, not if it's really executable.
2022 On MS-Windows an executable in the same directory as Vim is
Yasuhiro Matsumoto05cf63e2022-05-03 11:02:28 +01002023 normally found. Since this directory is added to $PATH it
2024 should also work to execute it |win32-PATH|. This can be
2025 disabled by setting the $NoDefaultCurrentDirectoryInExePath
2026 environment variable. *NoDefaultCurrentDirectoryInExePath*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002027 The result is a Number:
2028 1 exists
2029 0 does not exist
2030 -1 not implemented on this system
2031 |exepath()| can be used to get the full path of an executable.
2032
2033 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2034 GetCommand()->executable()
2035
2036execute({command} [, {silent}]) *execute()*
2037 Execute an Ex command or commands and return the output as a
2038 string.
2039 {command} can be a string or a List. In case of a List the
2040 lines are executed one by one.
2041 This is equivalent to: >
2042 redir => var
2043 {command}
2044 redir END
2045<
2046 The optional {silent} argument can have these values:
2047 "" no `:silent` used
2048 "silent" `:silent` used
2049 "silent!" `:silent!` used
2050 The default is "silent". Note that with "silent!", unlike
2051 `:redir`, error messages are dropped. When using an external
2052 command the screen may be messed up, use `system()` instead.
2053 *E930*
2054 It is not possible to use `:redir` anywhere in {command}.
2055
2056 To get a list of lines use |split()| on the result: >
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +01002057 execute('args')->split("\n")
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002058
2059< To execute a command in another window than the current one
2060 use `win_execute()`.
2061
2062 When used recursively the output of the recursive call is not
2063 included in the output of the higher level call.
2064
2065 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2066 GetCommand()->execute()
2067
2068exepath({expr}) *exepath()*
2069 If {expr} is an executable and is either an absolute path, a
2070 relative path or found in $PATH, return the full path.
2071 Note that the current directory is used when {expr} starts
2072 with "./", which may be a problem for Vim: >
2073 echo exepath(v:progpath)
2074< If {expr} cannot be found in $PATH or is not executable then
2075 an empty string is returned.
2076
2077 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2078 GetCommand()->exepath()
2079<
2080 *exists()*
2081exists({expr}) The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| if {expr} is defined,
2082 zero otherwise.
2083
2084 Note: In a compiled |:def| function the evaluation is done at
2085 runtime. Use `exists_compiled()` to evaluate the expression
2086 at compile time.
2087
2088 For checking for a supported feature use |has()|.
2089 For checking if a file exists use |filereadable()|.
2090
2091 The {expr} argument is a string, which contains one of these:
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00002092 varname internal variable (see
2093 dict.key |internal-variables|). Also works
2094 list[i] for |curly-braces-names|, |Dictionary|
2095 import.Func entries, |List| items, imported
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00002096 items, etc.
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00002097 Does not work for local variables in a
2098 compiled `:def` function.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00002099 Also works for a function in |Vim9|
2100 script, since it can be used as a
2101 function reference.
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00002102 Beware that evaluating an index may
2103 cause an error message for an invalid
2104 expression. E.g.: >
2105 :let l = [1, 2, 3]
2106 :echo exists("l[5]")
2107< 0 >
2108 :echo exists("l[xx]")
2109< E121: Undefined variable: xx
2110 0
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002111 &option-name Vim option (only checks if it exists,
2112 not if it really works)
2113 +option-name Vim option that works.
2114 $ENVNAME environment variable (could also be
2115 done by comparing with an empty
2116 string)
2117 *funcname built-in function (see |functions|)
2118 or user defined function (see
2119 |user-functions|) that is implemented.
2120 Also works for a variable that is a
2121 Funcref.
2122 ?funcname built-in function that could be
2123 implemented; to be used to check if
2124 "funcname" is valid
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002125 :cmdname Ex command: built-in command, user
2126 command or command modifier |:command|.
2127 Returns:
2128 1 for match with start of a command
2129 2 full match with a command
2130 3 matches several user commands
2131 To check for a supported command
2132 always check the return value to be 2.
2133 :2match The |:2match| command.
2134 :3match The |:3match| command.
2135 #event autocommand defined for this event
2136 #event#pattern autocommand defined for this event and
2137 pattern (the pattern is taken
2138 literally and compared to the
2139 autocommand patterns character by
2140 character)
2141 #group autocommand group exists
2142 #group#event autocommand defined for this group and
2143 event.
2144 #group#event#pattern
2145 autocommand defined for this group,
2146 event and pattern.
2147 ##event autocommand for this event is
2148 supported.
2149
2150 Examples: >
2151 exists("&shortname")
2152 exists("$HOSTNAME")
2153 exists("*strftime")
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00002154 exists("*s:MyFunc") " only for legacy script
2155 exists("*MyFunc")
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002156 exists("bufcount")
2157 exists(":Make")
2158 exists("#CursorHold")
2159 exists("#BufReadPre#*.gz")
2160 exists("#filetypeindent")
2161 exists("#filetypeindent#FileType")
2162 exists("#filetypeindent#FileType#*")
2163 exists("##ColorScheme")
2164< There must be no space between the symbol (&/$/*/#) and the
2165 name.
2166 There must be no extra characters after the name, although in
2167 a few cases this is ignored. That may become more strict in
2168 the future, thus don't count on it!
2169 Working example: >
2170 exists(":make")
2171< NOT working example: >
2172 exists(":make install")
2173
2174< Note that the argument must be a string, not the name of the
2175 variable itself. For example: >
2176 exists(bufcount)
2177< This doesn't check for existence of the "bufcount" variable,
2178 but gets the value of "bufcount", and checks if that exists.
2179
2180 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2181 Varname()->exists()
2182<
2183
2184exists_compiled({expr}) *exists_compiled()*
2185 Like `exists()` but evaluated at compile time. This is useful
2186 to skip a block where a function is used that would otherwise
2187 give an error: >
2188 if exists_compiled('*ThatFunction')
2189 ThatFunction('works')
2190 endif
2191< If `exists()` were used then a compilation error would be
2192 given if ThatFunction() is not defined.
2193
2194 {expr} must be a literal string. *E1232*
2195 Can only be used in a |:def| function. *E1233*
2196 This does not work to check for arguments or local variables.
2197
2198
2199exp({expr}) *exp()*
2200 Return the exponential of {expr} as a |Float| in the range
2201 [0, inf].
2202 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
2203 Examples: >
2204 :echo exp(2)
2205< 7.389056 >
2206 :echo exp(-1)
2207< 0.367879
2208
2209 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2210 Compute()->exp()
2211<
2212 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
2213
2214
2215expand({string} [, {nosuf} [, {list}]]) *expand()*
2216 Expand wildcards and the following special keywords in
2217 {string}. 'wildignorecase' applies.
2218
2219 If {list} is given and it is |TRUE|, a List will be returned.
2220 Otherwise the result is a String and when there are several
2221 matches, they are separated by <NL> characters. [Note: in
2222 version 5.0 a space was used, which caused problems when a
2223 file name contains a space]
2224
2225 If the expansion fails, the result is an empty string. A name
2226 for a non-existing file is not included, unless {string} does
2227 not start with '%', '#' or '<', see below.
2228
2229 When {string} starts with '%', '#' or '<', the expansion is
2230 done like for the |cmdline-special| variables with their
2231 associated modifiers. Here is a short overview:
2232
2233 % current file name
2234 # alternate file name
2235 #n alternate file name n
2236 <cfile> file name under the cursor
2237 <afile> autocmd file name
2238 <abuf> autocmd buffer number (as a String!)
2239 <amatch> autocmd matched name
2240 <cexpr> C expression under the cursor
2241 <sfile> sourced script file or function name
2242 <slnum> sourced script line number or function
2243 line number
2244 <sflnum> script file line number, also when in
2245 a function
2246 <SID> "<SNR>123_" where "123" is the
2247 current script ID |<SID>|
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +01002248 <script> sourced script file, or script file
2249 where the current function was defined
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002250 <stack> call stack
2251 <cword> word under the cursor
2252 <cWORD> WORD under the cursor
2253 <client> the {clientid} of the last received
2254 message |server2client()|
2255 Modifiers:
2256 :p expand to full path
2257 :h head (last path component removed)
2258 :t tail (last path component only)
2259 :r root (one extension removed)
2260 :e extension only
2261
2262 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00002263 :let &tags = expand("%:p:h") .. "/tags"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002264< Note that when expanding a string that starts with '%', '#' or
2265 '<', any following text is ignored. This does NOT work: >
2266 :let doesntwork = expand("%:h.bak")
2267< Use this: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00002268 :let doeswork = expand("%:h") .. ".bak"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002269< Also note that expanding "<cfile>" and others only returns the
2270 referenced file name without further expansion. If "<cfile>"
2271 is "~/.cshrc", you need to do another expand() to have the
2272 "~/" expanded into the path of the home directory: >
2273 :echo expand(expand("<cfile>"))
2274<
2275 There cannot be white space between the variables and the
2276 following modifier. The |fnamemodify()| function can be used
2277 to modify normal file names.
2278
2279 When using '%' or '#', and the current or alternate file name
2280 is not defined, an empty string is used. Using "%:p" in a
2281 buffer with no name, results in the current directory, with a
2282 '/' added.
Bram Moolenaar57544522022-04-12 12:54:11 +01002283 When 'verbose' is set then expanding '%', '#' and <> items
2284 will result in an error message if the argument cannot be
2285 expanded.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002286
2287 When {string} does not start with '%', '#' or '<', it is
2288 expanded like a file name is expanded on the command line.
2289 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' are used, unless the optional
2290 {nosuf} argument is given and it is |TRUE|.
2291 Names for non-existing files are included. The "**" item can
2292 be used to search in a directory tree. For example, to find
2293 all "README" files in the current directory and below: >
2294 :echo expand("**/README")
2295<
2296 expand() can also be used to expand variables and environment
2297 variables that are only known in a shell. But this can be
2298 slow, because a shell may be used to do the expansion. See
2299 |expr-env-expand|.
2300 The expanded variable is still handled like a list of file
2301 names. When an environment variable cannot be expanded, it is
2302 left unchanged. Thus ":echo expand('$FOOBAR')" results in
2303 "$FOOBAR".
2304
2305 See |glob()| for finding existing files. See |system()| for
2306 getting the raw output of an external command.
2307
2308 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2309 Getpattern()->expand()
2310
Yegappan Lakshmanan2b74b682022-04-03 21:30:32 +01002311expandcmd({string} [, {options}]) *expandcmd()*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002312 Expand special items in String {string} like what is done for
2313 an Ex command such as `:edit`. This expands special keywords,
2314 like with |expand()|, and environment variables, anywhere in
2315 {string}. "~user" and "~/path" are only expanded at the
2316 start.
Yegappan Lakshmanan2b74b682022-04-03 21:30:32 +01002317
2318 The following items are supported in the {options} Dict
2319 argument:
2320 errmsg If set to TRUE, error messages are displayed
2321 if an error is encountered during expansion.
2322 By default, error messages are not displayed.
2323
Yegappan Lakshmanan5018a832022-04-02 21:12:21 +01002324 Returns the expanded string. If an error is encountered
2325 during expansion, the unmodified {string} is returned.
Yegappan Lakshmanan2b74b682022-04-03 21:30:32 +01002326
Yegappan Lakshmanan5018a832022-04-02 21:12:21 +01002327 Example: >
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002328 :echo expandcmd('make %<.o')
Yegappan Lakshmanan2b74b682022-04-03 21:30:32 +01002329 make /path/runtime/doc/builtin.o
2330 :echo expandcmd('make %<.o', {'errmsg': v:true})
2331<
Yegappan Lakshmanan5018a832022-04-02 21:12:21 +01002332 Can also be used as a |method|: >
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002333 GetCommand()->expandcmd()
2334<
2335extend({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) *extend()*
2336 {expr1} and {expr2} must be both |Lists| or both
2337 |Dictionaries|.
2338
2339 If they are |Lists|: Append {expr2} to {expr1}.
2340 If {expr3} is given insert the items of {expr2} before the
2341 item with index {expr3} in {expr1}. When {expr3} is zero
2342 insert before the first item. When {expr3} is equal to
2343 len({expr1}) then {expr2} is appended.
2344 Examples: >
2345 :echo sort(extend(mylist, [7, 5]))
2346 :call extend(mylist, [2, 3], 1)
2347< When {expr1} is the same List as {expr2} then the number of
2348 items copied is equal to the original length of the List.
2349 E.g., when {expr3} is 1 you get N new copies of the first item
2350 (where N is the original length of the List).
2351 Use |add()| to concatenate one item to a list. To concatenate
2352 two lists into a new list use the + operator: >
2353 :let newlist = [1, 2, 3] + [4, 5]
2354<
2355 If they are |Dictionaries|:
2356 Add all entries from {expr2} to {expr1}.
2357 If a key exists in both {expr1} and {expr2} then {expr3} is
2358 used to decide what to do:
2359 {expr3} = "keep": keep the value of {expr1}
2360 {expr3} = "force": use the value of {expr2}
2361 {expr3} = "error": give an error message *E737*
2362 When {expr3} is omitted then "force" is assumed.
2363
2364 {expr1} is changed when {expr2} is not empty. If necessary
2365 make a copy of {expr1} first.
2366 {expr2} remains unchanged.
2367 When {expr1} is locked and {expr2} is not empty the operation
2368 fails.
2369 Returns {expr1}.
2370
2371 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2372 mylist->extend(otherlist)
2373
2374
2375extendnew({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) *extendnew()*
2376 Like |extend()| but instead of adding items to {expr1} a new
2377 List or Dictionary is created and returned. {expr1} remains
2378 unchanged. Items can still be changed by {expr2}, if you
2379 don't want that use |deepcopy()| first.
2380
2381
2382feedkeys({string} [, {mode}]) *feedkeys()*
2383 Characters in {string} are queued for processing as if they
2384 come from a mapping or were typed by the user.
2385
2386 By default the string is added to the end of the typeahead
2387 buffer, thus if a mapping is still being executed the
2388 characters come after them. Use the 'i' flag to insert before
2389 other characters, they will be executed next, before any
2390 characters from a mapping.
2391
2392 The function does not wait for processing of keys contained in
2393 {string}.
2394
2395 To include special keys into {string}, use double-quotes
2396 and "\..." notation |expr-quote|. For example,
2397 feedkeys("\<CR>") simulates pressing of the <Enter> key. But
2398 feedkeys('\<CR>') pushes 5 characters.
2399 A special code that might be useful is <Ignore>, it exits the
2400 wait for a character without doing anything. *<Ignore>*
2401
2402 {mode} is a String, which can contain these character flags:
2403 'm' Remap keys. This is default. If {mode} is absent,
2404 keys are remapped.
2405 'n' Do not remap keys.
2406 't' Handle keys as if typed; otherwise they are handled as
2407 if coming from a mapping. This matters for undo,
2408 opening folds, etc.
2409 'L' Lowlevel input. Only works for Unix or when using the
2410 GUI. Keys are used as if they were coming from the
2411 terminal. Other flags are not used. *E980*
2412 When a CTRL-C interrupts and 't' is included it sets
2413 the internal "got_int" flag.
2414 'i' Insert the string instead of appending (see above).
2415 'x' Execute commands until typeahead is empty. This is
2416 similar to using ":normal!". You can call feedkeys()
2417 several times without 'x' and then one time with 'x'
2418 (possibly with an empty {string}) to execute all the
2419 typeahead. Note that when Vim ends in Insert mode it
2420 will behave as if <Esc> is typed, to avoid getting
2421 stuck, waiting for a character to be typed before the
2422 script continues.
2423 Note that if you manage to call feedkeys() while
2424 executing commands, thus calling it recursively, then
2425 all typeahead will be consumed by the last call.
Bram Moolenaara9725222022-01-16 13:30:33 +00002426 'c' Remove any script context when executing, so that
2427 legacy script syntax applies, "s:var" does not work,
Bram Moolenaard899e512022-05-07 21:54:03 +01002428 etc. Note that if the string being fed sets a script
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01002429 context this still applies.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002430 '!' When used with 'x' will not end Insert mode. Can be
2431 used in a test when a timer is set to exit Insert mode
2432 a little later. Useful for testing CursorHoldI.
2433
2434 Return value is always 0.
2435
2436 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2437 GetInput()->feedkeys()
2438
2439filereadable({file}) *filereadable()*
2440 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when a file with the
2441 name {file} exists, and can be read. If {file} doesn't exist,
2442 or is a directory, the result is |FALSE|. {file} is any
2443 expression, which is used as a String.
2444 If you don't care about the file being readable you can use
2445 |glob()|.
2446 {file} is used as-is, you may want to expand wildcards first: >
2447 echo filereadable('~/.vimrc')
2448 0
2449 echo filereadable(expand('~/.vimrc'))
2450 1
2451
2452< Can also be used as a |method|: >
2453 GetName()->filereadable()
2454< *file_readable()*
2455 Obsolete name: file_readable().
2456
2457
2458filewritable({file}) *filewritable()*
2459 The result is a Number, which is 1 when a file with the
2460 name {file} exists, and can be written. If {file} doesn't
2461 exist, or is not writable, the result is 0. If {file} is a
2462 directory, and we can write to it, the result is 2.
2463
2464 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2465 GetName()->filewritable()
2466
2467
2468filter({expr1}, {expr2}) *filter()*
2469 {expr1} must be a |List|, |String|, |Blob| or |Dictionary|.
2470 For each item in {expr1} evaluate {expr2} and when the result
2471 is zero or false remove the item from the |List| or
2472 |Dictionary|. Similarly for each byte in a |Blob| and each
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00002473 character in a |String|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002474
2475 {expr2} must be a |string| or |Funcref|.
2476
2477 If {expr2} is a |string|, inside {expr2} |v:val| has the value
2478 of the current item. For a |Dictionary| |v:key| has the key
2479 of the current item and for a |List| |v:key| has the index of
2480 the current item. For a |Blob| |v:key| has the index of the
2481 current byte. For a |String| |v:key| has the index of the
2482 current character.
2483 Examples: >
2484 call filter(mylist, 'v:val !~ "OLD"')
2485< Removes the items where "OLD" appears. >
2486 call filter(mydict, 'v:key >= 8')
2487< Removes the items with a key below 8. >
2488 call filter(var, 0)
2489< Removes all the items, thus clears the |List| or |Dictionary|.
2490
2491 Note that {expr2} is the result of expression and is then
2492 used as an expression again. Often it is good to use a
2493 |literal-string| to avoid having to double backslashes.
2494
2495 If {expr2} is a |Funcref| it must take two arguments:
2496 1. the key or the index of the current item.
2497 2. the value of the current item.
2498 The function must return |TRUE| if the item should be kept.
2499 Example that keeps the odd items of a list: >
2500 func Odd(idx, val)
2501 return a:idx % 2 == 1
2502 endfunc
2503 call filter(mylist, function('Odd'))
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00002504< It is shorter when using a |lambda|. In |Vim9| syntax: >
2505 call filter(myList, (idx, val) => idx * val <= 42)
2506< In legacy script syntax: >
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002507 call filter(myList, {idx, val -> idx * val <= 42})
2508< If you do not use "val" you can leave it out: >
2509 call filter(myList, {idx -> idx % 2 == 1})
2510<
2511 In |Vim9| script the result must be true, false, zero or one.
2512 Other values will result in a type error.
2513
2514 For a |List| and a |Dictionary| the operation is done
2515 in-place. If you want it to remain unmodified make a copy
2516 first: >
2517 :let l = filter(copy(mylist), 'v:val =~ "KEEP"')
2518
2519< Returns {expr1}, the |List| or |Dictionary| that was filtered,
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00002520 or a new |Blob| or |String|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002521 When an error is encountered while evaluating {expr2} no
2522 further items in {expr1} are processed.
2523 When {expr2} is a Funcref errors inside a function are ignored,
2524 unless it was defined with the "abort" flag.
2525
2526 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2527 mylist->filter(expr2)
2528
2529finddir({name} [, {path} [, {count}]]) *finddir()*
2530 Find directory {name} in {path}. Supports both downwards and
2531 upwards recursive directory searches. See |file-searching|
2532 for the syntax of {path}.
2533
2534 Returns the path of the first found match. When the found
2535 directory is below the current directory a relative path is
2536 returned. Otherwise a full path is returned.
2537 If {path} is omitted or empty then 'path' is used.
2538
2539 If the optional {count} is given, find {count}'s occurrence of
2540 {name} in {path} instead of the first one.
2541 When {count} is negative return all the matches in a |List|.
2542
2543 This is quite similar to the ex-command `:find`.
2544 {only available when compiled with the |+file_in_path|
2545 feature}
2546
2547 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2548 GetName()->finddir()
2549
2550findfile({name} [, {path} [, {count}]]) *findfile()*
2551 Just like |finddir()|, but find a file instead of a directory.
2552 Uses 'suffixesadd'.
2553 Example: >
2554 :echo findfile("tags.vim", ".;")
2555< Searches from the directory of the current file upwards until
2556 it finds the file "tags.vim".
2557
2558 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2559 GetName()->findfile()
2560
2561flatten({list} [, {maxdepth}]) *flatten()*
2562 Flatten {list} up to {maxdepth} levels. Without {maxdepth}
2563 the result is a |List| without nesting, as if {maxdepth} is
2564 a very large number.
2565 The {list} is changed in place, use |flattennew()| if you do
2566 not want that.
2567 In Vim9 script flatten() cannot be used, you must always use
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00002568 |flattennew()|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002569 *E900*
2570 {maxdepth} means how deep in nested lists changes are made.
2571 {list} is not modified when {maxdepth} is 0.
2572 {maxdepth} must be positive number.
2573
2574 If there is an error the number zero is returned.
2575
2576 Example: >
2577 :echo flatten([1, [2, [3, 4]], 5])
2578< [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] >
2579 :echo flatten([1, [2, [3, 4]], 5], 1)
2580< [1, 2, [3, 4], 5]
2581
2582 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2583 mylist->flatten()
2584<
2585flattennew({list} [, {maxdepth}]) *flattennew()*
2586 Like |flatten()| but first make a copy of {list}.
2587
2588
2589float2nr({expr}) *float2nr()*
2590 Convert {expr} to a Number by omitting the part after the
2591 decimal point.
2592 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a Number.
2593 When the value of {expr} is out of range for a |Number| the
2594 result is truncated to 0x7fffffff or -0x7fffffff (or when
2595 64-bit Number support is enabled, 0x7fffffffffffffff or
2596 -0x7fffffffffffffff). NaN results in -0x80000000 (or when
2597 64-bit Number support is enabled, -0x8000000000000000).
2598 Examples: >
2599 echo float2nr(3.95)
2600< 3 >
2601 echo float2nr(-23.45)
2602< -23 >
2603 echo float2nr(1.0e100)
2604< 2147483647 (or 9223372036854775807) >
2605 echo float2nr(-1.0e150)
2606< -2147483647 (or -9223372036854775807) >
2607 echo float2nr(1.0e-100)
2608< 0
2609
2610 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2611 Compute()->float2nr()
2612<
2613 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
2614
2615
2616floor({expr}) *floor()*
2617 Return the largest integral value less than or equal to
2618 {expr} as a |Float| (round down).
2619 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
2620 Examples: >
2621 echo floor(1.856)
2622< 1.0 >
2623 echo floor(-5.456)
2624< -6.0 >
2625 echo floor(4.0)
2626< 4.0
2627
2628 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2629 Compute()->floor()
2630<
2631 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
2632
2633
2634fmod({expr1}, {expr2}) *fmod()*
2635 Return the remainder of {expr1} / {expr2}, even if the
2636 division is not representable. Returns {expr1} - i * {expr2}
2637 for some integer i such that if {expr2} is non-zero, the
2638 result has the same sign as {expr1} and magnitude less than
2639 the magnitude of {expr2}. If {expr2} is zero, the value
2640 returned is zero. The value returned is a |Float|.
2641 {expr1} and {expr2} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
2642 Examples: >
2643 :echo fmod(12.33, 1.22)
2644< 0.13 >
2645 :echo fmod(-12.33, 1.22)
2646< -0.13
2647
2648 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2649 Compute()->fmod(1.22)
2650<
2651 {only available when compiled with |+float| feature}
2652
2653
2654fnameescape({string}) *fnameescape()*
2655 Escape {string} for use as file name command argument. All
2656 characters that have a special meaning, such as '%' and '|'
2657 are escaped with a backslash.
2658 For most systems the characters escaped are
2659 " \t\n*?[{`$\\%#'\"|!<". For systems where a backslash
2660 appears in a filename, it depends on the value of 'isfname'.
2661 A leading '+' and '>' is also escaped (special after |:edit|
2662 and |:write|). And a "-" by itself (special after |:cd|).
2663 Example: >
2664 :let fname = '+some str%nge|name'
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00002665 :exe "edit " .. fnameescape(fname)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002666< results in executing: >
2667 edit \+some\ str\%nge\|name
2668<
2669 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2670 GetName()->fnameescape()
2671
2672fnamemodify({fname}, {mods}) *fnamemodify()*
2673 Modify file name {fname} according to {mods}. {mods} is a
2674 string of characters like it is used for file names on the
2675 command line. See |filename-modifiers|.
2676 Example: >
2677 :echo fnamemodify("main.c", ":p:h")
2678< results in: >
2679 /home/mool/vim/vim/src
2680< If {mods} is empty then {fname} is returned.
2681 Note: Environment variables don't work in {fname}, use
2682 |expand()| first then.
2683
2684 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2685 GetName()->fnamemodify(':p:h')
2686
2687foldclosed({lnum}) *foldclosed()*
2688 The result is a Number. If the line {lnum} is in a closed
2689 fold, the result is the number of the first line in that fold.
2690 If the line {lnum} is not in a closed fold, -1 is returned.
2691 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
2692 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
2693
2694 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2695 GetLnum()->foldclosed()
2696
2697foldclosedend({lnum}) *foldclosedend()*
2698 The result is a Number. If the line {lnum} is in a closed
2699 fold, the result is the number of the last line in that fold.
2700 If the line {lnum} is not in a closed fold, -1 is returned.
2701 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
2702 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
2703
2704 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2705 GetLnum()->foldclosedend()
2706
2707foldlevel({lnum}) *foldlevel()*
2708 The result is a Number, which is the foldlevel of line {lnum}
2709 in the current buffer. For nested folds the deepest level is
2710 returned. If there is no fold at line {lnum}, zero is
2711 returned. It doesn't matter if the folds are open or closed.
2712 When used while updating folds (from 'foldexpr') -1 is
2713 returned for lines where folds are still to be updated and the
2714 foldlevel is unknown. As a special case the level of the
2715 previous line is usually available.
2716 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
2717 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
2718
2719 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2720 GetLnum()->foldlevel()
2721<
2722 *foldtext()*
2723foldtext() Returns a String, to be displayed for a closed fold. This is
2724 the default function used for the 'foldtext' option and should
2725 only be called from evaluating 'foldtext'. It uses the
2726 |v:foldstart|, |v:foldend| and |v:folddashes| variables.
2727 The returned string looks like this: >
2728 +-- 45 lines: abcdef
2729< The number of leading dashes depends on the foldlevel. The
2730 "45" is the number of lines in the fold. "abcdef" is the text
2731 in the first non-blank line of the fold. Leading white space,
2732 "//" or "/*" and the text from the 'foldmarker' and
2733 'commentstring' options is removed.
2734 When used to draw the actual foldtext, the rest of the line
2735 will be filled with the fold char from the 'fillchars'
2736 setting.
2737 {not available when compiled without the |+folding| feature}
2738
2739foldtextresult({lnum}) *foldtextresult()*
2740 Returns the text that is displayed for the closed fold at line
2741 {lnum}. Evaluates 'foldtext' in the appropriate context.
2742 When there is no closed fold at {lnum} an empty string is
2743 returned.
2744 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|. Thus "." is the current
2745 line, "'m" mark m, etc.
2746 Useful when exporting folded text, e.g., to HTML.
2747 {not available when compiled without the |+folding| feature}
2748
2749
2750 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2751 GetLnum()->foldtextresult()
2752<
2753 *foreground()*
2754foreground() Move the Vim window to the foreground. Useful when sent from
2755 a client to a Vim server. |remote_send()|
2756 On Win32 systems this might not work, the OS does not always
2757 allow a window to bring itself to the foreground. Use
2758 |remote_foreground()| instead.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01002759 {only in the Win32, Motif and GTK GUI versions and the
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002760 Win32 console version}
2761
2762fullcommand({name}) *fullcommand()*
2763 Get the full command name from a short abbreviated command
2764 name; see |20.2| for details on command abbreviations.
2765
2766 The string argument {name} may start with a `:` and can
2767 include a [range], these are skipped and not returned.
2768 Returns an empty string if a command doesn't exist or if it's
2769 ambiguous (for user-defined commands).
2770
2771 For example `fullcommand('s')`, `fullcommand('sub')`,
2772 `fullcommand(':%substitute')` all return "substitute".
2773
2774 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2775 GetName()->fullcommand()
2776<
2777 *funcref()*
2778funcref({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
2779 Just like |function()|, but the returned Funcref will lookup
2780 the function by reference, not by name. This matters when the
2781 function {name} is redefined later.
2782
2783 Unlike |function()|, {name} must be an existing user function.
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00002784 It only works for an autoloaded function if it has already
2785 been loaded (to avoid mistakenly loading the autoload script
2786 when only intending to use the function name, use |function()|
2787 instead). {name} cannot be a builtin function.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002788
2789 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2790 GetFuncname()->funcref([arg])
2791<
2792 *function()* *partial* *E700* *E922* *E923*
2793function({name} [, {arglist}] [, {dict}])
2794 Return a |Funcref| variable that refers to function {name}.
2795 {name} can be the name of a user defined function or an
2796 internal function.
2797
2798 {name} can also be a Funcref or a partial. When it is a
2799 partial the dict stored in it will be used and the {dict}
2800 argument is not allowed. E.g.: >
2801 let FuncWithArg = function(dict.Func, [arg])
2802 let Broken = function(dict.Func, [arg], dict)
2803<
2804 When using the Funcref the function will be found by {name},
2805 also when it was redefined later. Use |funcref()| to keep the
2806 same function.
2807
2808 When {arglist} or {dict} is present this creates a partial.
2809 That means the argument list and/or the dictionary is stored in
2810 the Funcref and will be used when the Funcref is called.
2811
2812 The arguments are passed to the function in front of other
2813 arguments, but after any argument from |method|. Example: >
2814 func Callback(arg1, arg2, name)
2815 ...
2816 let Partial = function('Callback', ['one', 'two'])
2817 ...
2818 call Partial('name')
2819< Invokes the function as with: >
2820 call Callback('one', 'two', 'name')
2821
2822< With a |method|: >
2823 func Callback(one, two, three)
2824 ...
2825 let Partial = function('Callback', ['two'])
2826 ...
2827 eval 'one'->Partial('three')
2828< Invokes the function as with: >
2829 call Callback('one', 'two', 'three')
2830
2831< The function() call can be nested to add more arguments to the
2832 Funcref. The extra arguments are appended to the list of
2833 arguments. Example: >
2834 func Callback(arg1, arg2, name)
2835 ...
2836 let Func = function('Callback', ['one'])
2837 let Func2 = function(Func, ['two'])
2838 ...
2839 call Func2('name')
2840< Invokes the function as with: >
2841 call Callback('one', 'two', 'name')
2842
2843< The Dictionary is only useful when calling a "dict" function.
2844 In that case the {dict} is passed in as "self". Example: >
2845 function Callback() dict
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00002846 echo "called for " .. self.name
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002847 endfunction
2848 ...
2849 let context = {"name": "example"}
2850 let Func = function('Callback', context)
2851 ...
2852 call Func() " will echo: called for example
2853< The use of function() is not needed when there are no extra
2854 arguments, these two are equivalent: >
2855 let Func = function('Callback', context)
2856 let Func = context.Callback
2857
2858< The argument list and the Dictionary can be combined: >
2859 function Callback(arg1, count) dict
2860 ...
2861 let context = {"name": "example"}
2862 let Func = function('Callback', ['one'], context)
2863 ...
2864 call Func(500)
2865< Invokes the function as with: >
2866 call context.Callback('one', 500)
2867<
2868 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2869 GetFuncname()->function([arg])
2870
2871
2872garbagecollect([{atexit}]) *garbagecollect()*
2873 Cleanup unused |Lists|, |Dictionaries|, |Channels| and |Jobs|
2874 that have circular references.
2875
2876 There is hardly ever a need to invoke this function, as it is
2877 automatically done when Vim runs out of memory or is waiting
2878 for the user to press a key after 'updatetime'. Items without
2879 circular references are always freed when they become unused.
2880 This is useful if you have deleted a very big |List| and/or
2881 |Dictionary| with circular references in a script that runs
2882 for a long time.
2883
2884 When the optional {atexit} argument is one, garbage
2885 collection will also be done when exiting Vim, if it wasn't
2886 done before. This is useful when checking for memory leaks.
2887
2888 The garbage collection is not done immediately but only when
2889 it's safe to perform. This is when waiting for the user to
2890 type a character. To force garbage collection immediately use
2891 |test_garbagecollect_now()|.
2892
2893get({list}, {idx} [, {default}]) *get()*
2894 Get item {idx} from |List| {list}. When this item is not
2895 available return {default}. Return zero when {default} is
2896 omitted.
2897 Preferably used as a |method|: >
2898 mylist->get(idx)
2899get({blob}, {idx} [, {default}])
2900 Get byte {idx} from |Blob| {blob}. When this byte is not
2901 available return {default}. Return -1 when {default} is
2902 omitted.
2903 Preferably used as a |method|: >
2904 myblob->get(idx)
2905get({dict}, {key} [, {default}])
2906 Get item with key {key} from |Dictionary| {dict}. When this
2907 item is not available return {default}. Return zero when
2908 {default} is omitted. Useful example: >
2909 let val = get(g:, 'var_name', 'default')
2910< This gets the value of g:var_name if it exists, and uses
2911 'default' when it does not exist.
2912 Preferably used as a |method|: >
2913 mydict->get(key)
2914get({func}, {what})
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00002915 Get item {what} from Funcref {func}. Possible values for
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00002916 {what} are:
2917 "name" The function name
2918 "func" The function
2919 "dict" The dictionary
2920 "args" The list with arguments
2921 Preferably used as a |method|: >
2922 myfunc->get(what)
2923<
2924 *getbufinfo()*
2925getbufinfo([{buf}])
2926getbufinfo([{dict}])
2927 Get information about buffers as a List of Dictionaries.
2928
2929 Without an argument information about all the buffers is
2930 returned.
2931
2932 When the argument is a |Dictionary| only the buffers matching
2933 the specified criteria are returned. The following keys can
2934 be specified in {dict}:
2935 buflisted include only listed buffers.
2936 bufloaded include only loaded buffers.
2937 bufmodified include only modified buffers.
2938
2939 Otherwise, {buf} specifies a particular buffer to return
2940 information for. For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()|
2941 above. If the buffer is found the returned List has one item.
2942 Otherwise the result is an empty list.
2943
2944 Each returned List item is a dictionary with the following
2945 entries:
2946 bufnr Buffer number.
2947 changed TRUE if the buffer is modified.
2948 changedtick Number of changes made to the buffer.
2949 hidden TRUE if the buffer is hidden.
2950 lastused Timestamp in seconds, like
2951 |localtime()|, when the buffer was
2952 last used.
2953 {only with the |+viminfo| feature}
2954 listed TRUE if the buffer is listed.
2955 lnum Line number used for the buffer when
2956 opened in the current window.
2957 Only valid if the buffer has been
2958 displayed in the window in the past.
2959 If you want the line number of the
2960 last known cursor position in a given
2961 window, use |line()|: >
2962 :echo line('.', {winid})
2963<
2964 linecount Number of lines in the buffer (only
2965 valid when loaded)
2966 loaded TRUE if the buffer is loaded.
2967 name Full path to the file in the buffer.
2968 signs List of signs placed in the buffer.
2969 Each list item is a dictionary with
2970 the following fields:
2971 id sign identifier
2972 lnum line number
2973 name sign name
2974 variables A reference to the dictionary with
2975 buffer-local variables.
2976 windows List of |window-ID|s that display this
2977 buffer
2978 popups List of popup |window-ID|s that
2979 display this buffer
2980
2981 Examples: >
2982 for buf in getbufinfo()
2983 echo buf.name
2984 endfor
2985 for buf in getbufinfo({'buflisted':1})
2986 if buf.changed
2987 ....
2988 endif
2989 endfor
2990<
2991 To get buffer-local options use: >
2992 getbufvar({bufnr}, '&option_name')
2993<
2994 Can also be used as a |method|: >
2995 GetBufnr()->getbufinfo()
2996<
2997
2998 *getbufline()*
2999getbufline({buf}, {lnum} [, {end}])
3000 Return a |List| with the lines starting from {lnum} to {end}
3001 (inclusive) in the buffer {buf}. If {end} is omitted, a
3002 |List| with only the line {lnum} is returned.
3003
3004 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
3005
3006 For {lnum} and {end} "$" can be used for the last line of the
3007 buffer. Otherwise a number must be used.
3008
3009 When {lnum} is smaller than 1 or bigger than the number of
3010 lines in the buffer, an empty |List| is returned.
3011
3012 When {end} is greater than the number of lines in the buffer,
3013 it is treated as {end} is set to the number of lines in the
3014 buffer. When {end} is before {lnum} an empty |List| is
3015 returned.
3016
3017 This function works only for loaded buffers. For unloaded and
3018 non-existing buffers, an empty |List| is returned.
3019
3020 Example: >
3021 :let lines = getbufline(bufnr("myfile"), 1, "$")
3022
3023< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3024 GetBufnr()->getbufline(lnum)
3025
3026getbufvar({buf}, {varname} [, {def}]) *getbufvar()*
3027 The result is the value of option or local buffer variable
3028 {varname} in buffer {buf}. Note that the name without "b:"
3029 must be used.
3030 The {varname} argument is a string.
3031 When {varname} is empty returns a |Dictionary| with all the
3032 buffer-local variables.
3033 When {varname} is equal to "&" returns a |Dictionary| with all
3034 the buffer-local options.
3035 Otherwise, when {varname} starts with "&" returns the value of
3036 a buffer-local option.
3037 This also works for a global or buffer-local option, but it
3038 doesn't work for a global variable, window-local variable or
3039 window-local option.
3040 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
3041 When the buffer or variable doesn't exist {def} or an empty
3042 string is returned, there is no error message.
3043 Examples: >
3044 :let bufmodified = getbufvar(1, "&mod")
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00003045 :echo "todo myvar = " .. getbufvar("todo", "myvar")
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003046
3047< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3048 GetBufnr()->getbufvar(varname)
3049<
3050getchangelist([{buf}]) *getchangelist()*
3051 Returns the |changelist| for the buffer {buf}. For the use
3052 of {buf}, see |bufname()| above. If buffer {buf} doesn't
3053 exist, an empty list is returned.
3054
3055 The returned list contains two entries: a list with the change
3056 locations and the current position in the list. Each
3057 entry in the change list is a dictionary with the following
3058 entries:
3059 col column number
3060 coladd column offset for 'virtualedit'
3061 lnum line number
3062 If buffer {buf} is the current buffer, then the current
3063 position refers to the position in the list. For other
3064 buffers, it is set to the length of the list.
3065
3066 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3067 GetBufnr()->getchangelist()
3068
3069getchar([expr]) *getchar()*
3070 Get a single character from the user or input stream.
3071 If [expr] is omitted, wait until a character is available.
3072 If [expr] is 0, only get a character when one is available.
3073 Return zero otherwise.
3074 If [expr] is 1, only check if a character is available, it is
3075 not consumed. Return zero if no character available.
3076 If you prefer always getting a string use |getcharstr()|.
3077
3078 Without [expr] and when [expr] is 0 a whole character or
3079 special key is returned. If it is a single character, the
3080 result is a number. Use nr2char() to convert it to a String.
3081 Otherwise a String is returned with the encoded character.
3082 For a special key it's a String with a sequence of bytes
3083 starting with 0x80 (decimal: 128). This is the same value as
3084 the String "\<Key>", e.g., "\<Left>". The returned value is
3085 also a String when a modifier (shift, control, alt) was used
3086 that is not included in the character.
3087
3088 When [expr] is 0 and Esc is typed, there will be a short delay
3089 while Vim waits to see if this is the start of an escape
3090 sequence.
3091
3092 When [expr] is 1 only the first byte is returned. For a
3093 one-byte character it is the character itself as a number.
3094 Use nr2char() to convert it to a String.
3095
3096 Use getcharmod() to obtain any additional modifiers.
3097
3098 When the user clicks a mouse button, the mouse event will be
3099 returned. The position can then be found in |v:mouse_col|,
3100 |v:mouse_lnum|, |v:mouse_winid| and |v:mouse_win|.
3101 |getmousepos()| can also be used. Mouse move events will be
3102 ignored.
3103 This example positions the mouse as it would normally happen: >
3104 let c = getchar()
3105 if c == "\<LeftMouse>" && v:mouse_win > 0
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00003106 exe v:mouse_win .. "wincmd w"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003107 exe v:mouse_lnum
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00003108 exe "normal " .. v:mouse_col .. "|"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003109 endif
3110<
3111 When using bracketed paste only the first character is
3112 returned, the rest of the pasted text is dropped.
3113 |xterm-bracketed-paste|.
3114
3115 There is no prompt, you will somehow have to make clear to the
3116 user that a character has to be typed. The screen is not
3117 redrawn, e.g. when resizing the window. When using a popup
3118 window it should work better with a |popup-filter|.
3119
3120 There is no mapping for the character.
3121 Key codes are replaced, thus when the user presses the <Del>
3122 key you get the code for the <Del> key, not the raw character
3123 sequence. Examples: >
3124 getchar() == "\<Del>"
3125 getchar() == "\<S-Left>"
3126< This example redefines "f" to ignore case: >
3127 :nmap f :call FindChar()<CR>
3128 :function FindChar()
3129 : let c = nr2char(getchar())
3130 : while col('.') < col('$') - 1
3131 : normal l
3132 : if getline('.')[col('.') - 1] ==? c
3133 : break
3134 : endif
3135 : endwhile
3136 :endfunction
3137<
3138 You may also receive synthetic characters, such as
3139 |<CursorHold>|. Often you will want to ignore this and get
3140 another character: >
3141 :function GetKey()
3142 : let c = getchar()
3143 : while c == "\<CursorHold>"
3144 : let c = getchar()
3145 : endwhile
3146 : return c
3147 :endfunction
3148
3149getcharmod() *getcharmod()*
3150 The result is a Number which is the state of the modifiers for
3151 the last obtained character with getchar() or in another way.
3152 These values are added together:
3153 2 shift
3154 4 control
3155 8 alt (meta)
3156 16 meta (when it's different from ALT)
3157 32 mouse double click
3158 64 mouse triple click
3159 96 mouse quadruple click (== 32 + 64)
3160 128 command (Macintosh only)
3161 Only the modifiers that have not been included in the
3162 character itself are obtained. Thus Shift-a results in "A"
3163 without a modifier.
3164
3165 *getcharpos()*
3166getcharpos({expr})
3167 Get the position for String {expr}. Same as |getpos()| but the
3168 column number in the returned List is a character index
3169 instead of a byte index.
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00003170 If |getpos()| returns a very large column number, equal to
3171 |v:maxcol|, then getcharpos() will return the character index
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003172 of the last character.
3173
3174 Example:
3175 With the cursor on '세' in line 5 with text "여보세요": >
3176 getcharpos('.') returns [0, 5, 3, 0]
3177 getpos('.') returns [0, 5, 7, 0]
3178<
3179 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3180 GetMark()->getcharpos()
3181
3182getcharsearch() *getcharsearch()*
3183 Return the current character search information as a {dict}
3184 with the following entries:
3185
3186 char character previously used for a character
3187 search (|t|, |f|, |T|, or |F|); empty string
3188 if no character search has been performed
3189 forward direction of character search; 1 for forward,
3190 0 for backward
3191 until type of character search; 1 for a |t| or |T|
3192 character search, 0 for an |f| or |F|
3193 character search
3194
3195 This can be useful to always have |;| and |,| search
3196 forward/backward regardless of the direction of the previous
3197 character search: >
3198 :nnoremap <expr> ; getcharsearch().forward ? ';' : ','
3199 :nnoremap <expr> , getcharsearch().forward ? ',' : ';'
3200< Also see |setcharsearch()|.
3201
3202
3203getcharstr([expr]) *getcharstr()*
3204 Get a single character from the user or input stream as a
3205 string.
3206 If [expr] is omitted, wait until a character is available.
3207 If [expr] is 0 or false, only get a character when one is
3208 available. Return an empty string otherwise.
3209 If [expr] is 1 or true, only check if a character is
3210 available, it is not consumed. Return an empty string
3211 if no character is available.
3212 Otherwise this works like |getchar()|, except that a number
3213 result is converted to a string.
3214
Shougo Matsushita79d599b2022-05-07 12:48:29 +01003215getcmdcompltype() *getcmdcompltype()*
3216 Return the type of the current command-line completion.
3217 Only works when the command line is being edited, thus
3218 requires use of |c_CTRL-\_e| or |c_CTRL-R_=|.
Bram Moolenaar921bde82022-05-09 19:50:35 +01003219 See |:command-completion| for the return string.
Shougo Matsushita79d599b2022-05-07 12:48:29 +01003220 Also see |getcmdtype()|, |setcmdpos()| and |getcmdline()|.
3221 Returns an empty string when completion is not defined.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003222
3223getcmdline() *getcmdline()*
3224 Return the current command-line. Only works when the command
3225 line is being edited, thus requires use of |c_CTRL-\_e| or
3226 |c_CTRL-R_=|.
3227 Example: >
3228 :cmap <F7> <C-\>eescape(getcmdline(), ' \')<CR>
3229< Also see |getcmdtype()|, |getcmdpos()| and |setcmdpos()|.
3230 Returns an empty string when entering a password or using
3231 |inputsecret()|.
3232
3233getcmdpos() *getcmdpos()*
3234 Return the position of the cursor in the command line as a
3235 byte count. The first column is 1.
3236 Only works when editing the command line, thus requires use of
3237 |c_CTRL-\_e| or |c_CTRL-R_=| or an expression mapping.
3238 Returns 0 otherwise.
3239 Also see |getcmdtype()|, |setcmdpos()| and |getcmdline()|.
3240
Shougo Matsushita79d599b2022-05-07 12:48:29 +01003241getcmdscreenpos() *getcmdscreenpos()*
3242 Return the screen position of the cursor in the command line
3243 as a byte count. The first column is 1.
3244 Instead of |getcmdpos()|, it adds the prompt position.
3245 Only works when editing the command line, thus requires use of
3246 |c_CTRL-\_e| or |c_CTRL-R_=| or an expression mapping.
3247 Returns 0 otherwise.
3248 Also see |getcmdpos()|, |setcmdpos()|.
3249
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003250getcmdtype() *getcmdtype()*
3251 Return the current command-line type. Possible return values
3252 are:
3253 : normal Ex command
3254 > debug mode command |debug-mode|
3255 / forward search command
3256 ? backward search command
3257 @ |input()| command
3258 - |:insert| or |:append| command
3259 = |i_CTRL-R_=|
3260 Only works when editing the command line, thus requires use of
3261 |c_CTRL-\_e| or |c_CTRL-R_=| or an expression mapping.
3262 Returns an empty string otherwise.
3263 Also see |getcmdpos()|, |setcmdpos()| and |getcmdline()|.
3264
3265getcmdwintype() *getcmdwintype()*
3266 Return the current |command-line-window| type. Possible return
3267 values are the same as |getcmdtype()|. Returns an empty string
3268 when not in the command-line window.
3269
3270getcompletion({pat}, {type} [, {filtered}]) *getcompletion()*
3271 Return a list of command-line completion matches. The String
3272 {type} argument specifies what for. The following completion
3273 types are supported:
3274
3275 arglist file names in argument list
3276 augroup autocmd groups
3277 buffer buffer names
Bram Moolenaar6e2e2cc2022-03-14 19:24:46 +00003278 behave |:behave| suboptions
3279 breakpoint |:breakadd| and |:breakdel| suboptions
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003280 color color schemes
3281 command Ex command
3282 cmdline |cmdline-completion| result
3283 compiler compilers
3284 cscope |:cscope| suboptions
3285 diff_buffer |:diffget| and |:diffput| completion
3286 dir directory names
3287 environment environment variable names
3288 event autocommand events
3289 expression Vim expression
3290 file file and directory names
3291 file_in_path file and directory names in |'path'|
3292 filetype filetype names |'filetype'|
3293 function function name
3294 help help subjects
3295 highlight highlight groups
Bram Moolenaar6e2e2cc2022-03-14 19:24:46 +00003296 history |:history| suboptions
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003297 locale locale names (as output of locale -a)
3298 mapclear buffer argument
3299 mapping mapping name
3300 menu menus
3301 messages |:messages| suboptions
3302 option options
3303 packadd optional package |pack-add| names
Yegappan Lakshmanan454ce672022-03-24 11:22:13 +00003304 scriptnames sourced script names |:scriptnames|
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003305 shellcmd Shell command
3306 sign |:sign| suboptions
3307 syntax syntax file names |'syntax'|
3308 syntime |:syntime| suboptions
3309 tag tags
3310 tag_listfiles tags, file names
3311 user user names
3312 var user variables
3313
3314 If {pat} is an empty string, then all the matches are
3315 returned. Otherwise only items matching {pat} are returned.
3316 See |wildcards| for the use of special characters in {pat}.
3317
3318 If the optional {filtered} flag is set to 1, then 'wildignore'
3319 is applied to filter the results. Otherwise all the matches
3320 are returned. The 'wildignorecase' option always applies.
3321
Yegappan Lakshmanane7dd0fa2022-03-22 16:06:31 +00003322 If the 'wildoptions' option contains 'fuzzy', then fuzzy
3323 matching is used to get the completion matches. Otherwise
Yegappan Lakshmanan454ce672022-03-24 11:22:13 +00003324 regular expression matching is used. Thus this function
3325 follows the user preference, what happens on the command line.
3326 If you do not want this you can make 'wildoptions' empty
3327 before calling getcompletion() and restore it afterwards.
Yegappan Lakshmanane7dd0fa2022-03-22 16:06:31 +00003328
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003329 If {type} is "cmdline", then the |cmdline-completion| result is
3330 returned. For example, to complete the possible values after
3331 a ":call" command: >
3332 echo getcompletion('call ', 'cmdline')
3333<
3334 If there are no matches, an empty list is returned. An
3335 invalid value for {type} produces an error.
3336
3337 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3338 GetPattern()->getcompletion('color')
3339<
3340 *getcurpos()*
3341getcurpos([{winid}])
3342 Get the position of the cursor. This is like getpos('.'), but
3343 includes an extra "curswant" item in the list:
3344 [0, lnum, col, off, curswant] ~
3345 The "curswant" number is the preferred column when moving the
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00003346 cursor vertically. After |$| command it will be a very large
3347 number equal to |v:maxcol|. Also see |getcursorcharpos()| and
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003348 |getpos()|.
3349 The first "bufnum" item is always zero. The byte position of
3350 the cursor is returned in 'col'. To get the character
3351 position, use |getcursorcharpos()|.
3352
3353 The optional {winid} argument can specify the window. It can
3354 be the window number or the |window-ID|. The last known
3355 cursor position is returned, this may be invalid for the
3356 current value of the buffer if it is not the current window.
3357 If {winid} is invalid a list with zeroes is returned.
3358
3359 This can be used to save and restore the cursor position: >
3360 let save_cursor = getcurpos()
3361 MoveTheCursorAround
3362 call setpos('.', save_cursor)
3363< Note that this only works within the window. See
3364 |winrestview()| for restoring more state.
3365
3366 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3367 GetWinid()->getcurpos()
3368<
3369 *getcursorcharpos()*
3370getcursorcharpos([{winid}])
3371 Same as |getcurpos()| but the column number in the returned
3372 List is a character index instead of a byte index.
3373
3374 Example:
3375 With the cursor on '보' in line 3 with text "여보세요": >
3376 getcursorcharpos() returns [0, 3, 2, 0, 3]
3377 getcurpos() returns [0, 3, 4, 0, 3]
3378<
3379 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3380 GetWinid()->getcursorcharpos()
3381
3382< *getcwd()*
3383getcwd([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]])
3384 The result is a String, which is the name of the current
3385 working directory. 'autochdir' is ignored.
3386
3387 With {winnr} return the local current directory of this window
3388 in the current tab page. {winnr} can be the window number or
3389 the |window-ID|.
3390 If {winnr} is -1 return the name of the global working
3391 directory. See also |haslocaldir()|.
3392
3393 With {winnr} and {tabnr} return the local current directory of
3394 the window in the specified tab page. If {winnr} is -1 return
3395 the working directory of the tabpage.
3396 If {winnr} is zero use the current window, if {tabnr} is zero
3397 use the current tabpage.
3398 Without any arguments, return the actual working directory of
3399 the current window.
3400 Return an empty string if the arguments are invalid.
3401
3402 Examples: >
3403 " Get the working directory of the current window
3404 :echo getcwd()
3405 :echo getcwd(0)
3406 :echo getcwd(0, 0)
3407 " Get the working directory of window 3 in tabpage 2
3408 :echo getcwd(3, 2)
3409 " Get the global working directory
3410 :echo getcwd(-1)
3411 " Get the working directory of tabpage 3
3412 :echo getcwd(-1, 3)
3413 " Get the working directory of current tabpage
3414 :echo getcwd(-1, 0)
3415
3416< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3417 GetWinnr()->getcwd()
3418
3419getenv({name}) *getenv()*
3420 Return the value of environment variable {name}. The {name}
3421 argument is a string, without a leading '$'. Example: >
3422 myHome = getenv('HOME')
3423
3424< When the variable does not exist |v:null| is returned. That
3425 is different from a variable set to an empty string, although
3426 some systems interpret the empty value as the variable being
3427 deleted. See also |expr-env|.
3428
3429 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3430 GetVarname()->getenv()
3431
3432getfontname([{name}]) *getfontname()*
3433 Without an argument returns the name of the normal font being
3434 used. Like what is used for the Normal highlight group
3435 |hl-Normal|.
3436 With an argument a check is done whether String {name} is a
3437 valid font name. If not then an empty string is returned.
3438 Otherwise the actual font name is returned, or {name} if the
3439 GUI does not support obtaining the real name.
3440 Only works when the GUI is running, thus not in your vimrc or
3441 gvimrc file. Use the |GUIEnter| autocommand to use this
3442 function just after the GUI has started.
3443 Note that the GTK GUI accepts any font name, thus checking for
3444 a valid name does not work.
3445
3446getfperm({fname}) *getfperm()*
3447 The result is a String, which is the read, write, and execute
3448 permissions of the given file {fname}.
3449 If {fname} does not exist or its directory cannot be read, an
3450 empty string is returned.
3451 The result is of the form "rwxrwxrwx", where each group of
3452 "rwx" flags represent, in turn, the permissions of the owner
3453 of the file, the group the file belongs to, and other users.
3454 If a user does not have a given permission the flag for this
3455 is replaced with the string "-". Examples: >
3456 :echo getfperm("/etc/passwd")
3457 :echo getfperm(expand("~/.vimrc"))
3458< This will hopefully (from a security point of view) display
3459 the string "rw-r--r--" or even "rw-------".
3460
3461 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3462 GetFilename()->getfperm()
3463<
3464 For setting permissions use |setfperm()|.
3465
3466getfsize({fname}) *getfsize()*
3467 The result is a Number, which is the size in bytes of the
3468 given file {fname}.
3469 If {fname} is a directory, 0 is returned.
3470 If the file {fname} can't be found, -1 is returned.
3471 If the size of {fname} is too big to fit in a Number then -2
3472 is returned.
3473
3474 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3475 GetFilename()->getfsize()
3476
3477getftime({fname}) *getftime()*
3478 The result is a Number, which is the last modification time of
3479 the given file {fname}. The value is measured as seconds
3480 since 1st Jan 1970, and may be passed to strftime(). See also
3481 |localtime()| and |strftime()|.
3482 If the file {fname} can't be found -1 is returned.
3483
3484 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3485 GetFilename()->getftime()
3486
3487getftype({fname}) *getftype()*
3488 The result is a String, which is a description of the kind of
3489 file of the given file {fname}.
3490 If {fname} does not exist an empty string is returned.
3491 Here is a table over different kinds of files and their
3492 results:
3493 Normal file "file"
3494 Directory "dir"
3495 Symbolic link "link"
3496 Block device "bdev"
3497 Character device "cdev"
3498 Socket "socket"
3499 FIFO "fifo"
3500 All other "other"
3501 Example: >
3502 getftype("/home")
3503< Note that a type such as "link" will only be returned on
3504 systems that support it. On some systems only "dir" and
3505 "file" are returned. On MS-Windows a symbolic link to a
3506 directory returns "dir" instead of "link".
3507
3508 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3509 GetFilename()->getftype()
3510
3511getimstatus() *getimstatus()*
3512 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when the IME status is
3513 active.
3514 See 'imstatusfunc'.
3515
3516getjumplist([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) *getjumplist()*
3517 Returns the |jumplist| for the specified window.
3518
3519 Without arguments use the current window.
3520 With {winnr} only use this window in the current tab page.
3521 {winnr} can also be a |window-ID|.
3522 With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab
3523 page.
3524
3525 The returned list contains two entries: a list with the jump
3526 locations and the last used jump position number in the list.
3527 Each entry in the jump location list is a dictionary with
3528 the following entries:
3529 bufnr buffer number
3530 col column number
3531 coladd column offset for 'virtualedit'
3532 filename filename if available
3533 lnum line number
3534
3535 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3536 GetWinnr()->getjumplist()
3537
3538< *getline()*
3539getline({lnum} [, {end}])
3540 Without {end} the result is a String, which is line {lnum}
3541 from the current buffer. Example: >
3542 getline(1)
3543< When {lnum} is a String that doesn't start with a
3544 digit, |line()| is called to translate the String into a Number.
3545 To get the line under the cursor: >
3546 getline(".")
3547< When {lnum} is a number smaller than 1 or bigger than the
3548 number of lines in the buffer, an empty string is returned.
3549
3550 When {end} is given the result is a |List| where each item is
3551 a line from the current buffer in the range {lnum} to {end},
3552 including line {end}.
3553 {end} is used in the same way as {lnum}.
3554 Non-existing lines are silently omitted.
3555 When {end} is before {lnum} an empty |List| is returned.
3556 Example: >
3557 :let start = line('.')
3558 :let end = search("^$") - 1
3559 :let lines = getline(start, end)
3560
3561< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3562 ComputeLnum()->getline()
3563
3564< To get lines from another buffer see |getbufline()|
3565
3566getloclist({nr} [, {what}]) *getloclist()*
3567 Returns a |List| with all the entries in the location list for
3568 window {nr}. {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
3569 When {nr} is zero the current window is used.
3570
3571 For a location list window, the displayed location list is
3572 returned. For an invalid window number {nr}, an empty list is
3573 returned. Otherwise, same as |getqflist()|.
3574
3575 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
3576 returns the items listed in {what} as a dictionary. Refer to
3577 |getqflist()| for the supported items in {what}.
3578
3579 In addition to the items supported by |getqflist()| in {what},
3580 the following item is supported by |getloclist()|:
3581
3582 filewinid id of the window used to display files
3583 from the location list. This field is
3584 applicable only when called from a
3585 location list window. See
3586 |location-list-file-window| for more
3587 details.
3588
3589 Returns a |Dictionary| with default values if there is no
3590 location list for the window {nr}.
3591 Returns an empty Dictionary if window {nr} does not exist.
3592
3593 Examples (See also |getqflist-examples|): >
3594 :echo getloclist(3, {'all': 0})
3595 :echo getloclist(5, {'filewinid': 0})
3596
3597
3598getmarklist([{buf}]) *getmarklist()*
3599 Without the {buf} argument returns a |List| with information
3600 about all the global marks. |mark|
3601
3602 If the optional {buf} argument is specified, returns the
3603 local marks defined in buffer {buf}. For the use of {buf},
3604 see |bufname()|.
3605
3606 Each item in the returned List is a |Dict| with the following:
3607 mark name of the mark prefixed by "'"
3608 pos a |List| with the position of the mark:
3609 [bufnum, lnum, col, off]
3610 Refer to |getpos()| for more information.
3611 file file name
3612
3613 Refer to |getpos()| for getting information about a specific
3614 mark.
3615
3616 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3617 GetBufnr()->getmarklist()
3618
3619getmatches([{win}]) *getmatches()*
3620 Returns a |List| with all matches previously defined for the
3621 current window by |matchadd()| and the |:match| commands.
3622 |getmatches()| is useful in combination with |setmatches()|,
3623 as |setmatches()| can restore a list of matches saved by
3624 |getmatches()|.
3625 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
3626 window ID instead of the current window.
3627 Example: >
3628 :echo getmatches()
3629< [{'group': 'MyGroup1', 'pattern': 'TODO',
3630 'priority': 10, 'id': 1}, {'group': 'MyGroup2',
3631 'pattern': 'FIXME', 'priority': 10, 'id': 2}] >
3632 :let m = getmatches()
3633 :call clearmatches()
3634 :echo getmatches()
3635< [] >
3636 :call setmatches(m)
3637 :echo getmatches()
3638< [{'group': 'MyGroup1', 'pattern': 'TODO',
3639 'priority': 10, 'id': 1}, {'group': 'MyGroup2',
3640 'pattern': 'FIXME', 'priority': 10, 'id': 2}] >
3641 :unlet m
3642<
3643getmousepos() *getmousepos()*
3644 Returns a |Dictionary| with the last known position of the
3645 mouse. This can be used in a mapping for a mouse click or in
3646 a filter of a popup window. The items are:
3647 screenrow screen row
3648 screencol screen column
3649 winid Window ID of the click
3650 winrow row inside "winid"
3651 wincol column inside "winid"
3652 line text line inside "winid"
3653 column text column inside "winid"
3654 All numbers are 1-based.
3655
3656 If not over a window, e.g. when in the command line, then only
3657 "screenrow" and "screencol" are valid, the others are zero.
3658
3659 When on the status line below a window or the vertical
3660 separator right of a window, the "line" and "column" values
3661 are zero.
3662
3663 When the position is after the text then "column" is the
3664 length of the text in bytes plus one.
3665
3666 If the mouse is over a popup window then that window is used.
3667
3668 When using |getchar()| the Vim variables |v:mouse_lnum|,
3669 |v:mouse_col| and |v:mouse_winid| also provide these values.
3670
3671 *getpid()*
3672getpid() Return a Number which is the process ID of the Vim process.
3673 On Unix and MS-Windows this is a unique number, until Vim
3674 exits.
3675
3676 *getpos()*
3677getpos({expr}) Get the position for String {expr}. For possible values of
3678 {expr} see |line()|. For getting the cursor position see
3679 |getcurpos()|.
3680 The result is a |List| with four numbers:
3681 [bufnum, lnum, col, off]
3682 "bufnum" is zero, unless a mark like '0 or 'A is used, then it
3683 is the buffer number of the mark.
3684 "lnum" and "col" are the position in the buffer. The first
3685 column is 1.
3686 The "off" number is zero, unless 'virtualedit' is used. Then
3687 it is the offset in screen columns from the start of the
3688 character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last
3689 character.
3690 Note that for '< and '> Visual mode matters: when it is "V"
3691 (visual line mode) the column of '< is zero and the column of
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00003692 '> is a large number equal to |v:maxcol|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003693 The column number in the returned List is the byte position
3694 within the line. To get the character position in the line,
3695 use |getcharpos()|.
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00003696 A very large column number equal to |v:maxcol| can be returned,
3697 in which case it means "after the end of the line".
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003698 This can be used to save and restore the position of a mark: >
3699 let save_a_mark = getpos("'a")
3700 ...
3701 call setpos("'a", save_a_mark)
3702< Also see |getcharpos()|, |getcurpos()| and |setpos()|.
3703
3704 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3705 GetMark()->getpos()
3706
3707getqflist([{what}]) *getqflist()*
3708 Returns a |List| with all the current quickfix errors. Each
3709 list item is a dictionary with these entries:
3710 bufnr number of buffer that has the file name, use
3711 bufname() to get the name
3712 module module name
3713 lnum line number in the buffer (first line is 1)
3714 end_lnum
3715 end of line number if the item is multiline
3716 col column number (first column is 1)
3717 end_col end of column number if the item has range
3718 vcol |TRUE|: "col" is visual column
3719 |FALSE|: "col" is byte index
3720 nr error number
3721 pattern search pattern used to locate the error
3722 text description of the error
3723 type type of the error, 'E', '1', etc.
3724 valid |TRUE|: recognized error message
3725
3726 When there is no error list or it's empty, an empty list is
3727 returned. Quickfix list entries with a non-existing buffer
3728 number are returned with "bufnr" set to zero (Note: some
3729 functions accept buffer number zero for the alternate buffer,
3730 you may need to explicitly check for zero).
3731
3732 Useful application: Find pattern matches in multiple files and
3733 do something with them: >
3734 :vimgrep /theword/jg *.c
3735 :for d in getqflist()
3736 : echo bufname(d.bufnr) ':' d.lnum '=' d.text
3737 :endfor
3738<
3739 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
3740 returns only the items listed in {what} as a dictionary. The
3741 following string items are supported in {what}:
3742 changedtick get the total number of changes made
3743 to the list |quickfix-changedtick|
3744 context get the |quickfix-context|
3745 efm errorformat to use when parsing "lines". If
3746 not present, then the 'errorformat' option
3747 value is used.
3748 id get information for the quickfix list with
3749 |quickfix-ID|; zero means the id for the
3750 current list or the list specified by "nr"
3751 idx get information for the quickfix entry at this
3752 index in the list specified by 'id' or 'nr'.
3753 If set to zero, then uses the current entry.
3754 See |quickfix-index|
3755 items quickfix list entries
3756 lines parse a list of lines using 'efm' and return
3757 the resulting entries. Only a |List| type is
3758 accepted. The current quickfix list is not
3759 modified. See |quickfix-parse|.
3760 nr get information for this quickfix list; zero
3761 means the current quickfix list and "$" means
3762 the last quickfix list
3763 qfbufnr number of the buffer displayed in the quickfix
3764 window. Returns 0 if the quickfix buffer is
3765 not present. See |quickfix-buffer|.
3766 size number of entries in the quickfix list
3767 title get the list title |quickfix-title|
3768 winid get the quickfix |window-ID|
3769 all all of the above quickfix properties
3770 Non-string items in {what} are ignored. To get the value of a
3771 particular item, set it to zero.
3772 If "nr" is not present then the current quickfix list is used.
3773 If both "nr" and a non-zero "id" are specified, then the list
3774 specified by "id" is used.
3775 To get the number of lists in the quickfix stack, set "nr" to
3776 "$" in {what}. The "nr" value in the returned dictionary
3777 contains the quickfix stack size.
3778 When "lines" is specified, all the other items except "efm"
3779 are ignored. The returned dictionary contains the entry
3780 "items" with the list of entries.
3781
3782 The returned dictionary contains the following entries:
3783 changedtick total number of changes made to the
3784 list |quickfix-changedtick|
3785 context quickfix list context. See |quickfix-context|
3786 If not present, set to "".
3787 id quickfix list ID |quickfix-ID|. If not
3788 present, set to 0.
3789 idx index of the quickfix entry in the list. If not
3790 present, set to 0.
3791 items quickfix list entries. If not present, set to
3792 an empty list.
3793 nr quickfix list number. If not present, set to 0
3794 qfbufnr number of the buffer displayed in the quickfix
3795 window. If not present, set to 0.
3796 size number of entries in the quickfix list. If not
3797 present, set to 0.
3798 title quickfix list title text. If not present, set
3799 to "".
3800 winid quickfix |window-ID|. If not present, set to 0
3801
3802 Examples (See also |getqflist-examples|): >
3803 :echo getqflist({'all': 1})
3804 :echo getqflist({'nr': 2, 'title': 1})
3805 :echo getqflist({'lines' : ["F1:10:L10"]})
3806<
3807getreg([{regname} [, 1 [, {list}]]]) *getreg()*
3808 The result is a String, which is the contents of register
3809 {regname}. Example: >
3810 :let cliptext = getreg('*')
3811< When register {regname} was not set the result is an empty
3812 string.
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00003813 The {regname} argument must be a string. *E1162*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003814
3815 getreg('=') returns the last evaluated value of the expression
3816 register. (For use in maps.)
3817 getreg('=', 1) returns the expression itself, so that it can
3818 be restored with |setreg()|. For other registers the extra
3819 argument is ignored, thus you can always give it.
3820
3821 If {list} is present and |TRUE|, the result type is changed
3822 to |List|. Each list item is one text line. Use it if you care
3823 about zero bytes possibly present inside register: without
3824 third argument both NLs and zero bytes are represented as NLs
3825 (see |NL-used-for-Nul|).
3826 When the register was not set an empty list is returned.
3827
3828 If {regname} is "", the unnamed register '"' is used.
3829 If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used.
3830 In |Vim9-script| {regname} must be one character.
3831
3832 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3833 GetRegname()->getreg()
3834
3835getreginfo([{regname}]) *getreginfo()*
3836 Returns detailed information about register {regname} as a
3837 Dictionary with the following entries:
3838 regcontents List of lines contained in register
3839 {regname}, like
3840 |getreg|({regname}, 1, 1).
3841 regtype the type of register {regname}, as in
3842 |getregtype()|.
3843 isunnamed Boolean flag, v:true if this register
3844 is currently pointed to by the unnamed
3845 register.
3846 points_to for the unnamed register, gives the
3847 single letter name of the register
3848 currently pointed to (see |quotequote|).
3849 For example, after deleting a line
3850 with `dd`, this field will be "1",
3851 which is the register that got the
3852 deleted text.
3853
3854 The {regname} argument is a string. If {regname} is invalid
3855 or not set, an empty Dictionary will be returned.
3856 If {regname} is "" or "@", the unnamed register '"' is used.
3857 If {regname} is not specified, |v:register| is used.
3858 The returned Dictionary can be passed to |setreg()|.
3859 In |Vim9-script| {regname} must be one character.
3860
3861 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3862 GetRegname()->getreginfo()
3863
3864getregtype([{regname}]) *getregtype()*
3865 The result is a String, which is type of register {regname}.
3866 The value will be one of:
3867 "v" for |characterwise| text
3868 "V" for |linewise| text
3869 "<CTRL-V>{width}" for |blockwise-visual| text
3870 "" for an empty or unknown register
3871 <CTRL-V> is one character with value 0x16.
3872 The {regname} argument is a string. If {regname} is "", the
3873 unnamed register '"' is used. If {regname} is not specified,
3874 |v:register| is used.
3875 In |Vim9-script| {regname} must be one character.
3876
3877 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3878 GetRegname()->getregtype()
3879
3880gettabinfo([{tabnr}]) *gettabinfo()*
3881 If {tabnr} is not specified, then information about all the
3882 tab pages is returned as a |List|. Each List item is a
3883 |Dictionary|. Otherwise, {tabnr} specifies the tab page
3884 number and information about that one is returned. If the tab
3885 page does not exist an empty List is returned.
3886
3887 Each List item is a |Dictionary| with the following entries:
3888 tabnr tab page number.
3889 variables a reference to the dictionary with
3890 tabpage-local variables
3891 windows List of |window-ID|s in the tab page.
3892
3893 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3894 GetTabnr()->gettabinfo()
3895
3896gettabvar({tabnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *gettabvar()*
3897 Get the value of a tab-local variable {varname} in tab page
3898 {tabnr}. |t:var|
3899 Tabs are numbered starting with one.
3900 The {varname} argument is a string. When {varname} is empty a
3901 dictionary with all tab-local variables is returned.
3902 Note that the name without "t:" must be used.
3903 When the tab or variable doesn't exist {def} or an empty
3904 string is returned, there is no error message.
3905
3906 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3907 GetTabnr()->gettabvar(varname)
3908
3909gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *gettabwinvar()*
3910 Get the value of window-local variable {varname} in window
3911 {winnr} in tab page {tabnr}.
3912 The {varname} argument is a string. When {varname} is empty a
3913 dictionary with all window-local variables is returned.
3914 When {varname} is equal to "&" get the values of all
3915 window-local options in a |Dictionary|.
3916 Otherwise, when {varname} starts with "&" get the value of a
3917 window-local option.
3918 Note that {varname} must be the name without "w:".
3919 Tabs are numbered starting with one. For the current tabpage
3920 use |getwinvar()|.
3921 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
3922 When {winnr} is zero the current window is used.
3923 This also works for a global option, buffer-local option and
3924 window-local option, but it doesn't work for a global variable
3925 or buffer-local variable.
3926 When the tab, window or variable doesn't exist {def} or an
3927 empty string is returned, there is no error message.
3928 Examples: >
3929 :let list_is_on = gettabwinvar(1, 2, '&list')
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00003930 :echo "myvar = " .. gettabwinvar(3, 1, 'myvar')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00003931<
3932 To obtain all window-local variables use: >
3933 gettabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, '&')
3934
3935< Can also be used as a |method|: >
3936 GetTabnr()->gettabwinvar(winnr, varname)
3937
3938gettagstack([{winnr}]) *gettagstack()*
3939 The result is a Dict, which is the tag stack of window {winnr}.
3940 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
3941 When {winnr} is not specified, the current window is used.
3942 When window {winnr} doesn't exist, an empty Dict is returned.
3943
3944 The returned dictionary contains the following entries:
3945 curidx Current index in the stack. When at
3946 top of the stack, set to (length + 1).
3947 Index of bottom of the stack is 1.
3948 items List of items in the stack. Each item
3949 is a dictionary containing the
3950 entries described below.
3951 length Number of entries in the stack.
3952
3953 Each item in the stack is a dictionary with the following
3954 entries:
3955 bufnr buffer number of the current jump
3956 from cursor position before the tag jump.
3957 See |getpos()| for the format of the
3958 returned list.
3959 matchnr current matching tag number. Used when
3960 multiple matching tags are found for a
3961 name.
3962 tagname name of the tag
3963
3964 See |tagstack| for more information about the tag stack.
3965
3966 Can also be used as a |method|: >
3967 GetWinnr()->gettagstack()
3968
3969
3970gettext({text}) *gettext()*
3971 Translate String {text} if possible.
3972 This is mainly for use in the distributed Vim scripts. When
3973 generating message translations the {text} is extracted by
3974 xgettext, the translator can add the translated message in the
3975 .po file and Vim will lookup the translation when gettext() is
3976 called.
3977 For {text} double quoted strings are preferred, because
3978 xgettext does not understand escaping in single quoted
3979 strings.
3980
3981
3982getwininfo([{winid}]) *getwininfo()*
3983 Returns information about windows as a |List| with Dictionaries.
3984
3985 If {winid} is given Information about the window with that ID
3986 is returned, as a |List| with one item. If the window does not
3987 exist the result is an empty list.
3988
3989 Without {winid} information about all the windows in all the
3990 tab pages is returned.
3991
3992 Each List item is a |Dictionary| with the following entries:
3993 botline last complete displayed buffer line
3994 bufnr number of buffer in the window
3995 height window height (excluding winbar)
3996 loclist 1 if showing a location list
3997 {only with the +quickfix feature}
3998 quickfix 1 if quickfix or location list window
3999 {only with the +quickfix feature}
4000 terminal 1 if a terminal window
4001 {only with the +terminal feature}
4002 tabnr tab page number
4003 topline first displayed buffer line
4004 variables a reference to the dictionary with
4005 window-local variables
4006 width window width
4007 winbar 1 if the window has a toolbar, 0
4008 otherwise
4009 wincol leftmost screen column of the window;
4010 "col" from |win_screenpos()|
4011 textoff number of columns occupied by any
4012 'foldcolumn', 'signcolumn' and line
4013 number in front of the text
4014 winid |window-ID|
4015 winnr window number
4016 winrow topmost screen line of the window;
4017 "row" from |win_screenpos()|
4018
4019 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4020 GetWinnr()->getwininfo()
4021
4022getwinpos([{timeout}]) *getwinpos()*
4023 The result is a |List| with two numbers, the result of
4024 |getwinposx()| and |getwinposy()| combined:
4025 [x-pos, y-pos]
4026 {timeout} can be used to specify how long to wait in msec for
4027 a response from the terminal. When omitted 100 msec is used.
4028 Use a longer time for a remote terminal.
4029 When using a value less than 10 and no response is received
4030 within that time, a previously reported position is returned,
4031 if available. This can be used to poll for the position and
4032 do some work in the meantime: >
4033 while 1
4034 let res = getwinpos(1)
4035 if res[0] >= 0
4036 break
4037 endif
4038 " Do some work here
4039 endwhile
4040<
4041
4042 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4043 GetTimeout()->getwinpos()
4044<
4045 *getwinposx()*
4046getwinposx() The result is a Number, which is the X coordinate in pixels of
4047 the left hand side of the GUI Vim window. Also works for an
4048 xterm (uses a timeout of 100 msec).
4049 The result will be -1 if the information is not available.
4050 The value can be used with `:winpos`.
4051
4052 *getwinposy()*
4053getwinposy() The result is a Number, which is the Y coordinate in pixels of
4054 the top of the GUI Vim window. Also works for an xterm (uses
4055 a timeout of 100 msec).
4056 The result will be -1 if the information is not available.
4057 The value can be used with `:winpos`.
4058
4059getwinvar({winnr}, {varname} [, {def}]) *getwinvar()*
4060 Like |gettabwinvar()| for the current tabpage.
4061 Examples: >
4062 :let list_is_on = getwinvar(2, '&list')
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004063 :echo "myvar = " .. getwinvar(1, 'myvar')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004064
4065< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4066 GetWinnr()->getwinvar(varname)
4067<
4068glob({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]]) *glob()*
4069 Expand the file wildcards in {expr}. See |wildcards| for the
4070 use of special characters.
4071
4072 Unless the optional {nosuf} argument is given and is |TRUE|,
4073 the 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' options apply: Names matching
4074 one of the patterns in 'wildignore' will be skipped and
4075 'suffixes' affect the ordering of matches.
4076 'wildignorecase' always applies.
4077
4078 When {list} is present and it is |TRUE| the result is a |List|
4079 with all matching files. The advantage of using a List is,
4080 you also get filenames containing newlines correctly.
4081 Otherwise the result is a String and when there are several
4082 matches, they are separated by <NL> characters.
4083
4084 If the expansion fails, the result is an empty String or List.
4085
4086 You can also use |readdir()| if you need to do complicated
4087 things, such as limiting the number of matches.
4088
4089 A name for a non-existing file is not included. A symbolic
4090 link is only included if it points to an existing file.
4091 However, when the {alllinks} argument is present and it is
4092 |TRUE| then all symbolic links are included.
4093
4094 For most systems backticks can be used to get files names from
4095 any external command. Example: >
4096 :let tagfiles = glob("`find . -name tags -print`")
4097 :let &tags = substitute(tagfiles, "\n", ",", "g")
4098< The result of the program inside the backticks should be one
4099 item per line. Spaces inside an item are allowed.
4100
4101 See |expand()| for expanding special Vim variables. See
4102 |system()| for getting the raw output of an external command.
4103
4104 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4105 GetExpr()->glob()
4106
4107glob2regpat({string}) *glob2regpat()*
4108 Convert a file pattern, as used by glob(), into a search
4109 pattern. The result can be used to match with a string that
4110 is a file name. E.g. >
4111 if filename =~ glob2regpat('Make*.mak')
4112< This is equivalent to: >
4113 if filename =~ '^Make.*\.mak$'
4114< When {string} is an empty string the result is "^$", match an
4115 empty string.
4116 Note that the result depends on the system. On MS-Windows
4117 a backslash usually means a path separator.
4118
4119 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4120 GetExpr()->glob2regpat()
4121< *globpath()*
4122globpath({path}, {expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]])
4123 Perform glob() for String {expr} on all directories in {path}
4124 and concatenate the results. Example: >
4125 :echo globpath(&rtp, "syntax/c.vim")
4126<
4127 {path} is a comma-separated list of directory names. Each
4128 directory name is prepended to {expr} and expanded like with
4129 |glob()|. A path separator is inserted when needed.
4130 To add a comma inside a directory name escape it with a
4131 backslash. Note that on MS-Windows a directory may have a
4132 trailing backslash, remove it if you put a comma after it.
4133 If the expansion fails for one of the directories, there is no
4134 error message.
4135
4136 Unless the optional {nosuf} argument is given and is |TRUE|,
4137 the 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' options apply: Names matching
4138 one of the patterns in 'wildignore' will be skipped and
4139 'suffixes' affect the ordering of matches.
4140
4141 When {list} is present and it is |TRUE| the result is a |List|
4142 with all matching files. The advantage of using a List is, you
4143 also get filenames containing newlines correctly. Otherwise
4144 the result is a String and when there are several matches,
4145 they are separated by <NL> characters. Example: >
4146 :echo globpath(&rtp, "syntax/c.vim", 0, 1)
4147<
4148 {alllinks} is used as with |glob()|.
4149
4150 The "**" item can be used to search in a directory tree.
4151 For example, to find all "README.txt" files in the directories
4152 in 'runtimepath' and below: >
4153 :echo globpath(&rtp, "**/README.txt")
4154< Upwards search and limiting the depth of "**" is not
4155 supported, thus using 'path' will not always work properly.
4156
4157 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
4158 second argument: >
4159 GetExpr()->globpath(&rtp)
4160<
4161 *has()*
4162has({feature} [, {check}])
4163 When {check} is omitted or is zero: The result is a Number,
4164 which is 1 if the feature {feature} is supported, zero
4165 otherwise. The {feature} argument is a string, case is
4166 ignored. See |feature-list| below.
4167
4168 When {check} is present and not zero: The result is a Number,
4169 which is 1 if the feature {feature} could ever be supported,
4170 zero otherwise. This is useful to check for a typo in
4171 {feature} and to detect dead code. Keep in mind that an older
4172 Vim version will not know about a feature added later and
4173 features that have been abandoned will not be known by the
4174 current Vim version.
4175
4176 Also see |exists()| and |exists_compiled()|.
4177
4178 Note that to skip code that has a syntax error when the
4179 feature is not available, Vim may skip the rest of the line
4180 and miss a following `endif`. Therefore put the `endif` on a
4181 separate line: >
4182 if has('feature')
4183 let x = this->breaks->without->the->feature
4184 endif
4185< If the `endif` would be moved to the second line as "| endif" it
4186 would not be found.
4187
4188
4189has_key({dict}, {key}) *has_key()*
4190 The result is a Number, which is TRUE if |Dictionary| {dict}
4191 has an entry with key {key}. FALSE otherwise. The {key}
4192 argument is a string.
4193
4194 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4195 mydict->has_key(key)
4196
4197haslocaldir([{winnr} [, {tabnr}]]) *haslocaldir()*
4198 The result is a Number:
4199 1 when the window has set a local directory via |:lcd|
4200 2 when the tab-page has set a local directory via |:tcd|
4201 0 otherwise.
4202
4203 Without arguments use the current window.
4204 With {winnr} use this window in the current tab page.
4205 With {winnr} and {tabnr} use the window in the specified tab
4206 page.
4207 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
4208 If {winnr} is -1 it is ignored and only the tabpage is used.
4209 Return 0 if the arguments are invalid.
4210 Examples: >
4211 if haslocaldir() == 1
4212 " window local directory case
4213 elseif haslocaldir() == 2
4214 " tab-local directory case
4215 else
4216 " global directory case
4217 endif
4218
4219 " current window
4220 :echo haslocaldir()
4221 :echo haslocaldir(0)
4222 :echo haslocaldir(0, 0)
4223 " window n in current tab page
4224 :echo haslocaldir(n)
4225 :echo haslocaldir(n, 0)
4226 " window n in tab page m
4227 :echo haslocaldir(n, m)
4228 " tab page m
4229 :echo haslocaldir(-1, m)
4230<
4231 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4232 GetWinnr()->haslocaldir()
4233
4234hasmapto({what} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]]) *hasmapto()*
4235 The result is a Number, which is TRUE if there is a mapping
4236 that contains {what} in somewhere in the rhs (what it is
4237 mapped to) and this mapping exists in one of the modes
4238 indicated by {mode}.
4239 The arguments {what} and {mode} are strings.
4240 When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations
4241 instead of mappings. Don't forget to specify Insert and/or
4242 Command-line mode.
4243 Both the global mappings and the mappings local to the current
4244 buffer are checked for a match.
4245 If no matching mapping is found FALSE is returned.
4246 The following characters are recognized in {mode}:
4247 n Normal mode
4248 v Visual and Select mode
4249 x Visual mode
4250 s Select mode
4251 o Operator-pending mode
4252 i Insert mode
4253 l Language-Argument ("r", "f", "t", etc.)
4254 c Command-line mode
4255 When {mode} is omitted, "nvo" is used.
4256
4257 This function is useful to check if a mapping already exists
4258 to a function in a Vim script. Example: >
4259 :if !hasmapto('\ABCdoit')
4260 : map <Leader>d \ABCdoit
4261 :endif
4262< This installs the mapping to "\ABCdoit" only if there isn't
4263 already a mapping to "\ABCdoit".
4264
4265 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4266 GetRHS()->hasmapto()
4267
4268histadd({history}, {item}) *histadd()*
4269 Add the String {item} to the history {history} which can be
4270 one of: *hist-names*
4271 "cmd" or ":" command line history
4272 "search" or "/" search pattern history
4273 "expr" or "=" typed expression history
4274 "input" or "@" input line history
4275 "debug" or ">" debug command history
4276 empty the current or last used history
4277 The {history} string does not need to be the whole name, one
4278 character is sufficient.
4279 If {item} does already exist in the history, it will be
4280 shifted to become the newest entry.
4281 The result is a Number: TRUE if the operation was successful,
4282 otherwise FALSE is returned.
4283
4284 Example: >
4285 :call histadd("input", strftime("%Y %b %d"))
4286 :let date=input("Enter date: ")
4287< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
4288
4289 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
4290 second argument: >
4291 GetHistory()->histadd('search')
4292
4293histdel({history} [, {item}]) *histdel()*
4294 Clear {history}, i.e. delete all its entries. See |hist-names|
4295 for the possible values of {history}.
4296
4297 If the parameter {item} evaluates to a String, it is used as a
4298 regular expression. All entries matching that expression will
4299 be removed from the history (if there are any).
4300 Upper/lowercase must match, unless "\c" is used |/\c|.
4301 If {item} evaluates to a Number, it will be interpreted as
4302 an index, see |:history-indexing|. The respective entry will
4303 be removed if it exists.
4304
4305 The result is TRUE for a successful operation, otherwise FALSE
4306 is returned.
4307
4308 Examples:
4309 Clear expression register history: >
4310 :call histdel("expr")
4311<
4312 Remove all entries starting with "*" from the search history: >
4313 :call histdel("/", '^\*')
4314<
4315 The following three are equivalent: >
4316 :call histdel("search", histnr("search"))
4317 :call histdel("search", -1)
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004318 :call histdel("search", '^' .. histget("search", -1) .. '$')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004319<
4320 To delete the last search pattern and use the last-but-one for
4321 the "n" command and 'hlsearch': >
4322 :call histdel("search", -1)
4323 :let @/ = histget("search", -1)
4324<
4325 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4326 GetHistory()->histdel()
4327
4328histget({history} [, {index}]) *histget()*
4329 The result is a String, the entry with Number {index} from
4330 {history}. See |hist-names| for the possible values of
4331 {history}, and |:history-indexing| for {index}. If there is
4332 no such entry, an empty String is returned. When {index} is
4333 omitted, the most recent item from the history is used.
4334
4335 Examples:
4336 Redo the second last search from history. >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004337 :execute '/' .. histget("search", -2)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004338
4339< Define an Ex command ":H {num}" that supports re-execution of
4340 the {num}th entry from the output of |:history|. >
4341 :command -nargs=1 H execute histget("cmd", 0+<args>)
4342<
4343 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4344 GetHistory()->histget()
4345
4346histnr({history}) *histnr()*
4347 The result is the Number of the current entry in {history}.
4348 See |hist-names| for the possible values of {history}.
4349 If an error occurred, -1 is returned.
4350
4351 Example: >
4352 :let inp_index = histnr("expr")
4353
4354< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4355 GetHistory()->histnr()
4356<
4357hlexists({name}) *hlexists()*
4358 The result is a Number, which is TRUE if a highlight group
4359 called {name} exists. This is when the group has been
4360 defined in some way. Not necessarily when highlighting has
4361 been defined for it, it may also have been used for a syntax
4362 item.
4363 *highlight_exists()*
4364 Obsolete name: highlight_exists().
4365
4366 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4367 GetName()->hlexists()
4368<
4369hlget([{name} [, {resolve}]]) *hlget()*
4370 Returns a List of all the highlight group attributes. If the
4371 optional {name} is specified, then returns a List with only
4372 the attributes of the specified highlight group. Returns an
4373 empty List if the highlight group {name} is not present.
4374
4375 If the optional {resolve} argument is set to v:true and the
4376 highlight group {name} is linked to another group, then the
4377 link is resolved recursively and the attributes of the
4378 resolved highlight group are returned.
4379
4380 Each entry in the returned List is a Dictionary with the
4381 following items:
4382 cleared boolean flag, set to v:true if the highlight
4383 group attributes are cleared or not yet
4384 specified. See |highlight-clear|.
4385 cterm cterm attributes. See |highlight-cterm|.
4386 ctermbg cterm background color.
4387 See |highlight-ctermbg|.
4388 ctermfg cterm foreground color.
4389 See |highlight-ctermfg|.
4390 ctermul cterm underline color. See |highlight-ctermul|.
4391 default boolean flag, set to v:true if the highlight
4392 group link is a default link. See
4393 |highlight-default|.
4394 font highlight group font. See |highlight-font|.
4395 gui gui attributes. See |highlight-gui|.
4396 guibg gui background color. See |highlight-guibg|.
4397 guifg gui foreground color. See |highlight-guifg|.
4398 guisp gui special color. See |highlight-guisp|.
4399 id highlight group ID.
4400 linksto linked highlight group name.
4401 See |:highlight-link|.
4402 name highlight group name. See |group-name|.
4403 start start terminal keycode. See |highlight-start|.
4404 stop stop terminal keycode. See |highlight-stop|.
4405 term term attributes. See |highlight-term|.
4406
4407 The 'term', 'cterm' and 'gui' items in the above Dictionary
4408 have a dictionary value with the following optional boolean
4409 items: 'bold', 'standout', 'underline', 'undercurl', 'italic',
4410 'reverse', 'inverse' and 'strikethrough'.
4411
4412 Example(s): >
4413 :echo hlget()
4414 :echo hlget('ModeMsg')
4415 :echo hlget('Number', v:true)
4416<
4417 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4418 GetName()->hlget()
4419<
4420hlset({list}) *hlset()*
4421 Creates or modifies the attributes of a List of highlight
4422 groups. Each item in {list} is a dictionary containing the
4423 attributes of a highlight group. See |hlget()| for the list of
4424 supported items in this dictionary.
4425
4426 In addition to the items described in |hlget()|, the following
4427 additional items are supported in the dictionary:
4428
4429 force boolean flag to force the creation of
4430 a link for an existing highlight group
4431 with attributes.
4432
4433 The highlight group is identified using the 'name' item and
4434 the 'id' item (if supplied) is ignored. If a highlight group
4435 with a specified name doesn't exist, then it is created.
4436 Otherwise the attributes of an existing highlight group are
4437 modified.
4438
4439 If an empty dictionary value is used for the 'term' or 'cterm'
4440 or 'gui' entries, then the corresponding attributes are
4441 cleared. If the 'cleared' item is set to v:true, then all the
4442 attributes of the highlight group are cleared.
4443
4444 The 'linksto' item can be used to link a highlight group to
4445 another highlight group. See |:highlight-link|.
4446
4447 Returns zero for success, -1 for failure.
4448
4449 Example(s): >
4450 " add bold attribute to the Visual highlight group
4451 :call hlset([#{name: 'Visual',
4452 \ term: #{reverse: 1 , bold: 1}}])
4453 :call hlset([#{name: 'Type', guifg: 'DarkGreen'}])
4454 :let l = hlget()
4455 :call hlset(l)
4456 " clear the Search highlight group
4457 :call hlset([#{name: 'Search', cleared: v:true}])
4458 " clear the 'term' attributes for a highlight group
4459 :call hlset([#{name: 'Title', term: {}}])
4460 " create the MyHlg group linking it to DiffAdd
4461 :call hlset([#{name: 'MyHlg', linksto: 'DiffAdd'}])
4462 " remove the MyHlg group link
4463 :call hlset([#{name: 'MyHlg', linksto: 'NONE'}])
4464 " clear the attributes and a link
4465 :call hlset([#{name: 'MyHlg', cleared: v:true,
4466 \ linksto: 'NONE'}])
4467<
4468 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4469 GetAttrList()->hlset()
4470<
4471 *hlID()*
4472hlID({name}) The result is a Number, which is the ID of the highlight group
4473 with name {name}. When the highlight group doesn't exist,
4474 zero is returned.
4475 This can be used to retrieve information about the highlight
4476 group. For example, to get the background color of the
4477 "Comment" group: >
4478 :echo synIDattr(synIDtrans(hlID("Comment")), "bg")
4479< *highlightID()*
4480 Obsolete name: highlightID().
4481
4482 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4483 GetName()->hlID()
4484
4485hostname() *hostname()*
4486 The result is a String, which is the name of the machine on
4487 which Vim is currently running. Machine names greater than
4488 256 characters long are truncated.
4489
4490iconv({string}, {from}, {to}) *iconv()*
4491 The result is a String, which is the text {string} converted
4492 from encoding {from} to encoding {to}.
4493 When the conversion completely fails an empty string is
4494 returned. When some characters could not be converted they
4495 are replaced with "?".
4496 The encoding names are whatever the iconv() library function
4497 can accept, see ":!man 3 iconv".
4498 Most conversions require Vim to be compiled with the |+iconv|
4499 feature. Otherwise only UTF-8 to latin1 conversion and back
4500 can be done.
4501 This can be used to display messages with special characters,
4502 no matter what 'encoding' is set to. Write the message in
4503 UTF-8 and use: >
4504 echo iconv(utf8_str, "utf-8", &enc)
4505< Note that Vim uses UTF-8 for all Unicode encodings, conversion
4506 from/to UCS-2 is automatically changed to use UTF-8. You
4507 cannot use UCS-2 in a string anyway, because of the NUL bytes.
4508
4509 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4510 GetText()->iconv('latin1', 'utf-8')
4511<
4512 *indent()*
4513indent({lnum}) The result is a Number, which is indent of line {lnum} in the
4514 current buffer. The indent is counted in spaces, the value
4515 of 'tabstop' is relevant. {lnum} is used just like in
4516 |getline()|.
4517 When {lnum} is invalid -1 is returned. In |Vim9| script an
4518 error is given.
4519
4520 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4521 GetLnum()->indent()
4522
4523index({object}, {expr} [, {start} [, {ic}]]) *index()*
4524 If {object} is a |List| return the lowest index where the item
4525 has a value equal to {expr}. There is no automatic
4526 conversion, so the String "4" is different from the Number 4.
4527 And the number 4 is different from the Float 4.0. The value
4528 of 'ignorecase' is not used here, case always matters.
4529
4530 If {object} is |Blob| return the lowest index where the byte
4531 value is equal to {expr}.
4532
4533 If {start} is given then start looking at the item with index
4534 {start} (may be negative for an item relative to the end).
4535 When {ic} is given and it is |TRUE|, ignore case. Otherwise
4536 case must match.
4537 -1 is returned when {expr} is not found in {object}.
4538 Example: >
4539 :let idx = index(words, "the")
4540 :if index(numbers, 123) >= 0
4541
4542< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4543 GetObject()->index(what)
4544
4545input({prompt} [, {text} [, {completion}]]) *input()*
4546 The result is a String, which is whatever the user typed on
4547 the command-line. The {prompt} argument is either a prompt
4548 string, or a blank string (for no prompt). A '\n' can be used
4549 in the prompt to start a new line.
4550 The highlighting set with |:echohl| is used for the prompt.
4551 The input is entered just like a command-line, with the same
4552 editing commands and mappings. There is a separate history
4553 for lines typed for input().
4554 Example: >
4555 :if input("Coffee or beer? ") == "beer"
4556 : echo "Cheers!"
4557 :endif
4558<
4559 If the optional {text} argument is present and not empty, this
4560 is used for the default reply, as if the user typed this.
4561 Example: >
4562 :let color = input("Color? ", "white")
4563
4564< The optional {completion} argument specifies the type of
4565 completion supported for the input. Without it completion is
4566 not performed. The supported completion types are the same as
4567 that can be supplied to a user-defined command using the
4568 "-complete=" argument. Refer to |:command-completion| for
4569 more information. Example: >
4570 let fname = input("File: ", "", "file")
4571<
4572 NOTE: This function must not be used in a startup file, for
4573 the versions that only run in GUI mode (e.g., the Win32 GUI).
4574 Note: When input() is called from within a mapping it will
4575 consume remaining characters from that mapping, because a
4576 mapping is handled like the characters were typed.
4577 Use |inputsave()| before input() and |inputrestore()|
4578 after input() to avoid that. Another solution is to avoid
4579 that further characters follow in the mapping, e.g., by using
4580 |:execute| or |:normal|.
4581
4582 Example with a mapping: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004583 :nmap \x :call GetFoo()<CR>:exe "/" .. Foo<CR>
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004584 :function GetFoo()
4585 : call inputsave()
4586 : let g:Foo = input("enter search pattern: ")
4587 : call inputrestore()
4588 :endfunction
4589
4590< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4591 GetPrompt()->input()
4592
4593inputdialog({prompt} [, {text} [, {cancelreturn}]]) *inputdialog()*
4594 Like |input()|, but when the GUI is running and text dialogs
4595 are supported, a dialog window pops up to input the text.
4596 Example: >
4597 :let n = inputdialog("value for shiftwidth", shiftwidth())
4598 :if n != ""
4599 : let &sw = n
4600 :endif
4601< When the dialog is cancelled {cancelreturn} is returned. When
4602 omitted an empty string is returned.
4603 Hitting <Enter> works like pressing the OK button. Hitting
4604 <Esc> works like pressing the Cancel button.
4605 NOTE: Command-line completion is not supported.
4606
4607 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4608 GetPrompt()->inputdialog()
4609
4610inputlist({textlist}) *inputlist()*
4611 {textlist} must be a |List| of strings. This |List| is
4612 displayed, one string per line. The user will be prompted to
4613 enter a number, which is returned.
4614 The user can also select an item by clicking on it with the
4615 mouse, if the mouse is enabled in the command line ('mouse' is
4616 "a" or includes "c"). For the first string 0 is returned.
4617 When clicking above the first item a negative number is
4618 returned. When clicking on the prompt one more than the
4619 length of {textlist} is returned.
4620 Make sure {textlist} has less than 'lines' entries, otherwise
4621 it won't work. It's a good idea to put the entry number at
4622 the start of the string. And put a prompt in the first item.
4623 Example: >
4624 let color = inputlist(['Select color:', '1. red',
4625 \ '2. green', '3. blue'])
4626
4627< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4628 GetChoices()->inputlist()
4629
4630inputrestore() *inputrestore()*
4631 Restore typeahead that was saved with a previous |inputsave()|.
4632 Should be called the same number of times inputsave() is
4633 called. Calling it more often is harmless though.
4634 Returns TRUE when there is nothing to restore, FALSE otherwise.
4635
4636inputsave() *inputsave()*
4637 Preserve typeahead (also from mappings) and clear it, so that
4638 a following prompt gets input from the user. Should be
4639 followed by a matching inputrestore() after the prompt. Can
4640 be used several times, in which case there must be just as
4641 many inputrestore() calls.
4642 Returns TRUE when out of memory, FALSE otherwise.
4643
4644inputsecret({prompt} [, {text}]) *inputsecret()*
4645 This function acts much like the |input()| function with but
4646 two exceptions:
4647 a) the user's response will be displayed as a sequence of
4648 asterisks ("*") thereby keeping the entry secret, and
4649 b) the user's response will not be recorded on the input
4650 |history| stack.
4651 The result is a String, which is whatever the user actually
4652 typed on the command-line in response to the issued prompt.
4653 NOTE: Command-line completion is not supported.
4654
4655 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4656 GetPrompt()->inputsecret()
4657
4658insert({object}, {item} [, {idx}]) *insert()*
4659 When {object} is a |List| or a |Blob| insert {item} at the start
4660 of it.
4661
4662 If {idx} is specified insert {item} before the item with index
4663 {idx}. If {idx} is zero it goes before the first item, just
4664 like omitting {idx}. A negative {idx} is also possible, see
4665 |list-index|. -1 inserts just before the last item.
4666
4667 Returns the resulting |List| or |Blob|. Examples: >
4668 :let mylist = insert([2, 3, 5], 1)
4669 :call insert(mylist, 4, -1)
4670 :call insert(mylist, 6, len(mylist))
4671< The last example can be done simpler with |add()|.
4672 Note that when {item} is a |List| it is inserted as a single
4673 item. Use |extend()| to concatenate |Lists|.
4674
4675 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4676 mylist->insert(item)
4677
4678interrupt() *interrupt()*
4679 Interrupt script execution. It works more or less like the
4680 user typing CTRL-C, most commands won't execute and control
4681 returns to the user. This is useful to abort execution
4682 from lower down, e.g. in an autocommand. Example: >
4683 :function s:check_typoname(file)
4684 : if fnamemodify(a:file, ':t') == '['
4685 : echomsg 'Maybe typo'
4686 : call interrupt()
4687 : endif
4688 :endfunction
4689 :au BufWritePre * call s:check_typoname(expand('<amatch>'))
4690
4691invert({expr}) *invert()*
4692 Bitwise invert. The argument is converted to a number. A
4693 List, Dict or Float argument causes an error. Example: >
4694 :let bits = invert(bits)
4695< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4696 :let bits = bits->invert()
4697
LemonBoydca1d402022-04-28 15:26:33 +01004698isabsolutepath({directory}) *isabsolutepath()*
4699 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when {path} is an
4700 absolute path.
4701< On Unix, a path is considered absolute when it starts with '/'.
4702 On MS-Windows, it is considered absolute when it starts with an
4703 optional drive prefix and is followed by a '\' or '/'. UNC paths
4704 are always absolute.
4705 Example: >
4706 echo isabsolutepath('/usr/share/') " 1
4707 echo isabsolutepath('./foobar') " 0
4708 echo isabsolutepath('C:\Windows') " 1
4709 echo isabsolutepath('foobar') " 0
4710 echo isabsolutepath('\\remote\file') " 1
4711
4712 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4713 GetName()->isabsolutepath()
4714
4715
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004716isdirectory({directory}) *isdirectory()*
4717 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when a directory
4718 with the name {directory} exists. If {directory} doesn't
4719 exist, or isn't a directory, the result is |FALSE|. {directory}
4720 is any expression, which is used as a String.
4721
4722 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4723 GetName()->isdirectory()
4724
4725isinf({expr}) *isinf()*
4726 Return 1 if {expr} is a positive infinity, or -1 a negative
4727 infinity, otherwise 0. >
4728 :echo isinf(1.0 / 0.0)
4729< 1 >
4730 :echo isinf(-1.0 / 0.0)
4731< -1
4732
4733 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4734 Compute()->isinf()
4735<
4736 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
4737
4738islocked({expr}) *islocked()* *E786*
4739 The result is a Number, which is |TRUE| when {expr} is the
4740 name of a locked variable.
4741 The string argument {expr} must be the name of a variable,
4742 |List| item or |Dictionary| entry, not the variable itself!
4743 Example: >
4744 :let alist = [0, ['a', 'b'], 2, 3]
4745 :lockvar 1 alist
4746 :echo islocked('alist') " 1
4747 :echo islocked('alist[1]') " 0
4748
Bram Moolenaar9da17d72022-02-09 21:50:44 +00004749< When {expr} is a variable that does not exist -1 is returned.
4750 If {expr} uses a range, list or dict index that is out of
4751 range or does not exist you get an error message. Use
4752 |exists()| to check for existence.
4753 In Vim9 script it does not work for local function variables.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004754
4755 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4756 GetName()->islocked()
4757
4758isnan({expr}) *isnan()*
4759 Return |TRUE| if {expr} is a float with value NaN. >
4760 echo isnan(0.0 / 0.0)
4761< 1
4762
4763 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4764 Compute()->isnan()
4765<
4766 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
4767
4768items({dict}) *items()*
4769 Return a |List| with all the key-value pairs of {dict}. Each
4770 |List| item is a list with two items: the key of a {dict}
4771 entry and the value of this entry. The |List| is in arbitrary
4772 order. Also see |keys()| and |values()|.
4773 Example: >
4774 for [key, value] in items(mydict)
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004775 echo key .. ': ' .. value
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004776 endfor
4777
4778< Can also be used as a |method|: >
4779 mydict->items()
4780
4781job_ functions are documented here: |job-functions-details|
4782
4783
4784join({list} [, {sep}]) *join()*
4785 Join the items in {list} together into one String.
4786 When {sep} is specified it is put in between the items. If
4787 {sep} is omitted a single space is used.
4788 Note that {sep} is not added at the end. You might want to
4789 add it there too: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00004790 let lines = join(mylist, "\n") .. "\n"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004791< String items are used as-is. |Lists| and |Dictionaries| are
4792 converted into a string like with |string()|.
4793 The opposite function is |split()|.
4794
4795 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4796 mylist->join()
4797
4798js_decode({string}) *js_decode()*
4799 This is similar to |json_decode()| with these differences:
4800 - Object key names do not have to be in quotes.
4801 - Strings can be in single quotes.
4802 - Empty items in an array (between two commas) are allowed and
4803 result in v:none items.
4804
4805 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4806 ReadObject()->js_decode()
4807
4808js_encode({expr}) *js_encode()*
4809 This is similar to |json_encode()| with these differences:
4810 - Object key names are not in quotes.
4811 - v:none items in an array result in an empty item between
4812 commas.
4813 For example, the Vim object:
4814 [1,v:none,{"one":1},v:none] ~
4815 Will be encoded as:
4816 [1,,{one:1},,] ~
4817 While json_encode() would produce:
4818 [1,null,{"one":1},null] ~
4819 This encoding is valid for JavaScript. It is more efficient
4820 than JSON, especially when using an array with optional items.
4821
4822 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4823 GetObject()->js_encode()
4824
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00004825json_decode({string}) *json_decode()* *E491*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004826 This parses a JSON formatted string and returns the equivalent
4827 in Vim values. See |json_encode()| for the relation between
4828 JSON and Vim values.
4829 The decoding is permissive:
4830 - A trailing comma in an array and object is ignored, e.g.
4831 "[1, 2, ]" is the same as "[1, 2]".
4832 - Integer keys are accepted in objects, e.g. {1:2} is the
4833 same as {"1":2}.
4834 - More floating point numbers are recognized, e.g. "1." for
4835 "1.0", or "001.2" for "1.2". Special floating point values
4836 "Infinity", "-Infinity" and "NaN" (capitalization ignored)
4837 are accepted.
4838 - Leading zeroes in integer numbers are ignored, e.g. "012"
4839 for "12" or "-012" for "-12".
4840 - Capitalization is ignored in literal names null, true or
4841 false, e.g. "NULL" for "null", "True" for "true".
4842 - Control characters U+0000 through U+001F which are not
4843 escaped in strings are accepted, e.g. " " (tab
4844 character in string) for "\t".
4845 - An empty JSON expression or made of only spaces is accepted
4846 and results in v:none.
4847 - Backslash in an invalid 2-character sequence escape is
4848 ignored, e.g. "\a" is decoded as "a".
4849 - A correct surrogate pair in JSON strings should normally be
4850 a 12 character sequence such as "\uD834\uDD1E", but
4851 json_decode() silently accepts truncated surrogate pairs
4852 such as "\uD834" or "\uD834\u"
4853 *E938*
4854 A duplicate key in an object, valid in rfc7159, is not
4855 accepted by json_decode() as the result must be a valid Vim
4856 type, e.g. this fails: {"a":"b", "a":"c"}
4857
4858 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4859 ReadObject()->json_decode()
4860
4861json_encode({expr}) *json_encode()*
4862 Encode {expr} as JSON and return this as a string.
4863 The encoding is specified in:
4864 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7159.html
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00004865 Vim values are converted as follows: *E1161*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004866 |Number| decimal number
4867 |Float| floating point number
4868 Float nan "NaN"
4869 Float inf "Infinity"
4870 Float -inf "-Infinity"
4871 |String| in double quotes (possibly null)
4872 |Funcref| not possible, error
4873 |List| as an array (possibly null); when
4874 used recursively: []
4875 |Dict| as an object (possibly null); when
4876 used recursively: {}
4877 |Blob| as an array of the individual bytes
4878 v:false "false"
4879 v:true "true"
4880 v:none "null"
4881 v:null "null"
4882 Note that NaN and Infinity are passed on as values. This is
4883 missing in the JSON standard, but several implementations do
4884 allow it. If not then you will get an error.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01004885 If a string contains an illegal character then the replacement
4886 character 0xfffd is used.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004887
4888 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4889 GetObject()->json_encode()
4890
4891keys({dict}) *keys()*
4892 Return a |List| with all the keys of {dict}. The |List| is in
4893 arbitrary order. Also see |items()| and |values()|.
4894
4895 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4896 mydict->keys()
4897
4898< *len()* *E701*
4899len({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the length of the argument.
4900 When {expr} is a String or a Number the length in bytes is
4901 used, as with |strlen()|.
4902 When {expr} is a |List| the number of items in the |List| is
4903 returned.
4904 When {expr} is a |Blob| the number of bytes is returned.
4905 When {expr} is a |Dictionary| the number of entries in the
4906 |Dictionary| is returned.
4907 Otherwise an error is given.
4908
4909 Can also be used as a |method|: >
4910 mylist->len()
4911
4912< *libcall()* *E364* *E368*
4913libcall({libname}, {funcname}, {argument})
4914 Call function {funcname} in the run-time library {libname}
4915 with single argument {argument}.
4916 This is useful to call functions in a library that you
4917 especially made to be used with Vim. Since only one argument
4918 is possible, calling standard library functions is rather
4919 limited.
4920 The result is the String returned by the function. If the
4921 function returns NULL, this will appear as an empty string ""
4922 to Vim.
4923 If the function returns a number, use libcallnr()!
4924 If {argument} is a number, it is passed to the function as an
4925 int; if {argument} is a string, it is passed as a
4926 null-terminated string.
4927 This function will fail in |restricted-mode|.
4928
4929 libcall() allows you to write your own 'plug-in' extensions to
4930 Vim without having to recompile the program. It is NOT a
4931 means to call system functions! If you try to do so Vim will
4932 very probably crash.
4933
4934 For Win32, the functions you write must be placed in a DLL
4935 and use the normal C calling convention (NOT Pascal which is
4936 used in Windows System DLLs). The function must take exactly
4937 one parameter, either a character pointer or a long integer,
4938 and must return a character pointer or NULL. The character
4939 pointer returned must point to memory that will remain valid
4940 after the function has returned (e.g. in static data in the
4941 DLL). If it points to allocated memory, that memory will
4942 leak away. Using a static buffer in the function should work,
4943 it's then freed when the DLL is unloaded.
4944
4945 WARNING: If the function returns a non-valid pointer, Vim may
4946 crash! This also happens if the function returns a number,
4947 because Vim thinks it's a pointer.
4948 For Win32 systems, {libname} should be the filename of the DLL
4949 without the ".DLL" suffix. A full path is only required if
4950 the DLL is not in the usual places.
4951 For Unix: When compiling your own plugins, remember that the
4952 object code must be compiled as position-independent ('PIC').
4953 {only in Win32 and some Unix versions, when the |+libcall|
4954 feature is present}
4955 Examples: >
4956 :echo libcall("libc.so", "getenv", "HOME")
4957
4958< Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
4959 third argument: >
4960 GetValue()->libcall("libc.so", "getenv")
4961<
4962 *libcallnr()*
4963libcallnr({libname}, {funcname}, {argument})
4964 Just like |libcall()|, but used for a function that returns an
4965 int instead of a string.
4966 {only in Win32 on some Unix versions, when the |+libcall|
4967 feature is present}
4968 Examples: >
4969 :echo libcallnr("/usr/lib/libc.so", "getpid", "")
4970 :call libcallnr("libc.so", "printf", "Hello World!\n")
4971 :call libcallnr("libc.so", "sleep", 10)
4972<
4973 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
4974 third argument: >
4975 GetValue()->libcallnr("libc.so", "printf")
4976<
4977
4978line({expr} [, {winid}]) *line()*
4979 The result is a Number, which is the line number of the file
4980 position given with {expr}. The {expr} argument is a string.
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00004981 The accepted positions are: *E1209*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00004982 . the cursor position
4983 $ the last line in the current buffer
4984 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is
4985 returned)
4986 w0 first line visible in current window (one if the
4987 display isn't updated, e.g. in silent Ex mode)
4988 w$ last line visible in current window (this is one
4989 less than "w0" if no lines are visible)
4990 v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the
4991 cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode
4992 returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in
4993 that it's updated right away.
4994 Note that a mark in another file can be used. The line number
4995 then applies to another buffer.
4996 To get the column number use |col()|. To get both use
4997 |getpos()|.
4998 With the optional {winid} argument the values are obtained for
4999 that window instead of the current window.
5000 Examples: >
5001 line(".") line number of the cursor
5002 line(".", winid) idem, in window "winid"
5003 line("'t") line number of mark t
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005004 line("'" .. marker) line number of mark marker
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005005<
5006 To jump to the last known position when opening a file see
5007 |last-position-jump|.
5008
5009 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5010 GetValue()->line()
5011
5012line2byte({lnum}) *line2byte()*
5013 Return the byte count from the start of the buffer for line
5014 {lnum}. This includes the end-of-line character, depending on
5015 the 'fileformat' option for the current buffer. The first
5016 line returns 1. 'encoding' matters, 'fileencoding' is ignored.
5017 This can also be used to get the byte count for the line just
5018 below the last line: >
5019 line2byte(line("$") + 1)
5020< This is the buffer size plus one. If 'fileencoding' is empty
5021 it is the file size plus one. {lnum} is used like with
5022 |getline()|. When {lnum} is invalid, or the |+byte_offset|
5023 feature has been disabled at compile time, -1 is returned.
5024 Also see |byte2line()|, |go| and |:goto|.
5025
5026 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5027 GetLnum()->line2byte()
5028
5029lispindent({lnum}) *lispindent()*
5030 Get the amount of indent for line {lnum} according the lisp
5031 indenting rules, as with 'lisp'.
5032 The indent is counted in spaces, the value of 'tabstop' is
5033 relevant. {lnum} is used just like in |getline()|.
5034 When {lnum} is invalid or Vim was not compiled the
5035 |+lispindent| feature, -1 is returned. In |Vim9| script an
5036 error is given.
5037
5038 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5039 GetLnum()->lispindent()
5040
5041list2blob({list}) *list2blob()*
5042 Return a Blob concatenating all the number values in {list}.
5043 Examples: >
5044 list2blob([1, 2, 3, 4]) returns 0z01020304
5045 list2blob([]) returns 0z
5046< Returns an empty Blob on error. If one of the numbers is
5047 negative or more than 255 error *E1239* is given.
5048
5049 |blob2list()| does the opposite.
5050
5051 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5052 GetList()->list2blob()
5053
5054list2str({list} [, {utf8}]) *list2str()*
5055 Convert each number in {list} to a character string can
5056 concatenate them all. Examples: >
5057 list2str([32]) returns " "
5058 list2str([65, 66, 67]) returns "ABC"
5059< The same can be done (slowly) with: >
5060 join(map(list, {nr, val -> nr2char(val)}), '')
5061< |str2list()| does the opposite.
5062
5063 When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
5064 When {utf8} is TRUE, always return UTF-8 characters.
5065 With UTF-8 composing characters work as expected: >
5066 list2str([97, 769]) returns "á"
5067<
5068 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5069 GetList()->list2str()
5070
5071listener_add({callback} [, {buf}]) *listener_add()*
5072 Add a callback function that will be invoked when changes have
5073 been made to buffer {buf}.
5074 {buf} refers to a buffer name or number. For the accepted
5075 values, see |bufname()|. When {buf} is omitted the current
5076 buffer is used.
5077 Returns a unique ID that can be passed to |listener_remove()|.
5078
5079 The {callback} is invoked with five arguments:
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00005080 bufnr the buffer that was changed
5081 start first changed line number
5082 end first line number below the change
5083 added number of lines added, negative if lines were
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005084 deleted
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00005085 changes a List of items with details about the changes
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005086
5087 Example: >
5088 func Listener(bufnr, start, end, added, changes)
5089 echo 'lines ' .. a:start .. ' until ' .. a:end .. ' changed'
5090 endfunc
5091 call listener_add('Listener', bufnr)
5092
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00005093< The List cannot be changed. Each item in "changes" is a
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005094 dictionary with these entries:
5095 lnum the first line number of the change
5096 end the first line below the change
5097 added number of lines added; negative if lines were
5098 deleted
5099 col first column in "lnum" that was affected by
5100 the change; one if unknown or the whole line
5101 was affected; this is a byte index, first
5102 character has a value of one.
5103 When lines are inserted the values are:
5104 lnum line above which the new line is added
5105 end equal to "lnum"
5106 added number of lines inserted
5107 col 1
5108 When lines are deleted the values are:
5109 lnum the first deleted line
5110 end the line below the first deleted line, before
5111 the deletion was done
5112 added negative, number of lines deleted
5113 col 1
5114 When lines are changed:
5115 lnum the first changed line
5116 end the line below the last changed line
5117 added 0
5118 col first column with a change or 1
5119
5120 The entries are in the order the changes were made, thus the
5121 most recent change is at the end. The line numbers are valid
5122 when the callback is invoked, but later changes may make them
5123 invalid, thus keeping a copy for later might not work.
5124
5125 The {callback} is invoked just before the screen is updated,
5126 when |listener_flush()| is called or when a change is being
5127 made that changes the line count in a way it causes a line
5128 number in the list of changes to become invalid.
5129
5130 The {callback} is invoked with the text locked, see
5131 |textlock|. If you do need to make changes to the buffer, use
5132 a timer to do this later |timer_start()|.
5133
5134 The {callback} is not invoked when the buffer is first loaded.
5135 Use the |BufReadPost| autocmd event to handle the initial text
5136 of a buffer.
5137 The {callback} is also not invoked when the buffer is
5138 unloaded, use the |BufUnload| autocmd event for that.
5139
5140 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
5141 second argument: >
5142 GetBuffer()->listener_add(callback)
5143
5144listener_flush([{buf}]) *listener_flush()*
5145 Invoke listener callbacks for buffer {buf}. If there are no
5146 pending changes then no callbacks are invoked.
5147
5148 {buf} refers to a buffer name or number. For the accepted
5149 values, see |bufname()|. When {buf} is omitted the current
5150 buffer is used.
5151
5152 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5153 GetBuffer()->listener_flush()
5154
5155listener_remove({id}) *listener_remove()*
5156 Remove a listener previously added with listener_add().
5157 Returns FALSE when {id} could not be found, TRUE when {id} was
5158 removed.
5159
5160 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5161 GetListenerId()->listener_remove()
5162
5163localtime() *localtime()*
5164 Return the current time, measured as seconds since 1st Jan
5165 1970. See also |strftime()|, |strptime()| and |getftime()|.
5166
5167
5168log({expr}) *log()*
5169 Return the natural logarithm (base e) of {expr} as a |Float|.
5170 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number| in the range
5171 (0, inf].
5172 Examples: >
5173 :echo log(10)
5174< 2.302585 >
5175 :echo log(exp(5))
5176< 5.0
5177
5178 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5179 Compute()->log()
5180<
5181 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
5182
5183
5184log10({expr}) *log10()*
5185 Return the logarithm of Float {expr} to base 10 as a |Float|.
5186 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
5187 Examples: >
5188 :echo log10(1000)
5189< 3.0 >
5190 :echo log10(0.01)
5191< -2.0
5192
5193 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5194 Compute()->log10()
5195<
5196 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
5197
5198luaeval({expr} [, {expr}]) *luaeval()*
5199 Evaluate Lua expression {expr} and return its result converted
5200 to Vim data structures. Second {expr} may hold additional
5201 argument accessible as _A inside first {expr}.
5202 Strings are returned as they are.
5203 Boolean objects are converted to numbers.
5204 Numbers are converted to |Float| values if vim was compiled
5205 with |+float| and to numbers otherwise.
5206 Dictionaries and lists obtained by vim.eval() are returned
5207 as-is.
5208 Other objects are returned as zero without any errors.
5209 See |lua-luaeval| for more details.
5210 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
5211 to {expr}.
5212
5213 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5214 GetExpr()->luaeval()
5215
5216< {only available when compiled with the |+lua| feature}
5217
5218map({expr1}, {expr2}) *map()*
5219 {expr1} must be a |List|, |String|, |Blob| or |Dictionary|.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00005220 When {expr1} is a |List| or |Dictionary|, replace each
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005221 item in {expr1} with the result of evaluating {expr2}.
5222 For a |Blob| each byte is replaced.
5223 For a |String|, each character, including composing
5224 characters, is replaced.
5225 If the item type changes you may want to use |mapnew()| to
5226 create a new List or Dictionary. This is required when using
5227 Vim9 script.
5228
5229 {expr2} must be a |String| or |Funcref|.
5230
5231 If {expr2} is a |String|, inside {expr2} |v:val| has the value
5232 of the current item. For a |Dictionary| |v:key| has the key
5233 of the current item and for a |List| |v:key| has the index of
5234 the current item. For a |Blob| |v:key| has the index of the
5235 current byte. For a |String| |v:key| has the index of the
5236 current character.
5237 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005238 :call map(mylist, '"> " .. v:val .. " <"')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005239< This puts "> " before and " <" after each item in "mylist".
5240
5241 Note that {expr2} is the result of an expression and is then
5242 used as an expression again. Often it is good to use a
5243 |literal-string| to avoid having to double backslashes. You
5244 still have to double ' quotes
5245
5246 If {expr2} is a |Funcref| it is called with two arguments:
5247 1. The key or the index of the current item.
5248 2. the value of the current item.
5249 The function must return the new value of the item. Example
5250 that changes each value by "key-value": >
5251 func KeyValue(key, val)
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005252 return a:key .. '-' .. a:val
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005253 endfunc
5254 call map(myDict, function('KeyValue'))
5255< It is shorter when using a |lambda|: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005256 call map(myDict, {key, val -> key .. '-' .. val})
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005257< If you do not use "val" you can leave it out: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005258 call map(myDict, {key -> 'item: ' .. key})
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005259< If you do not use "key" you can use a short name: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005260 call map(myDict, {_, val -> 'item: ' .. val})
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005261<
5262 The operation is done in-place for a |List| and |Dictionary|.
5263 If you want it to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005264 :let tlist = map(copy(mylist), ' v:val .. "\t"')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005265
5266< Returns {expr1}, the |List| or |Dictionary| that was filtered,
5267 or a new |Blob| or |String|.
5268 When an error is encountered while evaluating {expr2} no
5269 further items in {expr1} are processed.
5270 When {expr2} is a Funcref errors inside a function are ignored,
5271 unless it was defined with the "abort" flag.
5272
5273 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5274 mylist->map(expr2)
5275
5276
5277maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict}]]]) *maparg()*
5278 When {dict} is omitted or zero: Return the rhs of mapping
5279 {name} in mode {mode}. The returned String has special
5280 characters translated like in the output of the ":map" command
Ernie Rael09661202022-04-25 14:40:44 +01005281 listing. When {dict} is TRUE a dictionary is returned, see
5282 below. To get a list of all mappings see |maplist()|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005283
5284 When there is no mapping for {name}, an empty String is
5285 returned. When the mapping for {name} is empty, then "<Nop>"
5286 is returned.
5287
5288 The {name} can have special key names, like in the ":map"
5289 command.
5290
5291 {mode} can be one of these strings:
5292 "n" Normal
5293 "v" Visual (including Select)
5294 "o" Operator-pending
5295 "i" Insert
5296 "c" Cmd-line
5297 "s" Select
5298 "x" Visual
5299 "l" langmap |language-mapping|
5300 "t" Terminal-Job
5301 "" Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
5302 When {mode} is omitted, the modes for "" are used.
5303
5304 When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations
5305 instead of mappings.
5306
5307 When {dict} is there and it is |TRUE| return a dictionary
5308 containing all the information of the mapping with the
Ernie Rael659c2402022-04-24 18:40:28 +01005309 following items: *mapping-dict*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005310 "lhs" The {lhs} of the mapping as it would be typed
5311 "lhsraw" The {lhs} of the mapping as raw bytes
5312 "lhsrawalt" The {lhs} of the mapping as raw bytes, alternate
5313 form, only present when it differs from "lhsraw"
5314 "rhs" The {rhs} of the mapping as typed.
5315 "silent" 1 for a |:map-silent| mapping, else 0.
5316 "noremap" 1 if the {rhs} of the mapping is not remappable.
5317 "script" 1 if mapping was defined with <script>.
5318 "expr" 1 for an expression mapping (|:map-<expr>|).
5319 "buffer" 1 for a buffer local mapping (|:map-local|).
5320 "mode" Modes for which the mapping is defined. In
5321 addition to the modes mentioned above, these
5322 characters will be used:
5323 " " Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
5324 "!" Insert and Commandline mode
5325 (|mapmode-ic|)
5326 "sid" The script local ID, used for <sid> mappings
5327 (|<SID>|).
Bram Moolenaara9528b32022-01-18 20:51:35 +00005328 "scriptversion" The version of the script. 999999 for
5329 |Vim9| script.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005330 "lnum" The line number in "sid", zero if unknown.
5331 "nowait" Do not wait for other, longer mappings.
5332 (|:map-<nowait>|).
Bram Moolenaar921bde82022-05-09 19:50:35 +01005333 "abbr" True if this is an abbreviation |abbreviations|.
Ernie Raeld8f5f762022-05-10 17:50:39 +01005334 "mode_bits" Vim's internal binary representation of "mode".
5335 |mapset()| ignores this; only "mode" is used.
5336 See |maplist()| for usage examples. The values
5337 are from src/vim.h and may change in the future.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005338
5339 The dictionary can be used to restore a mapping with
5340 |mapset()|.
5341
5342 The mappings local to the current buffer are checked first,
5343 then the global mappings.
5344 This function can be used to map a key even when it's already
5345 mapped, and have it do the original mapping too. Sketch: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005346 exe 'nnoremap <Tab> ==' .. maparg('<Tab>', 'n')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005347
5348< Can also be used as a |method|: >
5349 GetKey()->maparg('n')
5350
5351mapcheck({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr}]]) *mapcheck()*
5352 Check if there is a mapping that matches with {name} in mode
5353 {mode}. See |maparg()| for {mode} and special names in
5354 {name}.
5355 When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use abbreviations
5356 instead of mappings.
5357 A match happens with a mapping that starts with {name} and
5358 with a mapping which is equal to the start of {name}.
5359
5360 matches mapping "a" "ab" "abc" ~
5361 mapcheck("a") yes yes yes
5362 mapcheck("abc") yes yes yes
5363 mapcheck("ax") yes no no
5364 mapcheck("b") no no no
5365
5366 The difference with maparg() is that mapcheck() finds a
5367 mapping that matches with {name}, while maparg() only finds a
5368 mapping for {name} exactly.
5369 When there is no mapping that starts with {name}, an empty
5370 String is returned. If there is one, the RHS of that mapping
5371 is returned. If there are several mappings that start with
5372 {name}, the RHS of one of them is returned. This will be
5373 "<Nop>" if the RHS is empty.
5374 The mappings local to the current buffer are checked first,
5375 then the global mappings.
5376 This function can be used to check if a mapping can be added
5377 without being ambiguous. Example: >
5378 :if mapcheck("_vv") == ""
5379 : map _vv :set guifont=7x13<CR>
5380 :endif
5381< This avoids adding the "_vv" mapping when there already is a
5382 mapping for "_v" or for "_vvv".
5383
5384 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5385 GetKey()->mapcheck('n')
5386
5387
Ernie Rael09661202022-04-25 14:40:44 +01005388maplist([{abbr}]) *maplist()*
5389 Returns a |List| of all mappings. Each List item is a |Dict|,
5390 the same as what is returned by |maparg()|, see
5391 |mapping-dict|. When {abbr} is there and it is |TRUE| use
5392 abbreviations instead of mappings.
5393
5394 Example to show all mappings with 'MultiMatch' in rhs: >
5395 vim9script
5396 echo maplist()->filter(
5397 (_, m) => match(m.rhs, 'MultiMatch') >= 0)
Ernie Raeld8f5f762022-05-10 17:50:39 +01005398< It can be tricky to find mappings for particular |:map-modes|.
5399 |mapping-dict|'s "mode_bits" can simplify this. For example,
5400 the mode_bits for Normal, Insert or Command-line modes are
5401 0x19. To find all the mappings available in those modes you
5402 can do: >
5403 vim9script
5404 var saved_maps = []
5405 for m in maplist()
5406 if and(m.mode_bits, 0x19) != 0
5407 saved_maps->add(m)
5408 endif
5409 endfor
5410 echo saved_maps->mapnew((_, m) => m.lhs)
5411< The values of the mode_bits are defined in Vim's src/vim.h
5412 file and they can be discovered at runtime using
5413 |:map-commands| and "maplist()". Example: >
5414 vim9script
5415 omap xyzzy <Nop>
5416 var op_bit = maplist()->filter(
5417 (_, m) => m.lhs == 'xyzzy')[0].mode_bits
5418 ounmap xyzzy
5419 echo printf("Operator-pending mode bit: 0x%x", op_bit)
Ernie Rael09661202022-04-25 14:40:44 +01005420
5421
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005422mapnew({expr1}, {expr2}) *mapnew()*
5423 Like |map()| but instead of replacing items in {expr1} a new
5424 List or Dictionary is created and returned. {expr1} remains
5425 unchanged. Items can still be changed by {expr2}, if you
5426 don't want that use |deepcopy()| first.
5427
5428
5429mapset({mode}, {abbr}, {dict}) *mapset()*
Ernie Rael51d04d12022-05-04 15:40:22 +01005430mapset({dict})
5431 Restore a mapping from a dictionary, possibly returned by
5432 |maparg()| or |maplist()|. A buffer mapping, when dict.buffer
5433 is true, is set on the current buffer; it is up to the caller
5434 to insure that the intended buffer is the current buffer. This
5435 feature allows copying mappings from one buffer to another.
5436 The dict.mode value may restore a single mapping that covers
5437 more than one mode, like with mode values of '!', ' ', 'nox',
5438 or 'v'. *E1276*
5439
5440 In the first form, {mode} and {abbr} should be the same as
5441 for the call to |maparg()|. *E460*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005442 {mode} is used to define the mode in which the mapping is set,
5443 not the "mode" entry in {dict}.
5444 Example for saving and restoring a mapping: >
5445 let save_map = maparg('K', 'n', 0, 1)
5446 nnoremap K somethingelse
5447 ...
5448 call mapset('n', 0, save_map)
5449< Note that if you are going to replace a map in several modes,
Ernie Rael51d04d12022-05-04 15:40:22 +01005450 e.g. with `:map!`, you need to save/restore the mapping for
5451 all of them, when they might differ.
5452
5453 In the second form, with {dict} as the only argument, mode
5454 and abbr are taken from the dict.
5455 Example: >
5456 vim9script
5457 var save_maps = maplist()->filter(
5458 (_, m) => m.lhs == 'K')
5459 nnoremap K somethingelse
5460 cnoremap K somethingelse2
5461 # ...
5462 unmap K
5463 for d in save_maps
5464 mapset(d)
5465 endfor
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005466
5467
5468match({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *match()*
5469 When {expr} is a |List| then this returns the index of the
5470 first item where {pat} matches. Each item is used as a
5471 String, |Lists| and |Dictionaries| are used as echoed.
5472
5473 Otherwise, {expr} is used as a String. The result is a
5474 Number, which gives the index (byte offset) in {expr} where
5475 {pat} matches.
5476
5477 A match at the first character or |List| item returns zero.
5478 If there is no match -1 is returned.
5479
5480 For getting submatches see |matchlist()|.
5481 Example: >
5482 :echo match("testing", "ing") " results in 4
5483 :echo match([1, 'x'], '\a') " results in 1
5484< See |string-match| for how {pat} is used.
5485 *strpbrk()*
5486 Vim doesn't have a strpbrk() function. But you can do: >
5487 :let sepidx = match(line, '[.,;: \t]')
5488< *strcasestr()*
5489 Vim doesn't have a strcasestr() function. But you can add
5490 "\c" to the pattern to ignore case: >
5491 :let idx = match(haystack, '\cneedle')
5492<
5493 If {start} is given, the search starts from byte index
5494 {start} in a String or item {start} in a |List|.
5495 The result, however, is still the index counted from the
5496 first character/item. Example: >
5497 :echo match("testing", "ing", 2)
5498< result is again "4". >
5499 :echo match("testing", "ing", 4)
5500< result is again "4". >
5501 :echo match("testing", "t", 2)
5502< result is "3".
5503 For a String, if {start} > 0 then it is like the string starts
5504 {start} bytes later, thus "^" will match at {start}. Except
5505 when {count} is given, then it's like matches before the
5506 {start} byte are ignored (this is a bit complicated to keep it
5507 backwards compatible).
5508 For a String, if {start} < 0, it will be set to 0. For a list
5509 the index is counted from the end.
5510 If {start} is out of range ({start} > strlen({expr}) for a
5511 String or {start} > len({expr}) for a |List|) -1 is returned.
5512
5513 When {count} is given use the {count}'th match. When a match
5514 is found in a String the search for the next one starts one
5515 character further. Thus this example results in 1: >
5516 echo match("testing", "..", 0, 2)
5517< In a |List| the search continues in the next item.
5518 Note that when {count} is added the way {start} works changes,
5519 see above.
5520
5521 See |pattern| for the patterns that are accepted.
5522 The 'ignorecase' option is used to set the ignore-caseness of
5523 the pattern. 'smartcase' is NOT used. The matching is always
5524 done like 'magic' is set and 'cpoptions' is empty.
5525 Note that a match at the start is preferred, thus when the
5526 pattern is using "*" (any number of matches) it tends to find
5527 zero matches at the start instead of a number of matches
5528 further down in the text.
5529
5530 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5531 GetText()->match('word')
5532 GetList()->match('word')
5533<
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +00005534 *matchadd()* *E290* *E798* *E799* *E801* *E957*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005535matchadd({group}, {pattern} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
5536 Defines a pattern to be highlighted in the current window (a
5537 "match"). It will be highlighted with {group}. Returns an
5538 identification number (ID), which can be used to delete the
5539 match using |matchdelete()|. The ID is bound to the window.
5540 Matching is case sensitive and magic, unless case sensitivity
5541 or magicness are explicitly overridden in {pattern}. The
5542 'magic', 'smartcase' and 'ignorecase' options are not used.
5543 The "Conceal" value is special, it causes the match to be
5544 concealed.
5545
5546 The optional {priority} argument assigns a priority to the
5547 match. A match with a high priority will have its
5548 highlighting overrule that of a match with a lower priority.
5549 A priority is specified as an integer (negative numbers are no
5550 exception). If the {priority} argument is not specified, the
5551 default priority is 10. The priority of 'hlsearch' is zero,
5552 hence all matches with a priority greater than zero will
5553 overrule it. Syntax highlighting (see 'syntax') is a separate
5554 mechanism, and regardless of the chosen priority a match will
5555 always overrule syntax highlighting.
5556
5557 The optional {id} argument allows the request for a specific
5558 match ID. If a specified ID is already taken, an error
5559 message will appear and the match will not be added. An ID
5560 is specified as a positive integer (zero excluded). IDs 1, 2
5561 and 3 are reserved for |:match|, |:2match| and |:3match|,
5562 respectively. If the {id} argument is not specified or -1,
5563 |matchadd()| automatically chooses a free ID.
5564
5565 The optional {dict} argument allows for further custom
5566 values. Currently this is used to specify a match specific
5567 conceal character that will be shown for |hl-Conceal|
5568 highlighted matches. The dict can have the following members:
5569
5570 conceal Special character to show instead of the
5571 match (only for |hl-Conceal| highlighted
5572 matches, see |:syn-cchar|)
5573 window Instead of the current window use the
5574 window with this number or window ID.
5575
5576 The number of matches is not limited, as it is the case with
5577 the |:match| commands.
5578
5579 Example: >
5580 :highlight MyGroup ctermbg=green guibg=green
5581 :let m = matchadd("MyGroup", "TODO")
5582< Deletion of the pattern: >
5583 :call matchdelete(m)
5584
5585< A list of matches defined by |matchadd()| and |:match| are
5586 available from |getmatches()|. All matches can be deleted in
5587 one operation by |clearmatches()|.
5588
5589 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5590 GetGroup()->matchadd('TODO')
5591<
5592 *matchaddpos()*
5593matchaddpos({group}, {pos} [, {priority} [, {id} [, {dict}]]])
5594 Same as |matchadd()|, but requires a list of positions {pos}
5595 instead of a pattern. This command is faster than |matchadd()|
5596 because it does not require to handle regular expressions and
5597 sets buffer line boundaries to redraw screen. It is supposed
5598 to be used when fast match additions and deletions are
5599 required, for example to highlight matching parentheses.
5600
5601 {pos} is a list of positions. Each position can be one of
5602 these:
5603 - A number. This whole line will be highlighted. The first
5604 line has number 1.
5605 - A list with one number, e.g., [23]. The whole line with this
5606 number will be highlighted.
5607 - A list with two numbers, e.g., [23, 11]. The first number is
5608 the line number, the second one is the column number (first
5609 column is 1, the value must correspond to the byte index as
5610 |col()| would return). The character at this position will
5611 be highlighted.
5612 - A list with three numbers, e.g., [23, 11, 3]. As above, but
5613 the third number gives the length of the highlight in bytes.
5614
5615 The maximum number of positions in {pos} is 8.
5616
5617 Example: >
5618 :highlight MyGroup ctermbg=green guibg=green
5619 :let m = matchaddpos("MyGroup", [[23, 24], 34])
5620< Deletion of the pattern: >
5621 :call matchdelete(m)
5622
5623< Matches added by |matchaddpos()| are returned by
5624 |getmatches()|.
5625
5626 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5627 GetGroup()->matchaddpos([23, 11])
5628
5629matcharg({nr}) *matcharg()*
5630 Selects the {nr} match item, as set with a |:match|,
5631 |:2match| or |:3match| command.
5632 Return a |List| with two elements:
5633 The name of the highlight group used
5634 The pattern used.
5635 When {nr} is not 1, 2 or 3 returns an empty |List|.
5636 When there is no match item set returns ['', ''].
5637 This is useful to save and restore a |:match|.
5638 Highlighting matches using the |:match| commands are limited
5639 to three matches. |matchadd()| does not have this limitation.
5640
5641 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5642 GetMatch()->matcharg()
5643
5644matchdelete({id} [, {win}) *matchdelete()* *E802* *E803*
5645 Deletes a match with ID {id} previously defined by |matchadd()|
5646 or one of the |:match| commands. Returns 0 if successful,
5647 otherwise -1. See example for |matchadd()|. All matches can
5648 be deleted in one operation by |clearmatches()|.
5649 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
5650 window ID instead of the current window.
5651
5652 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5653 GetMatch()->matchdelete()
5654
5655matchend({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchend()*
5656 Same as |match()|, but return the index of first character
5657 after the match. Example: >
5658 :echo matchend("testing", "ing")
5659< results in "7".
5660 *strspn()* *strcspn()*
5661 Vim doesn't have a strspn() or strcspn() function, but you can
5662 do it with matchend(): >
5663 :let span = matchend(line, '[a-zA-Z]')
5664 :let span = matchend(line, '[^a-zA-Z]')
5665< Except that -1 is returned when there are no matches.
5666
5667 The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. >
5668 :echo matchend("testing", "ing", 2)
5669< results in "7". >
5670 :echo matchend("testing", "ing", 5)
5671< result is "-1".
5672 When {expr} is a |List| the result is equal to |match()|.
5673
5674 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5675 GetText()->matchend('word')
5676
5677
5678matchfuzzy({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) *matchfuzzy()*
5679 If {list} is a list of strings, then returns a |List| with all
5680 the strings in {list} that fuzzy match {str}. The strings in
5681 the returned list are sorted based on the matching score.
5682
5683 The optional {dict} argument always supports the following
5684 items:
5685 matchseq When this item is present and {str} contains
5686 multiple words separated by white space, then
5687 returns only matches that contain the words in
5688 the given sequence.
5689
5690 If {list} is a list of dictionaries, then the optional {dict}
5691 argument supports the following additional items:
Yasuhiro Matsumoto9029a6e2022-04-16 12:35:35 +01005692 key Key of the item which is fuzzy matched against
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005693 {str}. The value of this item should be a
5694 string.
5695 text_cb |Funcref| that will be called for every item
5696 in {list} to get the text for fuzzy matching.
5697 This should accept a dictionary item as the
5698 argument and return the text for that item to
5699 use for fuzzy matching.
Yasuhiro Matsumoto9029a6e2022-04-16 12:35:35 +01005700 limit Maximum number of matches in {list} to be
5701 returned. Zero means no limit.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005702
5703 {str} is treated as a literal string and regular expression
5704 matching is NOT supported. The maximum supported {str} length
5705 is 256.
5706
5707 When {str} has multiple words each separated by white space,
5708 then the list of strings that have all the words is returned.
5709
5710 If there are no matching strings or there is an error, then an
5711 empty list is returned. If length of {str} is greater than
5712 256, then returns an empty list.
5713
Yasuhiro Matsumoto9029a6e2022-04-16 12:35:35 +01005714 When {limit} is given, matchfuzzy() will find up to this
5715 number of matches in {list} and return them in sorted order.
5716
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +00005717 Refer to |fuzzy-matching| for more information about fuzzy
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005718 matching strings.
5719
5720 Example: >
5721 :echo matchfuzzy(["clay", "crow"], "cay")
5722< results in ["clay"]. >
5723 :echo getbufinfo()->map({_, v -> v.name})->matchfuzzy("ndl")
5724< results in a list of buffer names fuzzy matching "ndl". >
5725 :echo getbufinfo()->matchfuzzy("ndl", {'key' : 'name'})
5726< results in a list of buffer information dicts with buffer
5727 names fuzzy matching "ndl". >
5728 :echo getbufinfo()->matchfuzzy("spl",
5729 \ {'text_cb' : {v -> v.name}})
5730< results in a list of buffer information dicts with buffer
5731 names fuzzy matching "spl". >
5732 :echo v:oldfiles->matchfuzzy("test")
5733< results in a list of file names fuzzy matching "test". >
5734 :let l = readfile("buffer.c")->matchfuzzy("str")
5735< results in a list of lines in "buffer.c" fuzzy matching "str". >
5736 :echo ['one two', 'two one']->matchfuzzy('two one')
5737< results in ['two one', 'one two']. >
5738 :echo ['one two', 'two one']->matchfuzzy('two one',
5739 \ {'matchseq': 1})
5740< results in ['two one'].
5741
5742matchfuzzypos({list}, {str} [, {dict}]) *matchfuzzypos()*
5743 Same as |matchfuzzy()|, but returns the list of matched
5744 strings, the list of character positions where characters
5745 in {str} matches and a list of matching scores. You can
5746 use |byteidx()| to convert a character position to a byte
5747 position.
5748
5749 If {str} matches multiple times in a string, then only the
5750 positions for the best match is returned.
5751
5752 If there are no matching strings or there is an error, then a
5753 list with three empty list items is returned.
5754
5755 Example: >
5756 :echo matchfuzzypos(['testing'], 'tsg')
5757< results in [['testing'], [[0, 2, 6]], [99]] >
5758 :echo matchfuzzypos(['clay', 'lacy'], 'la')
5759< results in [['lacy', 'clay'], [[0, 1], [1, 2]], [153, 133]] >
5760 :echo [{'text': 'hello', 'id' : 10}]->matchfuzzypos('ll', {'key' : 'text'})
5761< results in [[{'id': 10, 'text': 'hello'}], [[2, 3]], [127]]
5762
5763matchlist({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchlist()*
5764 Same as |match()|, but return a |List|. The first item in the
5765 list is the matched string, same as what matchstr() would
5766 return. Following items are submatches, like "\1", "\2", etc.
5767 in |:substitute|. When an optional submatch didn't match an
5768 empty string is used. Example: >
5769 echo matchlist('acd', '\(a\)\?\(b\)\?\(c\)\?\(.*\)')
5770< Results in: ['acd', 'a', '', 'c', 'd', '', '', '', '', '']
5771 When there is no match an empty list is returned.
5772
5773 You can pass in a List, but that is not very useful.
5774
5775 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5776 GetText()->matchlist('word')
5777
5778matchstr({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchstr()*
5779 Same as |match()|, but return the matched string. Example: >
5780 :echo matchstr("testing", "ing")
5781< results in "ing".
5782 When there is no match "" is returned.
5783 The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. >
5784 :echo matchstr("testing", "ing", 2)
5785< results in "ing". >
5786 :echo matchstr("testing", "ing", 5)
5787< result is "".
5788 When {expr} is a |List| then the matching item is returned.
5789 The type isn't changed, it's not necessarily a String.
5790
5791 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5792 GetText()->matchstr('word')
5793
5794matchstrpos({expr}, {pat} [, {start} [, {count}]]) *matchstrpos()*
5795 Same as |matchstr()|, but return the matched string, the start
5796 position and the end position of the match. Example: >
5797 :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing")
5798< results in ["ing", 4, 7].
5799 When there is no match ["", -1, -1] is returned.
5800 The {start}, if given, has the same meaning as for |match()|. >
5801 :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing", 2)
5802< results in ["ing", 4, 7]. >
5803 :echo matchstrpos("testing", "ing", 5)
5804< result is ["", -1, -1].
5805 When {expr} is a |List| then the matching item, the index
5806 of first item where {pat} matches, the start position and the
5807 end position of the match are returned. >
5808 :echo matchstrpos([1, '__x'], '\a')
5809< result is ["x", 1, 2, 3].
5810 The type isn't changed, it's not necessarily a String.
5811
5812 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5813 GetText()->matchstrpos('word')
5814<
5815
5816 *max()*
5817max({expr}) Return the maximum value of all items in {expr}. Example: >
5818 echo max([apples, pears, oranges])
5819
5820< {expr} can be a |List| or a |Dictionary|. For a Dictionary,
5821 it returns the maximum of all values in the Dictionary.
5822 If {expr} is neither a List nor a Dictionary, or one of the
5823 items in {expr} cannot be used as a Number this results in
5824 an error. An empty |List| or |Dictionary| results in zero.
5825
5826 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5827 mylist->max()
5828
5829
5830menu_info({name} [, {mode}]) *menu_info()*
5831 Return information about the specified menu {name} in
5832 mode {mode}. The menu name should be specified without the
5833 shortcut character ('&'). If {name} is "", then the top-level
5834 menu names are returned.
5835
5836 {mode} can be one of these strings:
5837 "n" Normal
5838 "v" Visual (including Select)
5839 "o" Operator-pending
5840 "i" Insert
5841 "c" Cmd-line
5842 "s" Select
5843 "x" Visual
5844 "t" Terminal-Job
5845 "" Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
5846 "!" Insert and Cmd-line
5847 When {mode} is omitted, the modes for "" are used.
5848
5849 Returns a |Dictionary| containing the following items:
5850 accel menu item accelerator text |menu-text|
5851 display display name (name without '&')
5852 enabled v:true if this menu item is enabled
5853 Refer to |:menu-enable|
5854 icon name of the icon file (for toolbar)
5855 |toolbar-icon|
5856 iconidx index of a built-in icon
5857 modes modes for which the menu is defined. In
5858 addition to the modes mentioned above, these
5859 characters will be used:
5860 " " Normal, Visual and Operator-pending
5861 name menu item name.
5862 noremenu v:true if the {rhs} of the menu item is not
5863 remappable else v:false.
5864 priority menu order priority |menu-priority|
5865 rhs right-hand-side of the menu item. The returned
5866 string has special characters translated like
5867 in the output of the ":menu" command listing.
5868 When the {rhs} of a menu item is empty, then
5869 "<Nop>" is returned.
5870 script v:true if script-local remapping of {rhs} is
5871 allowed else v:false. See |:menu-script|.
5872 shortcut shortcut key (character after '&' in
5873 the menu name) |menu-shortcut|
5874 silent v:true if the menu item is created
5875 with <silent> argument |:menu-silent|
5876 submenus |List| containing the names of
5877 all the submenus. Present only if the menu
5878 item has submenus.
5879
5880 Returns an empty dictionary if the menu item is not found.
5881
5882 Examples: >
5883 :echo menu_info('Edit.Cut')
5884 :echo menu_info('File.Save', 'n')
5885
5886 " Display the entire menu hierarchy in a buffer
5887 func ShowMenu(name, pfx)
5888 let m = menu_info(a:name)
5889 call append(line('$'), a:pfx .. m.display)
5890 for child in m->get('submenus', [])
5891 call ShowMenu(a:name .. '.' .. escape(child, '.'),
5892 \ a:pfx .. ' ')
5893 endfor
5894 endfunc
5895 new
5896 for topmenu in menu_info('').submenus
5897 call ShowMenu(topmenu, '')
5898 endfor
5899<
5900 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5901 GetMenuName()->menu_info('v')
5902
5903
5904< *min()*
5905min({expr}) Return the minimum value of all items in {expr}. Example: >
5906 echo min([apples, pears, oranges])
5907
5908< {expr} can be a |List| or a |Dictionary|. For a Dictionary,
5909 it returns the minimum of all values in the Dictionary.
5910 If {expr} is neither a List nor a Dictionary, or one of the
5911 items in {expr} cannot be used as a Number this results in
5912 an error. An empty |List| or |Dictionary| results in zero.
5913
5914 Can also be used as a |method|: >
5915 mylist->min()
5916
5917< *mkdir()* *E739*
5918mkdir({name} [, {path} [, {prot}]])
5919 Create directory {name}.
5920
5921 If {path} is "p" then intermediate directories are created as
5922 necessary. Otherwise it must be "".
5923
5924 If {prot} is given it is used to set the protection bits of
5925 the new directory. The default is 0o755 (rwxr-xr-x: r/w for
5926 the user, readable for others). Use 0o700 to make it
5927 unreadable for others. This is only used for the last part of
5928 {name}. Thus if you create /tmp/foo/bar then /tmp/foo will be
5929 created with 0o755.
5930 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00005931 :call mkdir($HOME .. "/tmp/foo/bar", "p", 0o700)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00005932
5933< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
5934
5935 There is no error if the directory already exists and the "p"
5936 flag is passed (since patch 8.0.1708). However, without the
5937 "p" option the call will fail.
5938
5939 The function result is a Number, which is TRUE if the call was
5940 successful or FALSE if the directory creation failed or partly
5941 failed.
5942
5943 Not available on all systems. To check use: >
5944 :if exists("*mkdir")
5945
5946< Can also be used as a |method|: >
5947 GetName()->mkdir()
5948<
5949 *mode()*
5950mode([expr]) Return a string that indicates the current mode.
5951 If [expr] is supplied and it evaluates to a non-zero Number or
5952 a non-empty String (|non-zero-arg|), then the full mode is
5953 returned, otherwise only the first letter is returned.
5954 Also see |state()|.
5955
5956 n Normal
5957 no Operator-pending
5958 nov Operator-pending (forced characterwise |o_v|)
5959 noV Operator-pending (forced linewise |o_V|)
5960 noCTRL-V Operator-pending (forced blockwise |o_CTRL-V|);
5961 CTRL-V is one character
5962 niI Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Insert-mode|
5963 niR Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Replace-mode|
5964 niV Normal using |i_CTRL-O| in |Virtual-Replace-mode|
5965 nt Terminal-Normal (insert goes to Terminal-Job mode)
5966 v Visual by character
5967 vs Visual by character using |v_CTRL-O| in Select mode
5968 V Visual by line
5969 Vs Visual by line using |v_CTRL-O| in Select mode
5970 CTRL-V Visual blockwise
5971 CTRL-Vs Visual blockwise using |v_CTRL-O| in Select mode
5972 s Select by character
5973 S Select by line
5974 CTRL-S Select blockwise
5975 i Insert
5976 ic Insert mode completion |compl-generic|
5977 ix Insert mode |i_CTRL-X| completion
5978 R Replace |R|
5979 Rc Replace mode completion |compl-generic|
5980 Rx Replace mode |i_CTRL-X| completion
5981 Rv Virtual Replace |gR|
5982 Rvc Virtual Replace mode completion |compl-generic|
5983 Rvx Virtual Replace mode |i_CTRL-X| completion
5984 c Command-line editing
5985 cv Vim Ex mode |gQ|
5986 ce Normal Ex mode |Q|
5987 r Hit-enter prompt
5988 rm The -- more -- prompt
5989 r? A |:confirm| query of some sort
5990 ! Shell or external command is executing
5991 t Terminal-Job mode: keys go to the job
5992
5993 This is useful in the 'statusline' option or when used
5994 with |remote_expr()| In most other places it always returns
5995 "c" or "n".
5996 Note that in the future more modes and more specific modes may
5997 be added. It's better not to compare the whole string but only
5998 the leading character(s).
5999 Also see |visualmode()|.
6000
6001 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6002 DoFull()->mode()
6003
6004mzeval({expr}) *mzeval()*
6005 Evaluate MzScheme expression {expr} and return its result
6006 converted to Vim data structures.
6007 Numbers and strings are returned as they are.
6008 Pairs (including lists and improper lists) and vectors are
6009 returned as Vim |Lists|.
6010 Hash tables are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type with keys
6011 converted to strings.
6012 All other types are converted to string with display function.
6013 Examples: >
6014 :mz (define l (list 1 2 3))
6015 :mz (define h (make-hash)) (hash-set! h "list" l)
6016 :echo mzeval("l")
6017 :echo mzeval("h")
6018<
6019 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
6020 to {expr}.
6021
6022 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6023 GetExpr()->mzeval()
6024<
6025 {only available when compiled with the |+mzscheme| feature}
6026
6027nextnonblank({lnum}) *nextnonblank()*
6028 Return the line number of the first line at or below {lnum}
6029 that is not blank. Example: >
6030 if getline(nextnonblank(1)) =~ "Java"
6031< When {lnum} is invalid or there is no non-blank line at or
6032 below it, zero is returned.
6033 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
6034 See also |prevnonblank()|.
6035
6036 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6037 GetLnum()->nextnonblank()
6038
6039nr2char({expr} [, {utf8}]) *nr2char()*
6040 Return a string with a single character, which has the number
6041 value {expr}. Examples: >
6042 nr2char(64) returns "@"
6043 nr2char(32) returns " "
6044< When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
6045 Example for "utf-8": >
6046 nr2char(300) returns I with bow character
6047< When {utf8} is TRUE, always return UTF-8 characters.
6048 Note that a NUL character in the file is specified with
6049 nr2char(10), because NULs are represented with newline
6050 characters. nr2char(0) is a real NUL and terminates the
6051 string, thus results in an empty string.
6052 To turn a list of character numbers into a string: >
6053 let list = [65, 66, 67]
6054 let str = join(map(list, {_, val -> nr2char(val)}), '')
6055< Result: "ABC"
6056
6057 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6058 GetNumber()->nr2char()
6059
6060or({expr}, {expr}) *or()*
6061 Bitwise OR on the two arguments. The arguments are converted
6062 to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error.
6063 Example: >
6064 :let bits = or(bits, 0x80)
6065< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6066 :let bits = bits->or(0x80)
6067
6068
6069pathshorten({path} [, {len}]) *pathshorten()*
6070 Shorten directory names in the path {path} and return the
6071 result. The tail, the file name, is kept as-is. The other
6072 components in the path are reduced to {len} letters in length.
6073 If {len} is omitted or smaller than 1 then 1 is used (single
6074 letters). Leading '~' and '.' characters are kept. Examples: >
6075 :echo pathshorten('~/.vim/autoload/myfile.vim')
6076< ~/.v/a/myfile.vim ~
6077>
6078 :echo pathshorten('~/.vim/autoload/myfile.vim', 2)
6079< ~/.vi/au/myfile.vim ~
6080 It doesn't matter if the path exists or not.
6081
6082 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6083 GetDirectories()->pathshorten()
6084
6085perleval({expr}) *perleval()*
6086 Evaluate Perl expression {expr} in scalar context and return
6087 its result converted to Vim data structures. If value can't be
6088 converted, it is returned as a string Perl representation.
6089 Note: If you want an array or hash, {expr} must return a
6090 reference to it.
6091 Example: >
6092 :echo perleval('[1 .. 4]')
6093< [1, 2, 3, 4]
6094
6095 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
6096 to {expr}.
6097
6098 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6099 GetExpr()->perleval()
6100
6101< {only available when compiled with the |+perl| feature}
6102
6103
6104popup_ functions are documented here: |popup-functions|
6105
6106
6107pow({x}, {y}) *pow()*
6108 Return the power of {x} to the exponent {y} as a |Float|.
6109 {x} and {y} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
6110 Examples: >
6111 :echo pow(3, 3)
6112< 27.0 >
6113 :echo pow(2, 16)
6114< 65536.0 >
6115 :echo pow(32, 0.20)
6116< 2.0
6117
6118 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6119 Compute()->pow(3)
6120<
6121 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
6122
6123prevnonblank({lnum}) *prevnonblank()*
6124 Return the line number of the first line at or above {lnum}
6125 that is not blank. Example: >
6126 let ind = indent(prevnonblank(v:lnum - 1))
6127< When {lnum} is invalid or there is no non-blank line at or
6128 above it, zero is returned.
6129 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
6130 Also see |nextnonblank()|.
6131
6132 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6133 GetLnum()->prevnonblank()
6134
6135printf({fmt}, {expr1} ...) *printf()*
6136 Return a String with {fmt}, where "%" items are replaced by
6137 the formatted form of their respective arguments. Example: >
6138 printf("%4d: E%d %.30s", lnum, errno, msg)
6139< May result in:
6140 " 99: E42 asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfas" ~
6141
6142 When used as a |method| the base is passed as the second
6143 argument: >
6144 Compute()->printf("result: %d")
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01006145<
6146 You can use `call()` to pass the items as a list.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006147
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01006148 Often used items are:
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006149 %s string
6150 %6S string right-aligned in 6 display cells
6151 %6s string right-aligned in 6 bytes
6152 %.9s string truncated to 9 bytes
6153 %c single byte
6154 %d decimal number
6155 %5d decimal number padded with spaces to 5 characters
6156 %x hex number
6157 %04x hex number padded with zeros to at least 4 characters
6158 %X hex number using upper case letters
6159 %o octal number
6160 %08b binary number padded with zeros to at least 8 chars
6161 %f floating point number as 12.23, inf, -inf or nan
6162 %F floating point number as 12.23, INF, -INF or NAN
6163 %e floating point number as 1.23e3, inf, -inf or nan
6164 %E floating point number as 1.23E3, INF, -INF or NAN
6165 %g floating point number, as %f or %e depending on value
6166 %G floating point number, as %F or %E depending on value
6167 %% the % character itself
6168
6169 Conversion specifications start with '%' and end with the
6170 conversion type. All other characters are copied unchanged to
6171 the result.
6172
6173 The "%" starts a conversion specification. The following
6174 arguments appear in sequence:
6175
6176 % [flags] [field-width] [.precision] type
6177
6178 flags
6179 Zero or more of the following flags:
6180
6181 # The value should be converted to an "alternate
6182 form". For c, d, and s conversions, this option
6183 has no effect. For o conversions, the precision
6184 of the number is increased to force the first
6185 character of the output string to a zero (except
6186 if a zero value is printed with an explicit
6187 precision of zero).
6188 For b and B conversions, a non-zero result has
6189 the string "0b" (or "0B" for B conversions)
6190 prepended to it.
6191 For x and X conversions, a non-zero result has
6192 the string "0x" (or "0X" for X conversions)
6193 prepended to it.
6194
6195 0 (zero) Zero padding. For all conversions the converted
6196 value is padded on the left with zeros rather
6197 than blanks. If a precision is given with a
6198 numeric conversion (d, b, B, o, x, and X), the 0
6199 flag is ignored.
6200
6201 - A negative field width flag; the converted value
6202 is to be left adjusted on the field boundary.
6203 The converted value is padded on the right with
6204 blanks, rather than on the left with blanks or
6205 zeros. A - overrides a 0 if both are given.
6206
6207 ' ' (space) A blank should be left before a positive
6208 number produced by a signed conversion (d).
6209
6210 + A sign must always be placed before a number
6211 produced by a signed conversion. A + overrides
6212 a space if both are used.
6213
6214 field-width
6215 An optional decimal digit string specifying a minimum
6216 field width. If the converted value has fewer bytes
6217 than the field width, it will be padded with spaces on
6218 the left (or right, if the left-adjustment flag has
6219 been given) to fill out the field width. For the S
6220 conversion the count is in cells.
6221
6222 .precision
6223 An optional precision, in the form of a period '.'
6224 followed by an optional digit string. If the digit
6225 string is omitted, the precision is taken as zero.
6226 This gives the minimum number of digits to appear for
6227 d, o, x, and X conversions, the maximum number of
6228 bytes to be printed from a string for s conversions,
6229 or the maximum number of cells to be printed from a
6230 string for S conversions.
6231 For floating point it is the number of digits after
6232 the decimal point.
6233
6234 type
6235 A character that specifies the type of conversion to
6236 be applied, see below.
6237
6238 A field width or precision, or both, may be indicated by an
6239 asterisk '*' instead of a digit string. In this case, a
6240 Number argument supplies the field width or precision. A
6241 negative field width is treated as a left adjustment flag
6242 followed by a positive field width; a negative precision is
6243 treated as though it were missing. Example: >
6244 :echo printf("%d: %.*s", nr, width, line)
6245< This limits the length of the text used from "line" to
6246 "width" bytes.
6247
6248 The conversion specifiers and their meanings are:
6249
6250 *printf-d* *printf-b* *printf-B* *printf-o*
6251 *printf-x* *printf-X*
6252 dbBoxX The Number argument is converted to signed decimal
6253 (d), unsigned binary (b and B), unsigned octal (o), or
6254 unsigned hexadecimal (x and X) notation. The letters
6255 "abcdef" are used for x conversions; the letters
6256 "ABCDEF" are used for X conversions.
6257 The precision, if any, gives the minimum number of
6258 digits that must appear; if the converted value
6259 requires fewer digits, it is padded on the left with
6260 zeros.
6261 In no case does a non-existent or small field width
6262 cause truncation of a numeric field; if the result of
6263 a conversion is wider than the field width, the field
6264 is expanded to contain the conversion result.
6265 The 'h' modifier indicates the argument is 16 bits.
6266 The 'l' modifier indicates the argument is 32 bits.
6267 The 'L' modifier indicates the argument is 64 bits.
6268 Generally, these modifiers are not useful. They are
6269 ignored when type is known from the argument.
6270
6271 i alias for d
6272 D alias for ld
6273 U alias for lu
6274 O alias for lo
6275
6276 *printf-c*
6277 c The Number argument is converted to a byte, and the
6278 resulting character is written.
6279
6280 *printf-s*
6281 s The text of the String argument is used. If a
6282 precision is specified, no more bytes than the number
6283 specified are used.
6284 If the argument is not a String type, it is
6285 automatically converted to text with the same format
6286 as ":echo".
6287 *printf-S*
6288 S The text of the String argument is used. If a
6289 precision is specified, no more display cells than the
6290 number specified are used.
6291
6292 *printf-f* *E807*
6293 f F The Float argument is converted into a string of the
6294 form 123.456. The precision specifies the number of
6295 digits after the decimal point. When the precision is
6296 zero the decimal point is omitted. When the precision
6297 is not specified 6 is used. A really big number
6298 (out of range or dividing by zero) results in "inf"
6299 or "-inf" with %f (INF or -INF with %F).
6300 "0.0 / 0.0" results in "nan" with %f (NAN with %F).
6301 Example: >
6302 echo printf("%.2f", 12.115)
6303< 12.12
6304 Note that roundoff depends on the system libraries.
6305 Use |round()| when in doubt.
6306
6307 *printf-e* *printf-E*
6308 e E The Float argument is converted into a string of the
6309 form 1.234e+03 or 1.234E+03 when using 'E'. The
6310 precision specifies the number of digits after the
6311 decimal point, like with 'f'.
6312
6313 *printf-g* *printf-G*
6314 g G The Float argument is converted like with 'f' if the
6315 value is between 0.001 (inclusive) and 10000000.0
6316 (exclusive). Otherwise 'e' is used for 'g' and 'E'
6317 for 'G'. When no precision is specified superfluous
6318 zeroes and '+' signs are removed, except for the zero
6319 immediately after the decimal point. Thus 10000000.0
6320 results in 1.0e7.
6321
6322 *printf-%*
6323 % A '%' is written. No argument is converted. The
6324 complete conversion specification is "%%".
6325
6326 When a Number argument is expected a String argument is also
6327 accepted and automatically converted.
6328 When a Float or String argument is expected a Number argument
6329 is also accepted and automatically converted.
6330 Any other argument type results in an error message.
6331
6332 *E766* *E767*
6333 The number of {exprN} arguments must exactly match the number
6334 of "%" items. If there are not sufficient or too many
6335 arguments an error is given. Up to 18 arguments can be used.
6336
6337
6338prompt_getprompt({buf}) *prompt_getprompt()*
6339 Returns the effective prompt text for buffer {buf}. {buf} can
6340 be a buffer name or number. See |prompt-buffer|.
6341
6342 If the buffer doesn't exist or isn't a prompt buffer, an empty
6343 string is returned.
6344
6345 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6346 GetBuffer()->prompt_getprompt()
6347
6348< {only available when compiled with the |+channel| feature}
6349
6350
6351prompt_setcallback({buf}, {expr}) *prompt_setcallback()*
6352 Set prompt callback for buffer {buf} to {expr}. When {expr}
6353 is an empty string the callback is removed. This has only
6354 effect if {buf} has 'buftype' set to "prompt".
6355
6356 The callback is invoked when pressing Enter. The current
6357 buffer will always be the prompt buffer. A new line for a
6358 prompt is added before invoking the callback, thus the prompt
6359 for which the callback was invoked will be in the last but one
6360 line.
6361 If the callback wants to add text to the buffer, it must
6362 insert it above the last line, since that is where the current
6363 prompt is. This can also be done asynchronously.
6364 The callback is invoked with one argument, which is the text
6365 that was entered at the prompt. This can be an empty string
6366 if the user only typed Enter.
6367 Example: >
6368 call prompt_setcallback(bufnr(), function('s:TextEntered'))
6369 func s:TextEntered(text)
6370 if a:text == 'exit' || a:text == 'quit'
6371 stopinsert
6372 close
6373 else
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006374 call append(line('$') - 1, 'Entered: "' .. a:text .. '"')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006375 " Reset 'modified' to allow the buffer to be closed.
6376 set nomodified
6377 endif
6378 endfunc
6379
6380< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6381 GetBuffer()->prompt_setcallback(callback)
6382
6383< {only available when compiled with the |+channel| feature}
6384
6385prompt_setinterrupt({buf}, {expr}) *prompt_setinterrupt()*
6386 Set a callback for buffer {buf} to {expr}. When {expr} is an
6387 empty string the callback is removed. This has only effect if
6388 {buf} has 'buftype' set to "prompt".
6389
6390 This callback will be invoked when pressing CTRL-C in Insert
6391 mode. Without setting a callback Vim will exit Insert mode,
6392 as in any buffer.
6393
6394 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6395 GetBuffer()->prompt_setinterrupt(callback)
6396
6397< {only available when compiled with the |+channel| feature}
6398
6399prompt_setprompt({buf}, {text}) *prompt_setprompt()*
6400 Set prompt for buffer {buf} to {text}. You most likely want
6401 {text} to end in a space.
6402 The result is only visible if {buf} has 'buftype' set to
6403 "prompt". Example: >
6404 call prompt_setprompt(bufnr(), 'command: ')
6405<
6406 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6407 GetBuffer()->prompt_setprompt('command: ')
6408
6409< {only available when compiled with the |+channel| feature}
6410
6411prop_ functions are documented here: |text-prop-functions|
6412
6413pum_getpos() *pum_getpos()*
6414 If the popup menu (see |ins-completion-menu|) is not visible,
6415 returns an empty |Dictionary|, otherwise, returns a
6416 |Dictionary| with the following keys:
6417 height nr of items visible
6418 width screen cells
6419 row top screen row (0 first row)
6420 col leftmost screen column (0 first col)
6421 size total nr of items
6422 scrollbar |TRUE| if scrollbar is visible
6423
6424 The values are the same as in |v:event| during
6425 |CompleteChanged|.
6426
6427pumvisible() *pumvisible()*
6428 Returns non-zero when the popup menu is visible, zero
6429 otherwise. See |ins-completion-menu|.
6430 This can be used to avoid some things that would remove the
6431 popup menu.
6432
6433py3eval({expr}) *py3eval()*
6434 Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result
6435 converted to Vim data structures.
6436 Numbers and strings are returned as they are (strings are
6437 copied though, Unicode strings are additionally converted to
6438 'encoding').
6439 Lists are represented as Vim |List| type.
6440 Dictionaries are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type with
6441 keys converted to strings.
6442 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
6443 to {expr}.
6444
6445 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6446 GetExpr()->py3eval()
6447
6448< {only available when compiled with the |+python3| feature}
6449
6450 *E858* *E859*
6451pyeval({expr}) *pyeval()*
6452 Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result
6453 converted to Vim data structures.
6454 Numbers and strings are returned as they are (strings are
6455 copied though).
6456 Lists are represented as Vim |List| type.
6457 Dictionaries are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type,
6458 non-string keys result in error.
6459 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
6460 to {expr}.
6461
6462 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6463 GetExpr()->pyeval()
6464
6465< {only available when compiled with the |+python| feature}
6466
6467pyxeval({expr}) *pyxeval()*
6468 Evaluate Python expression {expr} and return its result
6469 converted to Vim data structures.
6470 Uses Python 2 or 3, see |python_x| and 'pyxversion'.
6471 See also: |pyeval()|, |py3eval()|
6472
6473 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6474 GetExpr()->pyxeval()
6475
6476< {only available when compiled with the |+python| or the
6477 |+python3| feature}
6478
6479rand([{expr}]) *rand()* *random*
6480 Return a pseudo-random Number generated with an xoshiro128**
6481 algorithm using seed {expr}. The returned number is 32 bits,
6482 also on 64 bits systems, for consistency.
6483 {expr} can be initialized by |srand()| and will be updated by
6484 rand(). If {expr} is omitted, an internal seed value is used
6485 and updated.
6486
6487 Examples: >
6488 :echo rand()
6489 :let seed = srand()
6490 :echo rand(seed)
6491 :echo rand(seed) % 16 " random number 0 - 15
6492<
6493
6494 *E726* *E727*
6495range({expr} [, {max} [, {stride}]]) *range()*
6496 Returns a |List| with Numbers:
6497 - If only {expr} is specified: [0, 1, ..., {expr} - 1]
6498 - If {max} is specified: [{expr}, {expr} + 1, ..., {max}]
6499 - If {stride} is specified: [{expr}, {expr} + {stride}, ...,
6500 {max}] (increasing {expr} with {stride} each time, not
6501 producing a value past {max}).
6502 When the maximum is one before the start the result is an
6503 empty list. When the maximum is more than one before the
6504 start this is an error.
6505 Examples: >
6506 range(4) " [0, 1, 2, 3]
6507 range(2, 4) " [2, 3, 4]
6508 range(2, 9, 3) " [2, 5, 8]
6509 range(2, -2, -1) " [2, 1, 0, -1, -2]
6510 range(0) " []
6511 range(2, 0) " error!
6512<
6513 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6514 GetExpr()->range()
6515<
6516
6517readblob({fname}) *readblob()*
6518 Read file {fname} in binary mode and return a |Blob|.
6519 When the file can't be opened an error message is given and
6520 the result is an empty |Blob|.
6521 Also see |readfile()| and |writefile()|.
6522
6523
6524readdir({directory} [, {expr} [, {dict}]]) *readdir()*
6525 Return a list with file and directory names in {directory}.
6526 You can also use |glob()| if you don't need to do complicated
6527 things, such as limiting the number of matches.
6528 The list will be sorted (case sensitive), see the {dict}
6529 argument below for changing the sort order.
6530
6531 When {expr} is omitted all entries are included.
6532 When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do:
6533 If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will
6534 be handled.
6535 If {expr} results in 0 then this entry will not be
6536 added to the list.
6537 If {expr} results in 1 then this entry will be added
6538 to the list.
6539 The entries "." and ".." are always excluded.
6540 Each time {expr} is evaluated |v:val| is set to the entry name.
6541 When {expr} is a function the name is passed as the argument.
6542 For example, to get a list of files ending in ".txt": >
6543 readdir(dirname, {n -> n =~ '.txt$'})
6544< To skip hidden and backup files: >
6545 readdir(dirname, {n -> n !~ '^\.\|\~$'})
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +00006546< *E857*
6547 The optional {dict} argument allows for further custom
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006548 values. Currently this is used to specify if and how sorting
6549 should be performed. The dict can have the following members:
6550
6551 sort How to sort the result returned from the system.
6552 Valid values are:
6553 "none" do not sort (fastest method)
6554 "case" sort case sensitive (byte value of
6555 each character, technically, using
6556 strcmp()) (default)
6557 "icase" sort case insensitive (technically
6558 using strcasecmp())
6559 "collate" sort using the collation order
6560 of the "POSIX" or "C" |locale|
6561 (technically using strcoll())
6562 Other values are silently ignored.
6563
6564 For example, to get a list of all files in the current
6565 directory without sorting the individual entries: >
6566 readdir('.', '1', #{sort: 'none'})
6567< If you want to get a directory tree: >
6568 function! s:tree(dir)
6569 return {a:dir : map(readdir(a:dir),
6570 \ {_, x -> isdirectory(x) ?
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006571 \ {x : s:tree(a:dir .. '/' .. x)} : x})}
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006572 endfunction
6573 echo s:tree(".")
6574<
6575 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6576 GetDirName()->readdir()
6577<
6578readdirex({directory} [, {expr} [, {dict}]]) *readdirex()*
6579 Extended version of |readdir()|.
6580 Return a list of Dictionaries with file and directory
6581 information in {directory}.
6582 This is useful if you want to get the attributes of file and
6583 directory at the same time as getting a list of a directory.
6584 This is much faster than calling |readdir()| then calling
6585 |getfperm()|, |getfsize()|, |getftime()| and |getftype()| for
6586 each file and directory especially on MS-Windows.
6587 The list will by default be sorted by name (case sensitive),
6588 the sorting can be changed by using the optional {dict}
6589 argument, see |readdir()|.
6590
6591 The Dictionary for file and directory information has the
6592 following items:
6593 group Group name of the entry. (Only on Unix)
6594 name Name of the entry.
6595 perm Permissions of the entry. See |getfperm()|.
6596 size Size of the entry. See |getfsize()|.
6597 time Timestamp of the entry. See |getftime()|.
6598 type Type of the entry.
6599 On Unix, almost same as |getftype()| except:
6600 Symlink to a dir "linkd"
6601 Other symlink "link"
6602 On MS-Windows:
6603 Normal file "file"
6604 Directory "dir"
6605 Junction "junction"
6606 Symlink to a dir "linkd"
6607 Other symlink "link"
6608 Other reparse point "reparse"
6609 user User name of the entry's owner. (Only on Unix)
6610 On Unix, if the entry is a symlink, the Dictionary includes
6611 the information of the target (except the "type" item).
6612 On MS-Windows, it includes the information of the symlink
6613 itself because of performance reasons.
6614
6615 When {expr} is omitted all entries are included.
6616 When {expr} is given, it is evaluated to check what to do:
6617 If {expr} results in -1 then no further entries will
6618 be handled.
6619 If {expr} results in 0 then this entry will not be
6620 added to the list.
6621 If {expr} results in 1 then this entry will be added
6622 to the list.
6623 The entries "." and ".." are always excluded.
6624 Each time {expr} is evaluated |v:val| is set to a |Dictionary|
6625 of the entry.
6626 When {expr} is a function the entry is passed as the argument.
6627 For example, to get a list of files ending in ".txt": >
6628 readdirex(dirname, {e -> e.name =~ '.txt$'})
6629<
6630 For example, to get a list of all files in the current
6631 directory without sorting the individual entries: >
6632 readdirex(dirname, '1', #{sort: 'none'})
6633
6634<
6635 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6636 GetDirName()->readdirex()
6637<
6638
6639 *readfile()*
6640readfile({fname} [, {type} [, {max}]])
6641 Read file {fname} and return a |List|, each line of the file
6642 as an item. Lines are broken at NL characters. Macintosh
6643 files separated with CR will result in a single long line
6644 (unless a NL appears somewhere).
6645 All NUL characters are replaced with a NL character.
6646 When {type} contains "b" binary mode is used:
6647 - When the last line ends in a NL an extra empty list item is
6648 added.
6649 - No CR characters are removed.
6650 Otherwise:
6651 - CR characters that appear before a NL are removed.
6652 - Whether the last line ends in a NL or not does not matter.
6653 - When 'encoding' is Unicode any UTF-8 byte order mark is
6654 removed from the text.
6655 When {max} is given this specifies the maximum number of lines
6656 to be read. Useful if you only want to check the first ten
6657 lines of a file: >
6658 :for line in readfile(fname, '', 10)
6659 : if line =~ 'Date' | echo line | endif
6660 :endfor
6661< When {max} is negative -{max} lines from the end of the file
6662 are returned, or as many as there are.
6663 When {max} is zero the result is an empty list.
6664 Note that without {max} the whole file is read into memory.
6665 Also note that there is no recognition of encoding. Read a
6666 file into a buffer if you need to.
6667 Deprecated (use |readblob()| instead): When {type} contains
6668 "B" a |Blob| is returned with the binary data of the file
6669 unmodified.
6670 When the file can't be opened an error message is given and
6671 the result is an empty list.
6672 Also see |writefile()|.
6673
6674 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6675 GetFileName()->readfile()
6676
6677reduce({object}, {func} [, {initial}]) *reduce()* *E998*
6678 {func} is called for every item in {object}, which can be a
6679 |String|, |List| or a |Blob|. {func} is called with two
6680 arguments: the result so far and current item. After
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00006681 processing all items the result is returned. *E1132*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006682
6683 {initial} is the initial result. When omitted, the first item
6684 in {object} is used and {func} is first called for the second
6685 item. If {initial} is not given and {object} is empty no
6686 result can be computed, an E998 error is given.
6687
6688 Examples: >
6689 echo reduce([1, 3, 5], { acc, val -> acc + val })
6690 echo reduce(['x', 'y'], { acc, val -> acc .. val }, 'a')
6691 echo reduce(0z1122, { acc, val -> 2 * acc + val })
6692 echo reduce('xyz', { acc, val -> acc .. ',' .. val })
6693<
6694 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6695 echo mylist->reduce({ acc, val -> acc + val }, 0)
6696
6697
6698reg_executing() *reg_executing()*
6699 Returns the single letter name of the register being executed.
6700 Returns an empty string when no register is being executed.
6701 See |@|.
6702
6703reg_recording() *reg_recording()*
6704 Returns the single letter name of the register being recorded.
6705 Returns an empty string when not recording. See |q|.
6706
6707reltime([{start} [, {end}]]) *reltime()*
6708 Return an item that represents a time value. The item is a
6709 list with items that depend on the system. In Vim 9 script
6710 list<any> can be used.
6711 The item can be passed to |reltimestr()| to convert it to a
6712 string or |reltimefloat()| to convert to a Float.
6713
6714 Without an argument reltime() returns the current time.
6715 With one argument is returns the time passed since the time
6716 specified in the argument.
6717 With two arguments it returns the time passed between {start}
6718 and {end}.
6719
6720 The {start} and {end} arguments must be values returned by
6721 reltime(). If there is an error zero is returned in legacy
6722 script, in Vim9 script an error is given.
6723
6724 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6725 GetStart()->reltime()
6726<
6727 {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
6728
6729reltimefloat({time}) *reltimefloat()*
6730 Return a Float that represents the time value of {time}.
6731 Example: >
6732 let start = reltime()
6733 call MyFunction()
6734 let seconds = reltimefloat(reltime(start))
6735< See the note of reltimestr() about overhead.
6736 Also see |profiling|.
6737 If there is an error 0.0 is returned in legacy script, in Vim9
6738 script an error is given.
6739
6740 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6741 reltime(start)->reltimefloat()
6742
6743< {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
6744
6745reltimestr({time}) *reltimestr()*
6746 Return a String that represents the time value of {time}.
6747 This is the number of seconds, a dot and the number of
6748 microseconds. Example: >
6749 let start = reltime()
6750 call MyFunction()
6751 echo reltimestr(reltime(start))
6752< Note that overhead for the commands will be added to the time.
6753 The accuracy depends on the system.
6754 Leading spaces are used to make the string align nicely. You
6755 can use split() to remove it. >
6756 echo split(reltimestr(reltime(start)))[0]
6757< Also see |profiling|.
6758 If there is an error an empty string is returned in legacy
6759 script, in Vim9 script an error is given.
6760
6761 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6762 reltime(start)->reltimestr()
6763
6764< {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
6765
6766 *remote_expr()* *E449*
6767remote_expr({server}, {string} [, {idvar} [, {timeout}]])
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006768 Send the {string} to {server}. The {server} argument is a
6769 string, also see |{server}|.
6770
6771 The string is sent as an expression and the result is returned
6772 after evaluation. The result must be a String or a |List|. A
6773 |List| is turned into a String by joining the items with a
6774 line break in between (not at the end), like with join(expr,
6775 "\n").
6776
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006777 If {idvar} is present and not empty, it is taken as the name
6778 of a variable and a {serverid} for later use with
6779 |remote_read()| is stored there.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006780
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006781 If {timeout} is given the read times out after this many
6782 seconds. Otherwise a timeout of 600 seconds is used.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006783
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006784 See also |clientserver| |RemoteReply|.
6785 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6786 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
6787 Note: Any errors will cause a local error message to be issued
6788 and the result will be the empty string.
6789
6790 Variables will be evaluated in the global namespace,
6791 independent of a function currently being active. Except
6792 when in debug mode, then local function variables and
6793 arguments can be evaluated.
6794
6795 Examples: >
6796 :echo remote_expr("gvim", "2+2")
6797 :echo remote_expr("gvim1", "b:current_syntax")
6798<
6799 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6800 ServerName()->remote_expr(expr)
6801
6802remote_foreground({server}) *remote_foreground()*
6803 Move the Vim server with the name {server} to the foreground.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006804 The {server} argument is a string, also see |{server}|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006805 This works like: >
6806 remote_expr({server}, "foreground()")
6807< Except that on Win32 systems the client does the work, to work
6808 around the problem that the OS doesn't always allow the server
6809 to bring itself to the foreground.
6810 Note: This does not restore the window if it was minimized,
6811 like foreground() does.
6812 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6813
6814 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6815 ServerName()->remote_foreground()
6816
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01006817< {only in the Win32, Motif and GTK GUI versions and the
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006818 Win32 console version}
6819
6820
6821remote_peek({serverid} [, {retvar}]) *remote_peek()*
6822 Returns a positive number if there are available strings
6823 from {serverid}. Copies any reply string into the variable
6824 {retvar} if specified. {retvar} must be a string with the
6825 name of a variable.
6826 Returns zero if none are available.
6827 Returns -1 if something is wrong.
6828 See also |clientserver|.
6829 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6830 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
6831 Examples: >
6832 :let repl = ""
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006833 :echo "PEEK: " .. remote_peek(id, "repl") .. ": " .. repl
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006834
6835< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6836 ServerId()->remote_peek()
6837
6838remote_read({serverid}, [{timeout}]) *remote_read()*
6839 Return the oldest available reply from {serverid} and consume
6840 it. Unless a {timeout} in seconds is given, it blocks until a
6841 reply is available.
6842 See also |clientserver|.
6843 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6844 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
6845 Example: >
6846 :echo remote_read(id)
6847
6848< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6849 ServerId()->remote_read()
6850<
6851 *remote_send()* *E241*
6852remote_send({server}, {string} [, {idvar}])
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006853 Send the {string} to {server}. The {server} argument is a
6854 string, also see |{server}|.
6855
6856 The string is sent as input keys and the function returns
6857 immediately. At the Vim server the keys are not mapped
6858 |:map|.
6859
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006860 If {idvar} is present, it is taken as the name of a variable
6861 and a {serverid} for later use with remote_read() is stored
6862 there.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00006863
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006864 See also |clientserver| |RemoteReply|.
6865 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6866 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
6867
6868 Note: Any errors will be reported in the server and may mess
6869 up the display.
6870 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006871 :echo remote_send("gvim", ":DropAndReply " .. file, "serverid") ..
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006872 \ remote_read(serverid)
6873
6874 :autocmd NONE RemoteReply *
6875 \ echo remote_read(expand("<amatch>"))
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006876 :echo remote_send("gvim", ":sleep 10 | echo " ..
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006877 \ 'server2client(expand("<client>"), "HELLO")<CR>')
6878<
6879 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6880 ServerName()->remote_send(keys)
6881<
6882 *remote_startserver()* *E941* *E942*
6883remote_startserver({name})
6884 Become the server {name}. This fails if already running as a
6885 server, when |v:servername| is not empty.
6886
6887 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6888 ServerName()->remote_startserver()
6889
6890< {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
6891
6892remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}]) *remove()*
6893 Without {end}: Remove the item at {idx} from |List| {list} and
6894 return the item.
6895 With {end}: Remove items from {idx} to {end} (inclusive) and
6896 return a |List| with these items. When {idx} points to the same
6897 item as {end} a list with one item is returned. When {end}
6898 points to an item before {idx} this is an error.
6899 See |list-index| for possible values of {idx} and {end}.
6900 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006901 :echo "last item: " .. remove(mylist, -1)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006902 :call remove(mylist, 0, 9)
6903<
6904 Use |delete()| to remove a file.
6905
6906 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6907 mylist->remove(idx)
6908
6909remove({blob}, {idx} [, {end}])
6910 Without {end}: Remove the byte at {idx} from |Blob| {blob} and
6911 return the byte.
6912 With {end}: Remove bytes from {idx} to {end} (inclusive) and
6913 return a |Blob| with these bytes. When {idx} points to the same
6914 byte as {end} a |Blob| with one byte is returned. When {end}
6915 points to a byte before {idx} this is an error.
6916 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006917 :echo "last byte: " .. remove(myblob, -1)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006918 :call remove(mylist, 0, 9)
6919
6920remove({dict}, {key})
6921 Remove the entry from {dict} with key {key} and return it.
6922 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00006923 :echo "removed " .. remove(dict, "one")
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00006924< If there is no {key} in {dict} this is an error.
6925
6926rename({from}, {to}) *rename()*
6927 Rename the file by the name {from} to the name {to}. This
6928 should also work to move files across file systems. The
6929 result is a Number, which is 0 if the file was renamed
6930 successfully, and non-zero when the renaming failed.
6931 NOTE: If {to} exists it is overwritten without warning.
6932 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
6933
6934 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6935 GetOldName()->rename(newname)
6936
6937repeat({expr}, {count}) *repeat()*
6938 Repeat {expr} {count} times and return the concatenated
6939 result. Example: >
6940 :let separator = repeat('-', 80)
6941< When {count} is zero or negative the result is empty.
6942 When {expr} is a |List| the result is {expr} concatenated
6943 {count} times. Example: >
6944 :let longlist = repeat(['a', 'b'], 3)
6945< Results in ['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b'].
6946
6947 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6948 mylist->repeat(count)
6949
6950resolve({filename}) *resolve()* *E655*
6951 On MS-Windows, when {filename} is a shortcut (a .lnk file),
6952 returns the path the shortcut points to in a simplified form.
6953 When {filename} is a symbolic link or junction point, return
6954 the full path to the target. If the target of junction is
6955 removed, return {filename}.
6956 On Unix, repeat resolving symbolic links in all path
6957 components of {filename} and return the simplified result.
6958 To cope with link cycles, resolving of symbolic links is
6959 stopped after 100 iterations.
6960 On other systems, return the simplified {filename}.
6961 The simplification step is done as by |simplify()|.
6962 resolve() keeps a leading path component specifying the
6963 current directory (provided the result is still a relative
6964 path name) and also keeps a trailing path separator.
6965
6966 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6967 GetName()->resolve()
6968
6969reverse({object}) *reverse()*
6970 Reverse the order of items in {object} in-place.
6971 {object} can be a |List| or a |Blob|.
6972 Returns {object}.
6973 If you want an object to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
6974 :let revlist = reverse(copy(mylist))
6975< Can also be used as a |method|: >
6976 mylist->reverse()
6977
6978round({expr}) *round()*
6979 Round off {expr} to the nearest integral value and return it
6980 as a |Float|. If {expr} lies halfway between two integral
6981 values, then use the larger one (away from zero).
6982 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
6983 Examples: >
6984 echo round(0.456)
6985< 0.0 >
6986 echo round(4.5)
6987< 5.0 >
6988 echo round(-4.5)
6989< -5.0
6990
6991 Can also be used as a |method|: >
6992 Compute()->round()
6993<
6994 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
6995
6996rubyeval({expr}) *rubyeval()*
6997 Evaluate Ruby expression {expr} and return its result
6998 converted to Vim data structures.
6999 Numbers, floats and strings are returned as they are (strings
7000 are copied though).
7001 Arrays are represented as Vim |List| type.
7002 Hashes are represented as Vim |Dictionary| type.
7003 Other objects are represented as strings resulted from their
7004 "Object#to_s" method.
7005 Note that in a `:def` function local variables are not visible
7006 to {expr}.
7007
7008 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7009 GetRubyExpr()->rubyeval()
7010
7011< {only available when compiled with the |+ruby| feature}
7012
7013screenattr({row}, {col}) *screenattr()*
7014 Like |screenchar()|, but return the attribute. This is a rather
7015 arbitrary number that can only be used to compare to the
7016 attribute at other positions.
7017
7018 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7019 GetRow()->screenattr(col)
7020
7021screenchar({row}, {col}) *screenchar()*
7022 The result is a Number, which is the character at position
7023 [row, col] on the screen. This works for every possible
7024 screen position, also status lines, window separators and the
7025 command line. The top left position is row one, column one
7026 The character excludes composing characters. For double-byte
7027 encodings it may only be the first byte.
7028 This is mainly to be used for testing.
7029 Returns -1 when row or col is out of range.
7030
7031 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7032 GetRow()->screenchar(col)
7033
7034screenchars({row}, {col}) *screenchars()*
7035 The result is a |List| of Numbers. The first number is the same
7036 as what |screenchar()| returns. Further numbers are
7037 composing characters on top of the base character.
7038 This is mainly to be used for testing.
7039 Returns an empty List when row or col is out of range.
7040
7041 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7042 GetRow()->screenchars(col)
7043
7044screencol() *screencol()*
7045 The result is a Number, which is the current screen column of
7046 the cursor. The leftmost column has number 1.
7047 This function is mainly used for testing.
7048
7049 Note: Always returns the current screen column, thus if used
7050 in a command (e.g. ":echo screencol()") it will return the
7051 column inside the command line, which is 1 when the command is
7052 executed. To get the cursor position in the file use one of
7053 the following mappings: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00007054 nnoremap <expr> GG ":echom " .. screencol() .. "\n"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007055 nnoremap <silent> GG :echom screencol()<CR>
7056 nnoremap GG <Cmd>echom screencol()<CR>
7057<
7058screenpos({winid}, {lnum}, {col}) *screenpos()*
7059 The result is a Dict with the screen position of the text
7060 character in window {winid} at buffer line {lnum} and column
7061 {col}. {col} is a one-based byte index.
7062 The Dict has these members:
7063 row screen row
7064 col first screen column
7065 endcol last screen column
7066 curscol cursor screen column
7067 If the specified position is not visible, all values are zero.
7068 The "endcol" value differs from "col" when the character
7069 occupies more than one screen cell. E.g. for a Tab "col" can
7070 be 1 and "endcol" can be 8.
7071 The "curscol" value is where the cursor would be placed. For
7072 a Tab it would be the same as "endcol", while for a double
7073 width character it would be the same as "col".
7074 The |conceal| feature is ignored here, the column numbers are
7075 as if 'conceallevel' is zero. You can set the cursor to the
7076 right position and use |screencol()| to get the value with
7077 |conceal| taken into account.
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00007078 If the position is in a closed fold the screen position of the
7079 first character is returned, {col} is not used.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007080
7081 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7082 GetWinid()->screenpos(lnum, col)
7083
7084screenrow() *screenrow()*
7085 The result is a Number, which is the current screen row of the
7086 cursor. The top line has number one.
7087 This function is mainly used for testing.
7088 Alternatively you can use |winline()|.
7089
7090 Note: Same restrictions as with |screencol()|.
7091
7092screenstring({row}, {col}) *screenstring()*
7093 The result is a String that contains the base character and
7094 any composing characters at position [row, col] on the screen.
7095 This is like |screenchars()| but returning a String with the
7096 characters.
7097 This is mainly to be used for testing.
7098 Returns an empty String when row or col is out of range.
7099
7100 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7101 GetRow()->screenstring(col)
7102<
7103 *search()*
7104search({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
7105 Search for regexp pattern {pattern}. The search starts at the
7106 cursor position (you can use |cursor()| to set it).
7107
7108 When a match has been found its line number is returned.
7109 If there is no match a 0 is returned and the cursor doesn't
7110 move. No error message is given.
7111
7112 {flags} is a String, which can contain these character flags:
7113 'b' search Backward instead of forward
7114 'c' accept a match at the Cursor position
7115 'e' move to the End of the match
7116 'n' do Not move the cursor
7117 'p' return number of matching sub-Pattern (see below)
7118 's' Set the ' mark at the previous location of the cursor
7119 'w' Wrap around the end of the file
7120 'W' don't Wrap around the end of the file
7121 'z' start searching at the cursor column instead of zero
7122 If neither 'w' or 'W' is given, the 'wrapscan' option applies.
7123
7124 If the 's' flag is supplied, the ' mark is set, only if the
7125 cursor is moved. The 's' flag cannot be combined with the 'n'
7126 flag.
7127
7128 'ignorecase', 'smartcase' and 'magic' are used.
7129
7130 When the 'z' flag is not given, forward searching always
7131 starts in column zero and then matches before the cursor are
7132 skipped. When the 'c' flag is present in 'cpo' the next
7133 search starts after the match. Without the 'c' flag the next
7134 search starts one column further. This matters for
7135 overlapping matches.
7136 When searching backwards and the 'z' flag is given then the
7137 search starts in column zero, thus no match in the current
7138 line will be found (unless wrapping around the end of the
7139 file).
7140
7141 When the {stopline} argument is given then the search stops
7142 after searching this line. This is useful to restrict the
7143 search to a range of lines. Examples: >
7144 let match = search('(', 'b', line("w0"))
7145 let end = search('END', '', line("w$"))
7146< When {stopline} is used and it is not zero this also implies
7147 that the search does not wrap around the end of the file.
7148 A zero value is equal to not giving the argument.
7149
7150 When the {timeout} argument is given the search stops when
7151 more than this many milliseconds have passed. Thus when
7152 {timeout} is 500 the search stops after half a second.
7153 The value must not be negative. A zero value is like not
7154 giving the argument.
7155 {only available when compiled with the |+reltime| feature}
7156
7157 If the {skip} expression is given it is evaluated with the
7158 cursor positioned on the start of a match. If it evaluates to
7159 non-zero this match is skipped. This can be used, for
7160 example, to skip a match in a comment or a string.
7161 {skip} can be a string, which is evaluated as an expression, a
7162 function reference or a lambda.
7163 When {skip} is omitted or empty, every match is accepted.
7164 When evaluating {skip} causes an error the search is aborted
7165 and -1 returned.
7166 *search()-sub-match*
7167 With the 'p' flag the returned value is one more than the
7168 first sub-match in \(\). One if none of them matched but the
7169 whole pattern did match.
7170 To get the column number too use |searchpos()|.
7171
7172 The cursor will be positioned at the match, unless the 'n'
7173 flag is used.
7174
7175 Example (goes over all files in the argument list): >
7176 :let n = 1
7177 :while n <= argc() " loop over all files in arglist
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00007178 : exe "argument " .. n
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007179 : " start at the last char in the file and wrap for the
7180 : " first search to find match at start of file
7181 : normal G$
7182 : let flags = "w"
7183 : while search("foo", flags) > 0
7184 : s/foo/bar/g
7185 : let flags = "W"
7186 : endwhile
7187 : update " write the file if modified
7188 : let n = n + 1
7189 :endwhile
7190<
7191 Example for using some flags: >
7192 :echo search('\<if\|\(else\)\|\(endif\)', 'ncpe')
7193< This will search for the keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
7194 under or after the cursor. Because of the 'p' flag, it
7195 returns 1, 2, or 3 depending on which keyword is found, or 0
7196 if the search fails. With the cursor on the first word of the
7197 line:
7198 if (foo == 0) | let foo = foo + 1 | endif ~
7199 the function returns 1. Without the 'c' flag, the function
7200 finds the "endif" and returns 3. The same thing happens
7201 without the 'e' flag if the cursor is on the "f" of "if".
7202 The 'n' flag tells the function not to move the cursor.
7203
7204 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7205 GetPattern()->search()
7206
7207searchcount([{options}]) *searchcount()*
7208 Get or update the last search count, like what is displayed
7209 without the "S" flag in 'shortmess'. This works even if
7210 'shortmess' does contain the "S" flag.
7211
7212 This returns a |Dictionary|. The dictionary is empty if the
7213 previous pattern was not set and "pattern" was not specified.
7214
7215 key type meaning ~
7216 current |Number| current position of match;
7217 0 if the cursor position is
7218 before the first match
7219 exact_match |Boolean| 1 if "current" is matched on
7220 "pos", otherwise 0
7221 total |Number| total count of matches found
7222 incomplete |Number| 0: search was fully completed
7223 1: recomputing was timed out
7224 2: max count exceeded
7225
7226 For {options} see further down.
7227
7228 To get the last search count when |n| or |N| was pressed, call
7229 this function with `recompute: 0` . This sometimes returns
7230 wrong information because |n| and |N|'s maximum count is 99.
7231 If it exceeded 99 the result must be max count + 1 (100). If
7232 you want to get correct information, specify `recompute: 1`: >
7233
7234 " result == maxcount + 1 (100) when many matches
7235 let result = searchcount(#{recompute: 0})
7236
7237 " Below returns correct result (recompute defaults
7238 " to 1)
7239 let result = searchcount()
7240<
7241 The function is useful to add the count to |statusline|: >
7242 function! LastSearchCount() abort
7243 let result = searchcount(#{recompute: 0})
7244 if empty(result)
7245 return ''
7246 endif
7247 if result.incomplete ==# 1 " timed out
7248 return printf(' /%s [?/??]', @/)
7249 elseif result.incomplete ==# 2 " max count exceeded
7250 if result.total > result.maxcount &&
7251 \ result.current > result.maxcount
7252 return printf(' /%s [>%d/>%d]', @/,
7253 \ result.current, result.total)
7254 elseif result.total > result.maxcount
7255 return printf(' /%s [%d/>%d]', @/,
7256 \ result.current, result.total)
7257 endif
7258 endif
7259 return printf(' /%s [%d/%d]', @/,
7260 \ result.current, result.total)
7261 endfunction
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00007262 let &statusline ..= '%{LastSearchCount()}'
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007263
7264 " Or if you want to show the count only when
7265 " 'hlsearch' was on
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00007266 " let &statusline ..=
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007267 " \ '%{v:hlsearch ? LastSearchCount() : ""}'
7268<
7269 You can also update the search count, which can be useful in a
7270 |CursorMoved| or |CursorMovedI| autocommand: >
7271
7272 autocmd CursorMoved,CursorMovedI *
7273 \ let s:searchcount_timer = timer_start(
7274 \ 200, function('s:update_searchcount'))
7275 function! s:update_searchcount(timer) abort
7276 if a:timer ==# s:searchcount_timer
7277 call searchcount(#{
7278 \ recompute: 1, maxcount: 0, timeout: 100})
7279 redrawstatus
7280 endif
7281 endfunction
7282<
7283 This can also be used to count matched texts with specified
7284 pattern in the current buffer using "pattern": >
7285
7286 " Count '\<foo\>' in this buffer
7287 " (Note that it also updates search count)
7288 let result = searchcount(#{pattern: '\<foo\>'})
7289
7290 " To restore old search count by old pattern,
7291 " search again
7292 call searchcount()
7293<
7294 {options} must be a |Dictionary|. It can contain:
7295 key type meaning ~
7296 recompute |Boolean| if |TRUE|, recompute the count
7297 like |n| or |N| was executed.
7298 otherwise returns the last
7299 computed result (when |n| or
7300 |N| was used when "S" is not
7301 in 'shortmess', or this
7302 function was called).
7303 (default: |TRUE|)
7304 pattern |String| recompute if this was given
7305 and different with |@/|.
7306 this works as same as the
7307 below command is executed
7308 before calling this function >
7309 let @/ = pattern
7310< (default: |@/|)
7311 timeout |Number| 0 or negative number is no
7312 timeout. timeout milliseconds
7313 for recomputing the result
7314 (default: 0)
7315 maxcount |Number| 0 or negative number is no
7316 limit. max count of matched
7317 text while recomputing the
7318 result. if search exceeded
7319 total count, "total" value
7320 becomes `maxcount + 1`
7321 (default: 99)
7322 pos |List| `[lnum, col, off]` value
7323 when recomputing the result.
7324 this changes "current" result
7325 value. see |cursor()|,
7326 |getpos()|
7327 (default: cursor's position)
7328
7329 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7330 GetSearchOpts()->searchcount()
7331<
7332searchdecl({name} [, {global} [, {thisblock}]]) *searchdecl()*
7333 Search for the declaration of {name}.
7334
7335 With a non-zero {global} argument it works like |gD|, find
7336 first match in the file. Otherwise it works like |gd|, find
7337 first match in the function.
7338
7339 With a non-zero {thisblock} argument matches in a {} block
7340 that ends before the cursor position are ignored. Avoids
7341 finding variable declarations only valid in another scope.
7342
7343 Moves the cursor to the found match.
7344 Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure.
7345 Example: >
7346 if searchdecl('myvar') == 0
7347 echo getline('.')
7348 endif
7349<
7350 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7351 GetName()->searchdecl()
7352<
7353 *searchpair()*
7354searchpair({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip}
7355 [, {stopline} [, {timeout}]]]])
7356 Search for the match of a nested start-end pair. This can be
7357 used to find the "endif" that matches an "if", while other
7358 if/endif pairs in between are ignored.
7359 The search starts at the cursor. The default is to search
7360 forward, include 'b' in {flags} to search backward.
7361 If a match is found, the cursor is positioned at it and the
7362 line number is returned. If no match is found 0 or -1 is
7363 returned and the cursor doesn't move. No error message is
7364 given.
7365
7366 {start}, {middle} and {end} are patterns, see |pattern|. They
7367 must not contain \( \) pairs. Use of \%( \) is allowed. When
7368 {middle} is not empty, it is found when searching from either
7369 direction, but only when not in a nested start-end pair. A
7370 typical use is: >
7371 searchpair('\<if\>', '\<else\>', '\<endif\>')
7372< By leaving {middle} empty the "else" is skipped.
7373
7374 {flags} 'b', 'c', 'n', 's', 'w' and 'W' are used like with
7375 |search()|. Additionally:
7376 'r' Repeat until no more matches found; will find the
7377 outer pair. Implies the 'W' flag.
7378 'm' Return number of matches instead of line number with
7379 the match; will be > 1 when 'r' is used.
7380 Note: it's nearly always a good idea to use the 'W' flag, to
7381 avoid wrapping around the end of the file.
7382
7383 When a match for {start}, {middle} or {end} is found, the
7384 {skip} expression is evaluated with the cursor positioned on
7385 the start of the match. It should return non-zero if this
7386 match is to be skipped. E.g., because it is inside a comment
7387 or a string.
7388 When {skip} is omitted or empty, every match is accepted.
7389 When evaluating {skip} causes an error the search is aborted
7390 and -1 returned.
7391 {skip} can be a string, a lambda, a funcref or a partial.
7392 Anything else makes the function fail.
7393 In a `:def` function when the {skip} argument is a string
7394 constant it is compiled into instructions.
7395
7396 For {stopline} and {timeout} see |search()|.
7397
7398 The value of 'ignorecase' is used. 'magic' is ignored, the
7399 patterns are used like it's on.
7400
7401 The search starts exactly at the cursor. A match with
7402 {start}, {middle} or {end} at the next character, in the
7403 direction of searching, is the first one found. Example: >
7404 if 1
7405 if 2
7406 endif 2
7407 endif 1
7408< When starting at the "if 2", with the cursor on the "i", and
7409 searching forwards, the "endif 2" is found. When starting on
7410 the character just before the "if 2", the "endif 1" will be
7411 found. That's because the "if 2" will be found first, and
7412 then this is considered to be a nested if/endif from "if 2" to
7413 "endif 2".
7414 When searching backwards and {end} is more than one character,
7415 it may be useful to put "\zs" at the end of the pattern, so
7416 that when the cursor is inside a match with the end it finds
7417 the matching start.
7418
7419 Example, to find the "endif" command in a Vim script: >
7420
7421 :echo searchpair('\<if\>', '\<el\%[seif]\>', '\<en\%[dif]\>', 'W',
7422 \ 'getline(".") =~ "^\\s*\""')
7423
7424< The cursor must be at or after the "if" for which a match is
7425 to be found. Note that single-quote strings are used to avoid
7426 having to double the backslashes. The skip expression only
7427 catches comments at the start of a line, not after a command.
7428 Also, a word "en" or "if" halfway a line is considered a
7429 match.
7430 Another example, to search for the matching "{" of a "}": >
7431
7432 :echo searchpair('{', '', '}', 'bW')
7433
7434< This works when the cursor is at or before the "}" for which a
7435 match is to be found. To reject matches that syntax
7436 highlighting recognized as strings: >
7437
7438 :echo searchpair('{', '', '}', 'bW',
7439 \ 'synIDattr(synID(line("."), col("."), 0), "name") =~? "string"')
7440<
7441 *searchpairpos()*
7442searchpairpos({start}, {middle}, {end} [, {flags} [, {skip}
7443 [, {stopline} [, {timeout}]]]])
7444 Same as |searchpair()|, but returns a |List| with the line and
7445 column position of the match. The first element of the |List|
7446 is the line number and the second element is the byte index of
7447 the column position of the match. If no match is found,
7448 returns [0, 0]. >
7449
7450 :let [lnum,col] = searchpairpos('{', '', '}', 'n')
7451<
7452 See |match-parens| for a bigger and more useful example.
7453
7454 *searchpos()*
7455searchpos({pattern} [, {flags} [, {stopline} [, {timeout} [, {skip}]]]])
7456 Same as |search()|, but returns a |List| with the line and
7457 column position of the match. The first element of the |List|
7458 is the line number and the second element is the byte index of
7459 the column position of the match. If no match is found,
7460 returns [0, 0].
7461 Example: >
7462 :let [lnum, col] = searchpos('mypattern', 'n')
7463
7464< When the 'p' flag is given then there is an extra item with
7465 the sub-pattern match number |search()-sub-match|. Example: >
7466 :let [lnum, col, submatch] = searchpos('\(\l\)\|\(\u\)', 'np')
7467< In this example "submatch" is 2 when a lowercase letter is
7468 found |/\l|, 3 when an uppercase letter is found |/\u|.
7469
7470 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7471 GetPattern()->searchpos()
7472
7473server2client({clientid}, {string}) *server2client()*
7474 Send a reply string to {clientid}. The most recent {clientid}
7475 that sent a string can be retrieved with expand("<client>").
7476 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
7477 Returns zero for success, -1 for failure.
7478 Note:
7479 This id has to be stored before the next command can be
7480 received. I.e. before returning from the received command and
7481 before calling any commands that waits for input.
7482 See also |clientserver|.
7483 Example: >
7484 :echo server2client(expand("<client>"), "HELLO")
7485
7486< Can also be used as a |method|: >
7487 GetClientId()->server2client(string)
7488<
7489serverlist() *serverlist()*
7490 Return a list of available server names, one per line.
7491 When there are no servers or the information is not available
7492 an empty string is returned. See also |clientserver|.
7493 {only available when compiled with the |+clientserver| feature}
7494 Example: >
7495 :echo serverlist()
7496<
7497setbufline({buf}, {lnum}, {text}) *setbufline()*
7498 Set line {lnum} to {text} in buffer {buf}. This works like
7499 |setline()| for the specified buffer.
7500
7501 This function works only for loaded buffers. First call
7502 |bufload()| if needed.
7503
7504 To insert lines use |appendbufline()|.
7505 Any text properties in {lnum} are cleared.
7506
7507 {text} can be a string to set one line, or a list of strings
7508 to set multiple lines. If the list extends below the last
7509 line then those lines are added.
7510
7511 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
7512
7513 {lnum} is used like with |setline()|.
7514 Use "$" to refer to the last line in buffer {buf}.
7515 When {lnum} is just below the last line the {text} will be
7516 added below the last line.
7517
7518 When {buf} is not a valid buffer, the buffer is not loaded or
7519 {lnum} is not valid then 1 is returned. In |Vim9| script an
7520 error is given.
7521 On success 0 is returned.
7522
7523 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7524 third argument: >
7525 GetText()->setbufline(buf, lnum)
7526
7527setbufvar({buf}, {varname}, {val}) *setbufvar()*
7528 Set option or local variable {varname} in buffer {buf} to
7529 {val}.
7530 This also works for a global or local window option, but it
7531 doesn't work for a global or local window variable.
7532 For a local window option the global value is unchanged.
7533 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
7534 The {varname} argument is a string.
7535 Note that the variable name without "b:" must be used.
7536 Examples: >
7537 :call setbufvar(1, "&mod", 1)
7538 :call setbufvar("todo", "myvar", "foobar")
7539< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
7540
7541 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7542 third argument: >
7543 GetValue()->setbufvar(buf, varname)
7544
7545
7546setcellwidths({list}) *setcellwidths()*
7547 Specify overrides for cell widths of character ranges. This
7548 tells Vim how wide characters are, counted in screen cells.
7549 This overrides 'ambiwidth'. Example: >
7550 setcellwidths([[0xad, 0xad, 1],
7551 \ [0x2194, 0x2199, 2]])
7552
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +00007553< *E1109* *E1110* *E1111* *E1112* *E1113* *E1114*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007554 The {list} argument is a list of lists with each three
7555 numbers. These three numbers are [low, high, width]. "low"
7556 and "high" can be the same, in which case this refers to one
7557 character. Otherwise it is the range of characters from "low"
7558 to "high" (inclusive). "width" is either 1 or 2, indicating
7559 the character width in screen cells.
7560 An error is given if the argument is invalid, also when a
7561 range overlaps with another.
7562 Only characters with value 0x100 and higher can be used.
7563
7564 If the new value causes 'fillchars' or 'listchars' to become
7565 invalid it is rejected and an error is given.
7566
7567 To clear the overrides pass an empty list: >
7568 setcellwidths([]);
7569< You can use the script $VIMRUNTIME/tools/emoji_list.vim to see
7570 the effect for known emoji characters.
7571
7572setcharpos({expr}, {list}) *setcharpos()*
7573 Same as |setpos()| but uses the specified column number as the
7574 character index instead of the byte index in the line.
7575
7576 Example:
7577 With the text "여보세요" in line 8: >
7578 call setcharpos('.', [0, 8, 4, 0])
7579< positions the cursor on the fourth character '요'. >
7580 call setpos('.', [0, 8, 4, 0])
7581< positions the cursor on the second character '보'.
7582
7583 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7584 GetPosition()->setcharpos('.')
7585
7586setcharsearch({dict}) *setcharsearch()*
7587 Set the current character search information to {dict},
7588 which contains one or more of the following entries:
7589
7590 char character which will be used for a subsequent
7591 |,| or |;| command; an empty string clears the
7592 character search
7593 forward direction of character search; 1 for forward,
7594 0 for backward
7595 until type of character search; 1 for a |t| or |T|
7596 character search, 0 for an |f| or |F|
7597 character search
7598
7599 This can be useful to save/restore a user's character search
7600 from a script: >
7601 :let prevsearch = getcharsearch()
7602 :" Perform a command which clobbers user's search
7603 :call setcharsearch(prevsearch)
7604< Also see |getcharsearch()|.
7605
7606 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7607 SavedSearch()->setcharsearch()
7608
7609setcmdpos({pos}) *setcmdpos()*
7610 Set the cursor position in the command line to byte position
7611 {pos}. The first position is 1.
7612 Use |getcmdpos()| to obtain the current position.
7613 Only works while editing the command line, thus you must use
7614 |c_CTRL-\_e|, |c_CTRL-R_=| or |c_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| with '='. For
7615 |c_CTRL-\_e| and |c_CTRL-R_CTRL-R| with '=' the position is
7616 set after the command line is set to the expression. For
7617 |c_CTRL-R_=| it is set after evaluating the expression but
7618 before inserting the resulting text.
7619 When the number is too big the cursor is put at the end of the
7620 line. A number smaller than one has undefined results.
7621 Returns FALSE when successful, TRUE when not editing the
7622 command line.
7623
7624 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7625 GetPos()->setcmdpos()
7626
7627setcursorcharpos({lnum}, {col} [, {off}]) *setcursorcharpos()*
7628setcursorcharpos({list})
7629 Same as |cursor()| but uses the specified column number as the
7630 character index instead of the byte index in the line.
7631
7632 Example:
7633 With the text "여보세요" in line 4: >
7634 call setcursorcharpos(4, 3)
7635< positions the cursor on the third character '세'. >
7636 call cursor(4, 3)
7637< positions the cursor on the first character '여'.
7638
7639 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7640 GetCursorPos()->setcursorcharpos()
7641
7642
7643setenv({name}, {val}) *setenv()*
7644 Set environment variable {name} to {val}. Example: >
7645 call setenv('HOME', '/home/myhome')
7646
7647< When {val} is |v:null| the environment variable is deleted.
7648 See also |expr-env|.
7649
7650 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7651 second argument: >
7652 GetPath()->setenv('PATH')
7653
7654setfperm({fname}, {mode}) *setfperm()* *chmod*
7655 Set the file permissions for {fname} to {mode}.
7656 {mode} must be a string with 9 characters. It is of the form
7657 "rwxrwxrwx", where each group of "rwx" flags represent, in
7658 turn, the permissions of the owner of the file, the group the
7659 file belongs to, and other users. A '-' character means the
7660 permission is off, any other character means on. Multi-byte
7661 characters are not supported.
7662
7663 For example "rw-r-----" means read-write for the user,
7664 readable by the group, not accessible by others. "xx-x-----"
7665 would do the same thing.
7666
7667 Returns non-zero for success, zero for failure.
7668
7669 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7670 GetFilename()->setfperm(mode)
7671<
7672 To read permissions see |getfperm()|.
7673
7674
7675setline({lnum}, {text}) *setline()*
7676 Set line {lnum} of the current buffer to {text}. To insert
7677 lines use |append()|. To set lines in another buffer use
7678 |setbufline()|. Any text properties in {lnum} are cleared.
7679
7680 {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
7681 When {lnum} is just below the last line the {text} will be
7682 added below the last line.
7683 {text} can be any type or a List of any type, each item is
7684 converted to a String.
7685
7686 If this succeeds, FALSE is returned. If this fails (most likely
7687 because {lnum} is invalid) TRUE is returned.
7688 In |Vim9| script an error is given if {lnum} is invalid.
7689
7690 Example: >
7691 :call setline(5, strftime("%c"))
7692
7693< When {text} is a |List| then line {lnum} and following lines
7694 will be set to the items in the list. Example: >
7695 :call setline(5, ['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc'])
7696< This is equivalent to: >
7697 :for [n, l] in [[5, 'aaa'], [6, 'bbb'], [7, 'ccc']]
7698 : call setline(n, l)
7699 :endfor
7700
7701< Note: The '[ and '] marks are not set.
7702
7703 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7704 second argument: >
7705 GetText()->setline(lnum)
7706
7707setloclist({nr}, {list} [, {action} [, {what}]]) *setloclist()*
7708 Create or replace or add to the location list for window {nr}.
7709 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
7710 When {nr} is zero the current window is used.
7711
7712 For a location list window, the displayed location list is
7713 modified. For an invalid window number {nr}, -1 is returned.
7714 Otherwise, same as |setqflist()|.
7715 Also see |location-list|.
7716
7717 For {action} see |setqflist-action|.
7718
7719 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
7720 only the items listed in {what} are set. Refer to |setqflist()|
7721 for the list of supported keys in {what}.
7722
7723 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7724 second argument: >
7725 GetLoclist()->setloclist(winnr)
7726
7727setmatches({list} [, {win}]) *setmatches()*
7728 Restores a list of matches saved by |getmatches()| for the
7729 current window. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise -1. All
7730 current matches are cleared before the list is restored. See
7731 example for |getmatches()|.
7732 If {win} is specified, use the window with this number or
7733 window ID instead of the current window.
7734
7735 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7736 GetMatches()->setmatches()
7737<
7738 *setpos()*
7739setpos({expr}, {list})
7740 Set the position for String {expr}. Possible values:
7741 . the cursor
7742 'x mark x
7743
7744 {list} must be a |List| with four or five numbers:
7745 [bufnum, lnum, col, off]
7746 [bufnum, lnum, col, off, curswant]
7747
7748 "bufnum" is the buffer number. Zero can be used for the
7749 current buffer. When setting an uppercase mark "bufnum" is
7750 used for the mark position. For other marks it specifies the
7751 buffer to set the mark in. You can use the |bufnr()| function
7752 to turn a file name into a buffer number.
7753 For setting the cursor and the ' mark "bufnum" is ignored,
7754 since these are associated with a window, not a buffer.
7755 Does not change the jumplist.
7756
7757 "lnum" and "col" are the position in the buffer. The first
7758 column is 1. Use a zero "lnum" to delete a mark. If "col" is
7759 smaller than 1 then 1 is used. To use the character count
7760 instead of the byte count, use |setcharpos()|.
7761
7762 The "off" number is only used when 'virtualedit' is set. Then
7763 it is the offset in screen columns from the start of the
7764 character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last
7765 character.
7766
7767 The "curswant" number is only used when setting the cursor
7768 position. It sets the preferred column for when moving the
7769 cursor vertically. When the "curswant" number is missing the
7770 preferred column is not set. When it is present and setting a
7771 mark position it is not used.
7772
7773 Note that for '< and '> changing the line number may result in
7774 the marks to be effectively be swapped, so that '< is always
7775 before '>.
7776
7777 Returns 0 when the position could be set, -1 otherwise.
7778 An error message is given if {expr} is invalid.
7779
7780 Also see |setcharpos()|, |getpos()| and |getcurpos()|.
7781
7782 This does not restore the preferred column for moving
7783 vertically; if you set the cursor position with this, |j| and
7784 |k| motions will jump to previous columns! Use |cursor()| to
7785 also set the preferred column. Also see the "curswant" key in
7786 |winrestview()|.
7787
7788 Can also be used as a |method|: >
7789 GetPosition()->setpos('.')
7790
7791setqflist({list} [, {action} [, {what}]]) *setqflist()*
7792 Create or replace or add to the quickfix list.
7793
7794 If the optional {what} dictionary argument is supplied, then
7795 only the items listed in {what} are set. The first {list}
7796 argument is ignored. See below for the supported items in
7797 {what}.
7798 *setqflist-what*
7799 When {what} is not present, the items in {list} are used. Each
7800 item must be a dictionary. Non-dictionary items in {list} are
7801 ignored. Each dictionary item can contain the following
7802 entries:
7803
7804 bufnr buffer number; must be the number of a valid
7805 buffer
7806 filename name of a file; only used when "bufnr" is not
7807 present or it is invalid.
7808 module name of a module; if given it will be used in
7809 quickfix error window instead of the filename.
7810 lnum line number in the file
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00007811 end_lnum end of lines, if the item spans multiple lines
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007812 pattern search pattern used to locate the error
7813 col column number
7814 vcol when non-zero: "col" is visual column
7815 when zero: "col" is byte index
Bram Moolenaara2baa732022-02-04 16:09:54 +00007816 end_col end column, if the item spans multiple columns
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00007817 nr error number
7818 text description of the error
7819 type single-character error type, 'E', 'W', etc.
7820 valid recognized error message
7821
7822 The "col", "vcol", "nr", "type" and "text" entries are
7823 optional. Either "lnum" or "pattern" entry can be used to
7824 locate a matching error line.
7825 If the "filename" and "bufnr" entries are not present or
7826 neither the "lnum" or "pattern" entries are present, then the
7827 item will not be handled as an error line.
7828 If both "pattern" and "lnum" are present then "pattern" will
7829 be used.
7830 If the "valid" entry is not supplied, then the valid flag is
7831 set when "bufnr" is a valid buffer or "filename" exists.
7832 If you supply an empty {list}, the quickfix list will be
7833 cleared.
7834 Note that the list is not exactly the same as what
7835 |getqflist()| returns.
7836
7837 {action} values: *setqflist-action* *E927*
7838 'a' The items from {list} are added to the existing
7839 quickfix list. If there is no existing list, then a
7840 new list is created.
7841
7842 'r' The items from the current quickfix list are replaced
7843 with the items from {list}. This can also be used to
7844 clear the list: >
7845 :call setqflist([], 'r')
7846<
7847 'f' All the quickfix lists in the quickfix stack are
7848 freed.
7849
7850 If {action} is not present or is set to ' ', then a new list
7851 is created. The new quickfix list is added after the current
7852 quickfix list in the stack and all the following lists are
7853 freed. To add a new quickfix list at the end of the stack,
7854 set "nr" in {what} to "$".
7855
7856 The following items can be specified in dictionary {what}:
7857 context quickfix list context. See |quickfix-context|
7858 efm errorformat to use when parsing text from
7859 "lines". If this is not present, then the
7860 'errorformat' option value is used.
7861 See |quickfix-parse|
7862 id quickfix list identifier |quickfix-ID|
7863 idx index of the current entry in the quickfix
7864 list specified by 'id' or 'nr'. If set to '$',
7865 then the last entry in the list is set as the
7866 current entry. See |quickfix-index|
7867 items list of quickfix entries. Same as the {list}
7868 argument.
7869 lines use 'errorformat' to parse a list of lines and
7870 add the resulting entries to the quickfix list
7871 {nr} or {id}. Only a |List| value is supported.
7872 See |quickfix-parse|
7873 nr list number in the quickfix stack; zero
7874 means the current quickfix list and "$" means
7875 the last quickfix list.
7876 quickfixtextfunc
7877 function to get the text to display in the
7878 quickfix window. The value can be the name of
7879 a function or a funcref or a lambda. Refer to
7880 |quickfix-window-function| for an explanation
7881 of how to write the function and an example.
7882 title quickfix list title text. See |quickfix-title|
7883 Unsupported keys in {what} are ignored.
7884 If the "nr" item is not present, then the current quickfix list
7885 is modified. When creating a new quickfix list, "nr" can be
7886 set to a value one greater than the quickfix stack size.
7887 When modifying a quickfix list, to guarantee that the correct
7888 list is modified, "id" should be used instead of "nr" to
7889 specify the list.
7890
7891 Examples (See also |setqflist-examples|): >
7892 :call setqflist([], 'r', {'title': 'My search'})
7893 :call setqflist([], 'r', {'nr': 2, 'title': 'Errors'})
7894 :call setqflist([], 'a', {'id':qfid, 'lines':["F1:10:L10"]})
7895<
7896 Returns zero for success, -1 for failure.
7897
7898 This function can be used to create a quickfix list
7899 independent of the 'errorformat' setting. Use a command like
7900 `:cc 1` to jump to the first position.
7901
7902 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7903 second argument: >
7904 GetErrorlist()->setqflist()
7905<
7906 *setreg()*
7907setreg({regname}, {value} [, {options}])
7908 Set the register {regname} to {value}.
7909 If {regname} is "" or "@", the unnamed register '"' is used.
7910 The {regname} argument is a string. In |Vim9-script|
7911 {regname} must be one character.
7912
7913 {value} may be any value returned by |getreg()| or
7914 |getreginfo()|, including a |List| or |Dict|.
7915 If {options} contains "a" or {regname} is upper case,
7916 then the value is appended.
7917
7918 {options} can also contain a register type specification:
7919 "c" or "v" |characterwise| mode
7920 "l" or "V" |linewise| mode
7921 "b" or "<CTRL-V>" |blockwise-visual| mode
7922 If a number immediately follows "b" or "<CTRL-V>" then this is
7923 used as the width of the selection - if it is not specified
7924 then the width of the block is set to the number of characters
7925 in the longest line (counting a <Tab> as 1 character).
7926
7927 If {options} contains no register settings, then the default
7928 is to use character mode unless {value} ends in a <NL> for
7929 string {value} and linewise mode for list {value}. Blockwise
7930 mode is never selected automatically.
7931 Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure.
7932
7933 *E883*
7934 Note: you may not use |List| containing more than one item to
7935 set search and expression registers. Lists containing no
7936 items act like empty strings.
7937
7938 Examples: >
7939 :call setreg(v:register, @*)
7940 :call setreg('*', @%, 'ac')
7941 :call setreg('a', "1\n2\n3", 'b5')
7942 :call setreg('"', { 'points_to': 'a'})
7943
7944< This example shows using the functions to save and restore a
7945 register: >
7946 :let var_a = getreginfo()
7947 :call setreg('a', var_a)
7948< or: >
7949 :let var_a = getreg('a', 1, 1)
7950 :let var_amode = getregtype('a')
7951 ....
7952 :call setreg('a', var_a, var_amode)
7953< Note: you may not reliably restore register value
7954 without using the third argument to |getreg()| as without it
7955 newlines are represented as newlines AND Nul bytes are
7956 represented as newlines as well, see |NL-used-for-Nul|.
7957
7958 You can also change the type of a register by appending
7959 nothing: >
7960 :call setreg('a', '', 'al')
7961
7962< Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7963 second argument: >
7964 GetText()->setreg('a')
7965
7966settabvar({tabnr}, {varname}, {val}) *settabvar()*
7967 Set tab-local variable {varname} to {val} in tab page {tabnr}.
7968 |t:var|
7969 The {varname} argument is a string.
7970 Note that autocommands are blocked, side effects may not be
7971 triggered, e.g. when setting 'filetype'.
7972 Note that the variable name without "t:" must be used.
7973 Tabs are numbered starting with one.
7974 This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
7975
7976 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7977 third argument: >
7978 GetValue()->settabvar(tab, name)
7979
7980settabwinvar({tabnr}, {winnr}, {varname}, {val}) *settabwinvar()*
7981 Set option or local variable {varname} in window {winnr} to
7982 {val}.
7983 Tabs are numbered starting with one. For the current tabpage
7984 use |setwinvar()|.
7985 {winnr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
7986 When {winnr} is zero the current window is used.
7987 Note that autocommands are blocked, side effects may not be
7988 triggered, e.g. when setting 'filetype' or 'syntax'.
7989 This also works for a global or local buffer option, but it
7990 doesn't work for a global or local buffer variable.
7991 For a local buffer option the global value is unchanged.
7992 Note that the variable name without "w:" must be used.
7993 Examples: >
7994 :call settabwinvar(1, 1, "&list", 0)
7995 :call settabwinvar(3, 2, "myvar", "foobar")
7996< This function is not available in the |sandbox|.
7997
7998 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
7999 fourth argument: >
8000 GetValue()->settabwinvar(tab, winnr, name)
8001
8002settagstack({nr}, {dict} [, {action}]) *settagstack()*
8003 Modify the tag stack of the window {nr} using {dict}.
8004 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
8005
8006 For a list of supported items in {dict}, refer to
8007 |gettagstack()|. "curidx" takes effect before changing the tag
8008 stack.
8009 *E962*
8010 How the tag stack is modified depends on the {action}
8011 argument:
8012 - If {action} is not present or is set to 'r', then the tag
8013 stack is replaced.
8014 - If {action} is set to 'a', then new entries from {dict} are
8015 pushed (added) onto the tag stack.
8016 - If {action} is set to 't', then all the entries from the
8017 current entry in the tag stack or "curidx" in {dict} are
8018 removed and then new entries are pushed to the stack.
8019
8020 The current index is set to one after the length of the tag
8021 stack after the modification.
8022
8023 Returns zero for success, -1 for failure.
8024
8025 Examples (for more examples see |tagstack-examples|):
8026 Empty the tag stack of window 3: >
8027 call settagstack(3, {'items' : []})
8028
8029< Save and restore the tag stack: >
8030 let stack = gettagstack(1003)
8031 " do something else
8032 call settagstack(1003, stack)
8033 unlet stack
8034<
8035 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
8036 second argument: >
8037 GetStack()->settagstack(winnr)
8038
8039setwinvar({winnr}, {varname}, {val}) *setwinvar()*
8040 Like |settabwinvar()| for the current tab page.
8041 Examples: >
8042 :call setwinvar(1, "&list", 0)
8043 :call setwinvar(2, "myvar", "foobar")
8044
8045< Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
8046 third argument: >
8047 GetValue()->setwinvar(winnr, name)
8048
8049sha256({string}) *sha256()*
8050 Returns a String with 64 hex characters, which is the SHA256
8051 checksum of {string}.
8052
8053 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8054 GetText()->sha256()
8055
8056< {only available when compiled with the |+cryptv| feature}
8057
8058shellescape({string} [, {special}]) *shellescape()*
8059 Escape {string} for use as a shell command argument.
8060 When the 'shell' contains powershell (MS-Windows) or pwsh
Bram Moolenaar944697a2022-02-20 19:48:20 +00008061 (MS-Windows, Linux, and macOS) then it will enclose {string}
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008062 in single quotes and will double up all internal single
8063 quotes.
8064 On MS-Windows, when 'shellslash' is not set, it will enclose
8065 {string} in double quotes and double all double quotes within
8066 {string}.
8067 Otherwise it will enclose {string} in single quotes and
8068 replace all "'" with "'\''".
8069
8070 When the {special} argument is present and it's a non-zero
8071 Number or a non-empty String (|non-zero-arg|), then special
8072 items such as "!", "%", "#" and "<cword>" will be preceded by
8073 a backslash. This backslash will be removed again by the |:!|
8074 command.
8075
8076 The "!" character will be escaped (again with a |non-zero-arg|
8077 {special}) when 'shell' contains "csh" in the tail. That is
8078 because for csh and tcsh "!" is used for history replacement
8079 even when inside single quotes.
8080
8081 With a |non-zero-arg| {special} the <NL> character is also
8082 escaped. When 'shell' containing "csh" in the tail it's
8083 escaped a second time.
8084
8085 The "\" character will be escaped when 'shell' contains "fish"
8086 in the tail. That is because for fish "\" is used as an escape
8087 character inside single quotes.
8088
8089 Example of use with a |:!| command: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00008090 :exe '!dir ' .. shellescape(expand('<cfile>'), 1)
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008091< This results in a directory listing for the file under the
8092 cursor. Example of use with |system()|: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00008093 :call system("chmod +w -- " .. shellescape(expand("%")))
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008094< See also |::S|.
8095
8096 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8097 GetCommand()->shellescape()
8098
8099shiftwidth([{col}]) *shiftwidth()*
8100 Returns the effective value of 'shiftwidth'. This is the
8101 'shiftwidth' value unless it is zero, in which case it is the
8102 'tabstop' value. This function was introduced with patch
8103 7.3.694 in 2012, everybody should have it by now (however it
8104 did not allow for the optional {col} argument until 8.1.542).
8105
8106 When there is one argument {col} this is used as column number
8107 for which to return the 'shiftwidth' value. This matters for the
8108 'vartabstop' feature. If the 'vartabstop' setting is enabled and
8109 no {col} argument is given, column 1 will be assumed.
8110
8111 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8112 GetColumn()->shiftwidth()
8113
8114sign_ functions are documented here: |sign-functions-details|
8115
8116
8117simplify({filename}) *simplify()*
8118 Simplify the file name as much as possible without changing
8119 the meaning. Shortcuts (on MS-Windows) or symbolic links (on
8120 Unix) are not resolved. If the first path component in
8121 {filename} designates the current directory, this will be
8122 valid for the result as well. A trailing path separator is
8123 not removed either. On Unix "//path" is unchanged, but
8124 "///path" is simplified to "/path" (this follows the Posix
8125 standard).
8126 Example: >
8127 simplify("./dir/.././/file/") == "./file/"
8128< Note: The combination "dir/.." is only removed if "dir" is
8129 a searchable directory or does not exist. On Unix, it is also
8130 removed when "dir" is a symbolic link within the same
8131 directory. In order to resolve all the involved symbolic
8132 links before simplifying the path name, use |resolve()|.
8133
8134 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8135 GetName()->simplify()
8136
8137sin({expr}) *sin()*
8138 Return the sine of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|.
8139 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
8140 Examples: >
8141 :echo sin(100)
8142< -0.506366 >
8143 :echo sin(-4.01)
8144< 0.763301
8145
8146 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8147 Compute()->sin()
8148<
8149 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
8150
8151
8152sinh({expr}) *sinh()*
8153 Return the hyperbolic sine of {expr} as a |Float| in the range
8154 [-inf, inf].
8155 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
8156 Examples: >
8157 :echo sinh(0.5)
8158< 0.521095 >
8159 :echo sinh(-0.9)
8160< -1.026517
8161
8162 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8163 Compute()->sinh()
8164<
8165 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
8166
8167
8168slice({expr}, {start} [, {end}]) *slice()*
8169 Similar to using a |slice| "expr[start : end]", but "end" is
8170 used exclusive. And for a string the indexes are used as
8171 character indexes instead of byte indexes, like in
8172 |vim9script|. Also, composing characters are not counted.
8173 When {end} is omitted the slice continues to the last item.
8174 When {end} is -1 the last item is omitted.
8175
8176 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8177 GetList()->slice(offset)
8178
8179
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008180sort({list} [, {how} [, {dict}]]) *sort()* *E702*
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008181 Sort the items in {list} in-place. Returns {list}.
8182
8183 If you want a list to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
8184 :let sortedlist = sort(copy(mylist))
8185
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008186< When {how} is omitted or is an string, then sort() uses the
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008187 string representation of each item to sort on. Numbers sort
8188 after Strings, |Lists| after Numbers. For sorting text in the
8189 current buffer use |:sort|.
8190
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008191 When {how} is given and it is 'i' then case is ignored.
8192 In legacy script, for backwards compatibility, the value one
8193 can be used to ignore case. Zero means to not ignore case.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008194
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008195 When {how} is given and it is 'l' then the current collation
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008196 locale is used for ordering. Implementation details: strcoll()
8197 is used to compare strings. See |:language| check or set the
8198 collation locale. |v:collate| can also be used to check the
8199 current locale. Sorting using the locale typically ignores
8200 case. Example: >
8201 " ö is sorted similarly to o with English locale.
8202 :language collate en_US.UTF8
8203 :echo sort(['n', 'o', 'O', 'ö', 'p', 'z'], 'l')
8204< ['n', 'o', 'O', 'ö', 'p', 'z'] ~
8205>
8206 " ö is sorted after z with Swedish locale.
8207 :language collate sv_SE.UTF8
8208 :echo sort(['n', 'o', 'O', 'ö', 'p', 'z'], 'l')
8209< ['n', 'o', 'O', 'p', 'z', 'ö'] ~
8210 This does not work properly on Mac.
8211
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008212 When {how} is given and it is 'n' then all items will be
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008213 sorted numerical (Implementation detail: this uses the
8214 strtod() function to parse numbers, Strings, Lists, Dicts and
8215 Funcrefs will be considered as being 0).
8216
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008217 When {how} is given and it is 'N' then all items will be
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008218 sorted numerical. This is like 'n' but a string containing
8219 digits will be used as the number they represent.
8220
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008221 When {how} is given and it is 'f' then all items will be
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008222 sorted numerical. All values must be a Number or a Float.
8223
Bram Moolenaar2007dd42022-02-23 13:17:47 +00008224 When {how} is a |Funcref| or a function name, this function
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008225 is called to compare items. The function is invoked with two
8226 items as argument and must return zero if they are equal, 1 or
8227 bigger if the first one sorts after the second one, -1 or
8228 smaller if the first one sorts before the second one.
8229
8230 {dict} is for functions with the "dict" attribute. It will be
8231 used to set the local variable "self". |Dictionary-function|
8232
8233 The sort is stable, items which compare equal (as number or as
8234 string) will keep their relative position. E.g., when sorting
8235 on numbers, text strings will sort next to each other, in the
8236 same order as they were originally.
8237
8238 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8239 mylist->sort()
8240
8241< Also see |uniq()|.
8242
8243 Example: >
8244 func MyCompare(i1, i2)
8245 return a:i1 == a:i2 ? 0 : a:i1 > a:i2 ? 1 : -1
8246 endfunc
8247 eval mylist->sort("MyCompare")
8248< A shorter compare version for this specific simple case, which
8249 ignores overflow: >
8250 func MyCompare(i1, i2)
8251 return a:i1 - a:i2
8252 endfunc
8253< For a simple expression you can use a lambda: >
8254 eval mylist->sort({i1, i2 -> i1 - i2})
8255<
8256sound_clear() *sound_clear()*
8257 Stop playing all sounds.
8258
8259 On some Linux systems you may need the libcanberra-pulse
8260 package, otherwise sound may not stop.
8261
8262 {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
8263
8264 *sound_playevent()*
8265sound_playevent({name} [, {callback}])
8266 Play a sound identified by {name}. Which event names are
8267 supported depends on the system. Often the XDG sound names
8268 are used. On Ubuntu they may be found in
8269 /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo. Example: >
8270 call sound_playevent('bell')
8271< On MS-Windows, {name} can be SystemAsterisk, SystemDefault,
8272 SystemExclamation, SystemExit, SystemHand, SystemQuestion,
8273 SystemStart, SystemWelcome, etc.
8274
8275 When {callback} is specified it is invoked when the sound is
8276 finished. The first argument is the sound ID, the second
8277 argument is the status:
8278 0 sound was played to the end
8279 1 sound was interrupted
8280 2 error occurred after sound started
8281 Example: >
8282 func Callback(id, status)
8283 echomsg "sound " .. a:id .. " finished with " .. a:status
8284 endfunc
8285 call sound_playevent('bell', 'Callback')
8286
8287< MS-Windows: {callback} doesn't work for this function.
8288
8289 Returns the sound ID, which can be passed to `sound_stop()`.
8290 Returns zero if the sound could not be played.
8291
8292 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8293 GetSoundName()->sound_playevent()
8294
8295< {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
8296
8297 *sound_playfile()*
8298sound_playfile({path} [, {callback}])
8299 Like `sound_playevent()` but play sound file {path}. {path}
8300 must be a full path. On Ubuntu you may find files to play
8301 with this command: >
8302 :!find /usr/share/sounds -type f | grep -v index.theme
8303
8304< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8305 GetSoundPath()->sound_playfile()
8306
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +00008307< {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008308
8309
8310sound_stop({id}) *sound_stop()*
8311 Stop playing sound {id}. {id} must be previously returned by
8312 `sound_playevent()` or `sound_playfile()`.
8313
8314 On some Linux systems you may need the libcanberra-pulse
8315 package, otherwise sound may not stop.
8316
8317 On MS-Windows, this does not work for event sound started by
8318 `sound_playevent()`. To stop event sounds, use `sound_clear()`.
8319
8320 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8321 soundid->sound_stop()
8322
8323< {only available when compiled with the |+sound| feature}
8324
8325 *soundfold()*
8326soundfold({word})
8327 Return the sound-folded equivalent of {word}. Uses the first
8328 language in 'spelllang' for the current window that supports
8329 soundfolding. 'spell' must be set. When no sound folding is
8330 possible the {word} is returned unmodified.
8331 This can be used for making spelling suggestions. Note that
8332 the method can be quite slow.
8333
8334 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8335 GetWord()->soundfold()
8336<
8337 *spellbadword()*
8338spellbadword([{sentence}])
8339 Without argument: The result is the badly spelled word under
8340 or after the cursor. The cursor is moved to the start of the
8341 bad word. When no bad word is found in the cursor line the
8342 result is an empty string and the cursor doesn't move.
8343
8344 With argument: The result is the first word in {sentence} that
8345 is badly spelled. If there are no spelling mistakes the
8346 result is an empty string.
8347
8348 The return value is a list with two items:
8349 - The badly spelled word or an empty string.
8350 - The type of the spelling error:
8351 "bad" spelling mistake
8352 "rare" rare word
8353 "local" word only valid in another region
8354 "caps" word should start with Capital
8355 Example: >
8356 echo spellbadword("the quik brown fox")
8357< ['quik', 'bad'] ~
8358
8359 The spelling information for the current window and the value
8360 of 'spelllang' are used.
8361
8362 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8363 GetText()->spellbadword()
8364<
8365 *spellsuggest()*
8366spellsuggest({word} [, {max} [, {capital}]])
8367 Return a |List| with spelling suggestions to replace {word}.
8368 When {max} is given up to this number of suggestions are
8369 returned. Otherwise up to 25 suggestions are returned.
8370
8371 When the {capital} argument is given and it's non-zero only
8372 suggestions with a leading capital will be given. Use this
8373 after a match with 'spellcapcheck'.
8374
8375 {word} can be a badly spelled word followed by other text.
8376 This allows for joining two words that were split. The
8377 suggestions also include the following text, thus you can
8378 replace a line.
8379
8380 {word} may also be a good word. Similar words will then be
8381 returned. {word} itself is not included in the suggestions,
8382 although it may appear capitalized.
8383
8384 The spelling information for the current window is used. The
8385 values of 'spelllang' and 'spellsuggest' are used.
8386
8387 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8388 GetWord()->spellsuggest()
8389
8390split({string} [, {pattern} [, {keepempty}]]) *split()*
8391 Make a |List| out of {string}. When {pattern} is omitted or
8392 empty each white-separated sequence of characters becomes an
8393 item.
8394 Otherwise the string is split where {pattern} matches,
8395 removing the matched characters. 'ignorecase' is not used
8396 here, add \c to ignore case. |/\c|
8397 When the first or last item is empty it is omitted, unless the
8398 {keepempty} argument is given and it's non-zero.
8399 Other empty items are kept when {pattern} matches at least one
8400 character or when {keepempty} is non-zero.
8401 Example: >
8402 :let words = split(getline('.'), '\W\+')
8403< To split a string in individual characters: >
8404 :for c in split(mystring, '\zs')
8405< If you want to keep the separator you can also use '\zs' at
8406 the end of the pattern: >
8407 :echo split('abc:def:ghi', ':\zs')
8408< ['abc:', 'def:', 'ghi'] ~
8409 Splitting a table where the first element can be empty: >
8410 :let items = split(line, ':', 1)
8411< The opposite function is |join()|.
8412
8413 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8414 GetString()->split()
8415
8416sqrt({expr}) *sqrt()*
8417 Return the non-negative square root of Float {expr} as a
8418 |Float|.
8419 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|. When {expr}
8420 is negative the result is NaN (Not a Number).
8421 Examples: >
8422 :echo sqrt(100)
8423< 10.0 >
8424 :echo sqrt(-4.01)
8425< nan
8426 "nan" may be different, it depends on system libraries.
8427
8428 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8429 Compute()->sqrt()
8430<
8431 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
8432
8433
8434srand([{expr}]) *srand()*
8435 Initialize seed used by |rand()|:
8436 - If {expr} is not given, seed values are initialized by
8437 reading from /dev/urandom, if possible, or using time(NULL)
8438 a.k.a. epoch time otherwise; this only has second accuracy.
8439 - If {expr} is given it must be a Number. It is used to
8440 initialize the seed values. This is useful for testing or
8441 when a predictable sequence is intended.
8442
8443 Examples: >
8444 :let seed = srand()
8445 :let seed = srand(userinput)
8446 :echo rand(seed)
8447
8448state([{what}]) *state()*
8449 Return a string which contains characters indicating the
8450 current state. Mostly useful in callbacks that want to do
8451 work that may not always be safe. Roughly this works like:
8452 - callback uses state() to check if work is safe to do.
8453 Yes: then do it right away.
8454 No: add to work queue and add a |SafeState| and/or
8455 |SafeStateAgain| autocommand (|SafeState| triggers at
8456 toplevel, |SafeStateAgain| triggers after handling
8457 messages and callbacks).
8458 - When SafeState or SafeStateAgain is triggered and executes
8459 your autocommand, check with `state()` if the work can be
8460 done now, and if yes remove it from the queue and execute.
8461 Remove the autocommand if the queue is now empty.
8462 Also see |mode()|.
8463
8464 When {what} is given only characters in this string will be
8465 added. E.g, this checks if the screen has scrolled: >
8466 if state('s') == ''
8467 " screen has not scrolled
8468<
8469 These characters indicate the state, generally indicating that
8470 something is busy:
8471 m halfway a mapping, :normal command, feedkeys() or
8472 stuffed command
8473 o operator pending, e.g. after |d|
8474 a Insert mode autocomplete active
8475 x executing an autocommand
8476 w blocked on waiting, e.g. ch_evalexpr(), ch_read() and
8477 ch_readraw() when reading json
8478 S not triggering SafeState or SafeStateAgain, e.g. after
8479 |f| or a count
8480 c callback invoked, including timer (repeats for
8481 recursiveness up to "ccc")
8482 s screen has scrolled for messages
8483
8484str2float({string} [, {quoted}]) *str2float()*
8485 Convert String {string} to a Float. This mostly works the
8486 same as when using a floating point number in an expression,
8487 see |floating-point-format|. But it's a bit more permissive.
8488 E.g., "1e40" is accepted, while in an expression you need to
8489 write "1.0e40". The hexadecimal form "0x123" is also
8490 accepted, but not others, like binary or octal.
8491 When {quoted} is present and non-zero then embedded single
8492 quotes before the dot are ignored, thus "1'000.0" is a
8493 thousand.
8494 Text after the number is silently ignored.
8495 The decimal point is always '.', no matter what the locale is
8496 set to. A comma ends the number: "12,345.67" is converted to
8497 12.0. You can strip out thousands separators with
8498 |substitute()|: >
8499 let f = str2float(substitute(text, ',', '', 'g'))
8500<
8501 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8502 let f = text->substitute(',', '', 'g')->str2float()
8503<
8504 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
8505
8506str2list({string} [, {utf8}]) *str2list()*
8507 Return a list containing the number values which represent
8508 each character in String {string}. Examples: >
8509 str2list(" ") returns [32]
8510 str2list("ABC") returns [65, 66, 67]
8511< |list2str()| does the opposite.
8512
8513 When {utf8} is omitted or zero, the current 'encoding' is used.
8514 When {utf8} is TRUE, always treat the String as UTF-8
8515 characters. With UTF-8 composing characters are handled
8516 properly: >
8517 str2list("á") returns [97, 769]
8518
8519< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8520 GetString()->str2list()
8521
8522
8523str2nr({string} [, {base} [, {quoted}]]) *str2nr()*
8524 Convert string {string} to a number.
8525 {base} is the conversion base, it can be 2, 8, 10 or 16.
8526 When {quoted} is present and non-zero then embedded single
8527 quotes are ignored, thus "1'000'000" is a million.
8528
8529 When {base} is omitted base 10 is used. This also means that
8530 a leading zero doesn't cause octal conversion to be used, as
8531 with the default String to Number conversion. Example: >
8532 let nr = str2nr('0123')
8533<
8534 When {base} is 16 a leading "0x" or "0X" is ignored. With a
8535 different base the result will be zero. Similarly, when
8536 {base} is 8 a leading "0", "0o" or "0O" is ignored, and when
8537 {base} is 2 a leading "0b" or "0B" is ignored.
8538 Text after the number is silently ignored.
8539
8540 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8541 GetText()->str2nr()
8542
8543
8544strcharlen({string}) *strcharlen()*
8545 The result is a Number, which is the number of characters
8546 in String {string}. Composing characters are ignored.
8547 |strchars()| can count the number of characters, counting
8548 composing characters separately.
8549
8550 Also see |strlen()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strwidth()|.
8551
8552 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8553 GetText()->strcharlen()
8554
8555
8556strcharpart({src}, {start} [, {len} [, {skipcc}]]) *strcharpart()*
8557 Like |strpart()| but using character index and length instead
8558 of byte index and length.
8559 When {skipcc} is omitted or zero, composing characters are
8560 counted separately.
8561 When {skipcc} set to 1, Composing characters are ignored,
8562 similar to |slice()|.
8563 When a character index is used where a character does not
8564 exist it is omitted and counted as one character. For
8565 example: >
8566 strcharpart('abc', -1, 2)
8567< results in 'a'.
8568
8569 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8570 GetText()->strcharpart(5)
8571
8572
8573strchars({string} [, {skipcc}]) *strchars()*
8574 The result is a Number, which is the number of characters
8575 in String {string}.
8576 When {skipcc} is omitted or zero, composing characters are
8577 counted separately.
8578 When {skipcc} set to 1, Composing characters are ignored.
8579 |strcharlen()| always does this.
8580
8581 Also see |strlen()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strwidth()|.
8582
8583 {skipcc} is only available after 7.4.755. For backward
8584 compatibility, you can define a wrapper function: >
8585 if has("patch-7.4.755")
8586 function s:strchars(str, skipcc)
8587 return strchars(a:str, a:skipcc)
8588 endfunction
8589 else
8590 function s:strchars(str, skipcc)
8591 if a:skipcc
8592 return strlen(substitute(a:str, ".", "x", "g"))
8593 else
8594 return strchars(a:str)
8595 endif
8596 endfunction
8597 endif
8598<
8599 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8600 GetText()->strchars()
8601
8602strdisplaywidth({string} [, {col}]) *strdisplaywidth()*
8603 The result is a Number, which is the number of display cells
8604 String {string} occupies on the screen when it starts at {col}
8605 (first column is zero). When {col} is omitted zero is used.
8606 Otherwise it is the screen column where to start. This
8607 matters for Tab characters.
8608 The option settings of the current window are used. This
8609 matters for anything that's displayed differently, such as
8610 'tabstop' and 'display'.
8611 When {string} contains characters with East Asian Width Class
8612 Ambiguous, this function's return value depends on 'ambiwidth'.
8613 Also see |strlen()|, |strwidth()| and |strchars()|.
8614
8615 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8616 GetText()->strdisplaywidth()
8617
8618strftime({format} [, {time}]) *strftime()*
8619 The result is a String, which is a formatted date and time, as
8620 specified by the {format} string. The given {time} is used,
8621 or the current time if no time is given. The accepted
8622 {format} depends on your system, thus this is not portable!
8623 See the manual page of the C function strftime() for the
8624 format. The maximum length of the result is 80 characters.
8625 See also |localtime()|, |getftime()| and |strptime()|.
8626 The language can be changed with the |:language| command.
8627 Examples: >
8628 :echo strftime("%c") Sun Apr 27 11:49:23 1997
8629 :echo strftime("%Y %b %d %X") 1997 Apr 27 11:53:25
8630 :echo strftime("%y%m%d %T") 970427 11:53:55
8631 :echo strftime("%H:%M") 11:55
8632 :echo strftime("%c", getftime("file.c"))
8633 Show mod time of file.c.
8634< Not available on all systems. To check use: >
8635 :if exists("*strftime")
8636
8637< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8638 GetFormat()->strftime()
8639
8640strgetchar({str}, {index}) *strgetchar()*
8641 Get character {index} from {str}. This uses a character
8642 index, not a byte index. Composing characters are considered
8643 separate characters here.
8644 Also see |strcharpart()| and |strchars()|.
8645
8646 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8647 GetText()->strgetchar(5)
8648
8649stridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}]) *stridx()*
8650 The result is a Number, which gives the byte index in
8651 {haystack} of the first occurrence of the String {needle}.
8652 If {start} is specified, the search starts at index {start}.
8653 This can be used to find a second match: >
8654 :let colon1 = stridx(line, ":")
8655 :let colon2 = stridx(line, ":", colon1 + 1)
8656< The search is done case-sensitive.
8657 For pattern searches use |match()|.
8658 -1 is returned if the {needle} does not occur in {haystack}.
8659 See also |strridx()|.
8660 Examples: >
8661 :echo stridx("An Example", "Example") 3
8662 :echo stridx("Starting point", "Start") 0
8663 :echo stridx("Starting point", "start") -1
8664< *strstr()* *strchr()*
8665 stridx() works similar to the C function strstr(). When used
8666 with a single character it works similar to strchr().
8667
8668 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8669 GetHaystack()->stridx(needle)
8670<
8671 *string()*
8672string({expr}) Return {expr} converted to a String. If {expr} is a Number,
8673 Float, String, Blob or a composition of them, then the result
8674 can be parsed back with |eval()|.
8675 {expr} type result ~
8676 String 'string' (single quotes are doubled)
8677 Number 123
8678 Float 123.123456 or 1.123456e8
8679 Funcref function('name')
8680 Blob 0z00112233.44556677.8899
8681 List [item, item]
8682 Dictionary {key: value, key: value}
8683
8684 When a |List| or |Dictionary| has a recursive reference it is
8685 replaced by "[...]" or "{...}". Using eval() on the result
8686 will then fail.
8687
8688 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8689 mylist->string()
8690
8691< Also see |strtrans()|.
8692
8693
8694strlen({string}) *strlen()*
8695 The result is a Number, which is the length of the String
8696 {string} in bytes.
8697 If the argument is a Number it is first converted to a String.
8698 For other types an error is given.
8699 If you want to count the number of multibyte characters use
8700 |strchars()|.
8701 Also see |len()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strwidth()|.
8702
8703 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8704 GetString()->strlen()
8705
8706strpart({src}, {start} [, {len} [, {chars}]]) *strpart()*
8707 The result is a String, which is part of {src}, starting from
8708 byte {start}, with the byte length {len}.
8709 When {chars} is present and TRUE then {len} is the number of
8710 characters positions (composing characters are not counted
8711 separately, thus "1" means one base character and any
8712 following composing characters).
8713 To count {start} as characters instead of bytes use
8714 |strcharpart()|.
8715
8716 When bytes are selected which do not exist, this doesn't
8717 result in an error, the bytes are simply omitted.
8718 If {len} is missing, the copy continues from {start} till the
8719 end of the {src}. >
8720 strpart("abcdefg", 3, 2) == "de"
8721 strpart("abcdefg", -2, 4) == "ab"
8722 strpart("abcdefg", 5, 4) == "fg"
8723 strpart("abcdefg", 3) == "defg"
8724
8725< Note: To get the first character, {start} must be 0. For
8726 example, to get the character under the cursor: >
8727 strpart(getline("."), col(".") - 1, 1, v:true)
8728<
8729 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8730 GetText()->strpart(5)
8731
8732strptime({format}, {timestring}) *strptime()*
8733 The result is a Number, which is a unix timestamp representing
8734 the date and time in {timestring}, which is expected to match
8735 the format specified in {format}.
8736
8737 The accepted {format} depends on your system, thus this is not
8738 portable! See the manual page of the C function strptime()
8739 for the format. Especially avoid "%c". The value of $TZ also
8740 matters.
8741
8742 If the {timestring} cannot be parsed with {format} zero is
8743 returned. If you do not know the format of {timestring} you
8744 can try different {format} values until you get a non-zero
8745 result.
8746
8747 See also |strftime()|.
8748 Examples: >
8749 :echo strptime("%Y %b %d %X", "1997 Apr 27 11:49:23")
8750< 862156163 >
8751 :echo strftime("%c", strptime("%y%m%d %T", "970427 11:53:55"))
8752< Sun Apr 27 11:53:55 1997 >
8753 :echo strftime("%c", strptime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S", "19970427115355") + 3600)
8754< Sun Apr 27 12:53:55 1997
8755
8756 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8757 GetFormat()->strptime(timestring)
8758<
8759 Not available on all systems. To check use: >
8760 :if exists("*strptime")
8761
8762strridx({haystack}, {needle} [, {start}]) *strridx()*
8763 The result is a Number, which gives the byte index in
8764 {haystack} of the last occurrence of the String {needle}.
8765 When {start} is specified, matches beyond this index are
8766 ignored. This can be used to find a match before a previous
8767 match: >
8768 :let lastcomma = strridx(line, ",")
8769 :let comma2 = strridx(line, ",", lastcomma - 1)
8770< The search is done case-sensitive.
8771 For pattern searches use |match()|.
8772 -1 is returned if the {needle} does not occur in {haystack}.
8773 If the {needle} is empty the length of {haystack} is returned.
8774 See also |stridx()|. Examples: >
8775 :echo strridx("an angry armadillo", "an") 3
8776< *strrchr()*
8777 When used with a single character it works similar to the C
8778 function strrchr().
8779
8780 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8781 GetHaystack()->strridx(needle)
8782
8783strtrans({string}) *strtrans()*
8784 The result is a String, which is {string} with all unprintable
8785 characters translated into printable characters |'isprint'|.
8786 Like they are shown in a window. Example: >
8787 echo strtrans(@a)
8788< This displays a newline in register a as "^@" instead of
8789 starting a new line.
8790
8791 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8792 GetString()->strtrans()
8793
8794strwidth({string}) *strwidth()*
8795 The result is a Number, which is the number of display cells
8796 String {string} occupies. A Tab character is counted as one
8797 cell, alternatively use |strdisplaywidth()|.
8798 When {string} contains characters with East Asian Width Class
8799 Ambiguous, this function's return value depends on 'ambiwidth'.
8800 Also see |strlen()|, |strdisplaywidth()| and |strchars()|.
8801
8802 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8803 GetString()->strwidth()
8804
8805submatch({nr} [, {list}]) *submatch()* *E935*
8806 Only for an expression in a |:substitute| command or
8807 substitute() function.
8808 Returns the {nr}'th submatch of the matched text. When {nr}
8809 is 0 the whole matched text is returned.
8810 Note that a NL in the string can stand for a line break of a
8811 multi-line match or a NUL character in the text.
8812 Also see |sub-replace-expression|.
8813
8814 If {list} is present and non-zero then submatch() returns
8815 a list of strings, similar to |getline()| with two arguments.
8816 NL characters in the text represent NUL characters in the
8817 text.
8818 Only returns more than one item for |:substitute|, inside
8819 |substitute()| this list will always contain one or zero
8820 items, since there are no real line breaks.
8821
8822 When substitute() is used recursively only the submatches in
8823 the current (deepest) call can be obtained.
8824
8825 Examples: >
8826 :s/\d\+/\=submatch(0) + 1/
8827 :echo substitute(text, '\d\+', '\=submatch(0) + 1', '')
8828< This finds the first number in the line and adds one to it.
8829 A line break is included as a newline character.
8830
8831 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8832 GetNr()->submatch()
8833
8834substitute({string}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags}) *substitute()*
8835 The result is a String, which is a copy of {string}, in which
8836 the first match of {pat} is replaced with {sub}.
8837 When {flags} is "g", all matches of {pat} in {string} are
8838 replaced. Otherwise {flags} should be "".
8839
8840 This works like the ":substitute" command (without any flags).
8841 But the matching with {pat} is always done like the 'magic'
8842 option is set and 'cpoptions' is empty (to make scripts
8843 portable). 'ignorecase' is still relevant, use |/\c| or |/\C|
8844 if you want to ignore or match case and ignore 'ignorecase'.
8845 'smartcase' is not used. See |string-match| for how {pat} is
8846 used.
8847
8848 A "~" in {sub} is not replaced with the previous {sub}.
8849 Note that some codes in {sub} have a special meaning
8850 |sub-replace-special|. For example, to replace something with
8851 "\n" (two characters), use "\\\\n" or '\\n'.
8852
8853 When {pat} does not match in {string}, {string} is returned
8854 unmodified.
8855
8856 Example: >
8857 :let &path = substitute(&path, ",\\=[^,]*$", "", "")
8858< This removes the last component of the 'path' option. >
8859 :echo substitute("testing", ".*", "\\U\\0", "")
8860< results in "TESTING".
8861
8862 When {sub} starts with "\=", the remainder is interpreted as
8863 an expression. See |sub-replace-expression|. Example: >
8864 :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)',
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00008865 \ '\=nr2char("0x" .. submatch(1))', 'g')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008866
8867< When {sub} is a Funcref that function is called, with one
8868 optional argument. Example: >
8869 :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)', SubNr, 'g')
8870< The optional argument is a list which contains the whole
8871 matched string and up to nine submatches, like what
8872 |submatch()| returns. Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00008873 :echo substitute(s, '%\(\x\x\)', {m -> '0x' .. m[1]}, 'g')
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00008874
8875< Can also be used as a |method|: >
8876 GetString()->substitute(pat, sub, flags)
8877
8878swapinfo({fname}) *swapinfo()*
8879 The result is a dictionary, which holds information about the
8880 swapfile {fname}. The available fields are:
8881 version Vim version
8882 user user name
8883 host host name
8884 fname original file name
8885 pid PID of the Vim process that created the swap
8886 file
8887 mtime last modification time in seconds
8888 inode Optional: INODE number of the file
8889 dirty 1 if file was modified, 0 if not
8890 Note that "user" and "host" are truncated to at most 39 bytes.
8891 In case of failure an "error" item is added with the reason:
8892 Cannot open file: file not found or in accessible
8893 Cannot read file: cannot read first block
8894 Not a swap file: does not contain correct block ID
8895 Magic number mismatch: Info in first block is invalid
8896
8897 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8898 GetFilename()->swapinfo()
8899
8900swapname({buf}) *swapname()*
8901 The result is the swap file path of the buffer {expr}.
8902 For the use of {buf}, see |bufname()| above.
8903 If buffer {buf} is the current buffer, the result is equal to
8904 |:swapname| (unless there is no swap file).
8905 If buffer {buf} has no swap file, returns an empty string.
8906
8907 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8908 GetBufname()->swapname()
8909
8910synID({lnum}, {col}, {trans}) *synID()*
8911 The result is a Number, which is the syntax ID at the position
8912 {lnum} and {col} in the current window.
8913 The syntax ID can be used with |synIDattr()| and
8914 |synIDtrans()| to obtain syntax information about text.
8915
8916 {col} is 1 for the leftmost column, {lnum} is 1 for the first
8917 line. 'synmaxcol' applies, in a longer line zero is returned.
8918 Note that when the position is after the last character,
8919 that's where the cursor can be in Insert mode, synID() returns
8920 zero. {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
8921
8922 When {trans} is |TRUE|, transparent items are reduced to the
8923 item that they reveal. This is useful when wanting to know
8924 the effective color. When {trans} is |FALSE|, the transparent
8925 item is returned. This is useful when wanting to know which
8926 syntax item is effective (e.g. inside parens).
8927 Warning: This function can be very slow. Best speed is
8928 obtained by going through the file in forward direction.
8929
8930 Example (echoes the name of the syntax item under the cursor): >
8931 :echo synIDattr(synID(line("."), col("."), 1), "name")
8932<
8933
8934synIDattr({synID}, {what} [, {mode}]) *synIDattr()*
8935 The result is a String, which is the {what} attribute of
8936 syntax ID {synID}. This can be used to obtain information
8937 about a syntax item.
8938 {mode} can be "gui", "cterm" or "term", to get the attributes
8939 for that mode. When {mode} is omitted, or an invalid value is
8940 used, the attributes for the currently active highlighting are
8941 used (GUI, cterm or term).
8942 Use synIDtrans() to follow linked highlight groups.
8943 {what} result
8944 "name" the name of the syntax item
8945 "fg" foreground color (GUI: color name used to set
8946 the color, cterm: color number as a string,
8947 term: empty string)
8948 "bg" background color (as with "fg")
8949 "font" font name (only available in the GUI)
8950 |highlight-font|
8951 "sp" special color for the GUI (as with "fg")
8952 |highlight-guisp|
8953 "ul" underline color for cterm: number as a string
8954 "fg#" like "fg", but for the GUI and the GUI is
8955 running the name in "#RRGGBB" form
8956 "bg#" like "fg#" for "bg"
8957 "sp#" like "fg#" for "sp"
8958 "bold" "1" if bold
8959 "italic" "1" if italic
8960 "reverse" "1" if reverse
8961 "inverse" "1" if inverse (= reverse)
8962 "standout" "1" if standout
8963 "underline" "1" if underlined
8964 "undercurl" "1" if undercurled
8965 "strike" "1" if strikethrough
8966
8967 Example (echoes the color of the syntax item under the
8968 cursor): >
8969 :echo synIDattr(synIDtrans(synID(line("."), col("."), 1)), "fg")
8970<
8971 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8972 :echo synID(line("."), col("."), 1)->synIDtrans()->synIDattr("fg")
8973
8974
8975synIDtrans({synID}) *synIDtrans()*
8976 The result is a Number, which is the translated syntax ID of
8977 {synID}. This is the syntax group ID of what is being used to
8978 highlight the character. Highlight links given with
8979 ":highlight link" are followed.
8980
8981 Can also be used as a |method|: >
8982 :echo synID(line("."), col("."), 1)->synIDtrans()->synIDattr("fg")
8983
8984synconcealed({lnum}, {col}) *synconcealed()*
8985 The result is a |List| with currently three items:
8986 1. The first item in the list is 0 if the character at the
8987 position {lnum} and {col} is not part of a concealable
8988 region, 1 if it is. {lnum} is used like with |getline()|.
8989 2. The second item in the list is a string. If the first item
8990 is 1, the second item contains the text which will be
8991 displayed in place of the concealed text, depending on the
8992 current setting of 'conceallevel' and 'listchars'.
8993 3. The third and final item in the list is a number
8994 representing the specific syntax region matched in the
8995 line. When the character is not concealed the value is
8996 zero. This allows detection of the beginning of a new
8997 concealable region if there are two consecutive regions
8998 with the same replacement character. For an example, if
8999 the text is "123456" and both "23" and "45" are concealed
9000 and replaced by the character "X", then:
9001 call returns ~
9002 synconcealed(lnum, 1) [0, '', 0]
9003 synconcealed(lnum, 2) [1, 'X', 1]
9004 synconcealed(lnum, 3) [1, 'X', 1]
9005 synconcealed(lnum, 4) [1, 'X', 2]
9006 synconcealed(lnum, 5) [1, 'X', 2]
9007 synconcealed(lnum, 6) [0, '', 0]
9008
9009
9010synstack({lnum}, {col}) *synstack()*
9011 Return a |List|, which is the stack of syntax items at the
9012 position {lnum} and {col} in the current window. {lnum} is
9013 used like with |getline()|. Each item in the List is an ID
9014 like what |synID()| returns.
9015 The first item in the List is the outer region, following are
9016 items contained in that one. The last one is what |synID()|
9017 returns, unless not the whole item is highlighted or it is a
9018 transparent item.
9019 This function is useful for debugging a syntax file.
9020 Example that shows the syntax stack under the cursor: >
9021 for id in synstack(line("."), col("."))
9022 echo synIDattr(id, "name")
9023 endfor
9024< When the position specified with {lnum} and {col} is invalid
9025 nothing is returned. The position just after the last
9026 character in a line and the first column in an empty line are
9027 valid positions.
9028
9029system({expr} [, {input}]) *system()* *E677*
9030 Get the output of the shell command {expr} as a |String|. See
9031 |systemlist()| to get the output as a |List|.
9032
9033 When {input} is given and is a |String| this string is written
9034 to a file and passed as stdin to the command. The string is
9035 written as-is, you need to take care of using the correct line
9036 separators yourself.
9037 If {input} is given and is a |List| it is written to the file
9038 in a way |writefile()| does with {binary} set to "b" (i.e.
9039 with a newline between each list item with newlines inside
9040 list items converted to NULs).
9041 When {input} is given and is a number that is a valid id for
9042 an existing buffer then the content of the buffer is written
9043 to the file line by line, each line terminated by a NL and
9044 NULs characters where the text has a NL.
9045
9046 Pipes are not used, the 'shelltemp' option is not used.
9047
9048 When prepended by |:silent| the terminal will not be set to
9049 cooked mode. This is meant to be used for commands that do
9050 not need the user to type. It avoids stray characters showing
9051 up on the screen which require |CTRL-L| to remove. >
9052 :silent let f = system('ls *.vim')
9053<
9054 Note: Use |shellescape()| or |::S| with |expand()| or
9055 |fnamemodify()| to escape special characters in a command
9056 argument. Newlines in {expr} may cause the command to fail.
9057 The characters in 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote' may also
9058 cause trouble.
9059 This is not to be used for interactive commands.
9060
9061 The result is a String. Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009062 :let files = system('ls ' .. shellescape(expand('%:h')))
9063 :let files = system('ls ' .. expand('%:h:S'))
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009064
9065< To make the result more system-independent, the shell output
9066 is filtered to replace <CR> with <NL> for Macintosh, and
9067 <CR><NL> with <NL> for DOS-like systems.
9068 To avoid the string being truncated at a NUL, all NUL
9069 characters are replaced with SOH (0x01).
9070
9071 The command executed is constructed using several options:
9072 'shell' 'shellcmdflag' 'shellxquote' {expr} 'shellredir' {tmp} 'shellxquote'
9073 ({tmp} is an automatically generated file name).
9074 For Unix, braces are put around {expr} to allow for
9075 concatenated commands.
9076
9077 The command will be executed in "cooked" mode, so that a
9078 CTRL-C will interrupt the command (on Unix at least).
9079
9080 The resulting error code can be found in |v:shell_error|.
9081 This function will fail in |restricted-mode|.
9082
9083 Note that any wrong value in the options mentioned above may
9084 make the function fail. It has also been reported to fail
9085 when using a security agent application.
9086 Unlike ":!cmd" there is no automatic check for changed files.
9087 Use |:checktime| to force a check.
9088
9089 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9090 :echo GetCmd()->system()
9091
9092
9093systemlist({expr} [, {input}]) *systemlist()*
9094 Same as |system()|, but returns a |List| with lines (parts of
9095 output separated by NL) with NULs transformed into NLs. Output
9096 is the same as |readfile()| will output with {binary} argument
9097 set to "b", except that there is no extra empty item when the
9098 result ends in a NL.
9099 Note that on MS-Windows you may get trailing CR characters.
9100
9101 To see the difference between "echo hello" and "echo -n hello"
9102 use |system()| and |split()|: >
9103 echo system('echo hello')->split('\n', 1)
9104<
9105 Returns an empty string on error.
9106
9107 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9108 :echo GetCmd()->systemlist()
9109
9110
9111tabpagebuflist([{arg}]) *tabpagebuflist()*
9112 The result is a |List|, where each item is the number of the
9113 buffer associated with each window in the current tab page.
9114 {arg} specifies the number of the tab page to be used. When
9115 omitted the current tab page is used.
9116 When {arg} is invalid the number zero is returned.
9117 To get a list of all buffers in all tabs use this: >
9118 let buflist = []
9119 for i in range(tabpagenr('$'))
9120 call extend(buflist, tabpagebuflist(i + 1))
9121 endfor
9122< Note that a buffer may appear in more than one window.
9123
9124 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9125 GetTabpage()->tabpagebuflist()
9126
9127tabpagenr([{arg}]) *tabpagenr()*
9128 The result is a Number, which is the number of the current
9129 tab page. The first tab page has number 1.
9130
9131 The optional argument {arg} supports the following values:
9132 $ the number of the last tab page (the tab page
9133 count).
9134 # the number of the last accessed tab page
9135 (where |g<Tab>| goes to). if there is no
9136 previous tab page 0 is returned.
9137 The number can be used with the |:tab| command.
9138
9139
9140tabpagewinnr({tabarg} [, {arg}]) *tabpagewinnr()*
9141 Like |winnr()| but for tab page {tabarg}.
9142 {tabarg} specifies the number of tab page to be used.
9143 {arg} is used like with |winnr()|:
9144 - When omitted the current window number is returned. This is
9145 the window which will be used when going to this tab page.
9146 - When "$" the number of windows is returned.
9147 - When "#" the previous window nr is returned.
9148 Useful examples: >
9149 tabpagewinnr(1) " current window of tab page 1
9150 tabpagewinnr(4, '$') " number of windows in tab page 4
9151< When {tabarg} is invalid zero is returned.
9152
9153 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9154 GetTabpage()->tabpagewinnr()
9155<
9156 *tagfiles()*
9157tagfiles() Returns a |List| with the file names used to search for tags
9158 for the current buffer. This is the 'tags' option expanded.
9159
9160
9161taglist({expr} [, {filename}]) *taglist()*
9162 Returns a |List| of tags matching the regular expression {expr}.
9163
9164 If {filename} is passed it is used to prioritize the results
9165 in the same way that |:tselect| does. See |tag-priority|.
9166 {filename} should be the full path of the file.
9167
9168 Each list item is a dictionary with at least the following
9169 entries:
9170 name Name of the tag.
9171 filename Name of the file where the tag is
9172 defined. It is either relative to the
9173 current directory or a full path.
9174 cmd Ex command used to locate the tag in
9175 the file.
9176 kind Type of the tag. The value for this
9177 entry depends on the language specific
9178 kind values. Only available when
9179 using a tags file generated by
Bram Moolenaar47c532e2022-03-19 15:18:53 +00009180 Universal/Exuberant ctags or hdrtag.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009181 static A file specific tag. Refer to
9182 |static-tag| for more information.
9183 More entries may be present, depending on the content of the
9184 tags file: access, implementation, inherits and signature.
9185 Refer to the ctags documentation for information about these
9186 fields. For C code the fields "struct", "class" and "enum"
9187 may appear, they give the name of the entity the tag is
9188 contained in.
9189
9190 The ex-command "cmd" can be either an ex search pattern, a
9191 line number or a line number followed by a byte number.
9192
9193 If there are no matching tags, then an empty list is returned.
9194
9195 To get an exact tag match, the anchors '^' and '$' should be
9196 used in {expr}. This also make the function work faster.
9197 Refer to |tag-regexp| for more information about the tag
9198 search regular expression pattern.
9199
9200 Refer to |'tags'| for information about how the tags file is
9201 located by Vim. Refer to |tags-file-format| for the format of
9202 the tags file generated by the different ctags tools.
9203
9204 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9205 GetTagpattern()->taglist()
9206
9207tan({expr}) *tan()*
9208 Return the tangent of {expr}, measured in radians, as a |Float|
9209 in the range [-inf, inf].
9210 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
9211 Examples: >
9212 :echo tan(10)
9213< 0.648361 >
9214 :echo tan(-4.01)
9215< -1.181502
9216
9217 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9218 Compute()->tan()
9219<
9220 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
9221
9222
9223tanh({expr}) *tanh()*
9224 Return the hyperbolic tangent of {expr} as a |Float| in the
9225 range [-1, 1].
9226 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
9227 Examples: >
9228 :echo tanh(0.5)
9229< 0.462117 >
9230 :echo tanh(-1)
9231< -0.761594
9232
9233 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9234 Compute()->tanh()
9235<
9236 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
9237
9238
9239tempname() *tempname()* *temp-file-name*
9240 The result is a String, which is the name of a file that
9241 doesn't exist. It can be used for a temporary file. The name
9242 is different for at least 26 consecutive calls. Example: >
9243 :let tmpfile = tempname()
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009244 :exe "redir > " .. tmpfile
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009245< For Unix, the file will be in a private directory |tempfile|.
9246 For MS-Windows forward slashes are used when the 'shellslash'
9247 option is set, or when 'shellcmdflag' starts with '-' and
9248 'shell' does not contain powershell or pwsh.
9249
9250
9251term_ functions are documented here: |terminal-function-details|
9252
9253
9254terminalprops() *terminalprops()*
9255 Returns a |Dictionary| with properties of the terminal that Vim
9256 detected from the response to |t_RV| request. See
9257 |v:termresponse| for the response itself. If |v:termresponse|
9258 is empty most values here will be 'u' for unknown.
9259 cursor_style whether sending |t_RS| works **
9260 cursor_blink_mode whether sending |t_RC| works **
9261 underline_rgb whether |t_8u| works **
9262 mouse mouse type supported
9263
9264 ** value 'u' for unknown, 'y' for yes, 'n' for no
9265
9266 If the |+termresponse| feature is missing then the result is
9267 an empty dictionary.
9268
9269 If "cursor_style" is 'y' then |t_RS| will be sent to request the
9270 current cursor style.
9271 If "cursor_blink_mode" is 'y' then |t_RC| will be sent to
9272 request the cursor blink status.
9273 "cursor_style" and "cursor_blink_mode" are also set if |t_u7|
9274 is not empty, Vim will detect the working of sending |t_RS|
9275 and |t_RC| on startup.
9276
9277 When "underline_rgb" is not 'y', then |t_8u| will be made empty.
9278 This avoids sending it to xterm, which would clear the colors.
9279
9280 For "mouse" the value 'u' is unknown
9281
9282 Also see:
9283 - 'ambiwidth' - detected by using |t_u7|.
9284 - |v:termstyleresp| and |v:termblinkresp| for the response to
9285 |t_RS| and |t_RC|.
9286
9287
9288test_ functions are documented here: |test-functions-details|
9289
9290
9291 *timer_info()*
9292timer_info([{id}])
9293 Return a list with information about timers.
9294 When {id} is given only information about this timer is
9295 returned. When timer {id} does not exist an empty list is
9296 returned.
9297 When {id} is omitted information about all timers is returned.
9298
9299 For each timer the information is stored in a |Dictionary| with
9300 these items:
9301 "id" the timer ID
9302 "time" time the timer was started with
9303 "remaining" time until the timer fires
9304 "repeat" number of times the timer will still fire;
9305 -1 means forever
9306 "callback" the callback
9307 "paused" 1 if the timer is paused, 0 otherwise
9308
9309 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9310 GetTimer()->timer_info()
9311
9312< {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
9313
9314timer_pause({timer}, {paused}) *timer_pause()*
9315 Pause or unpause a timer. A paused timer does not invoke its
9316 callback when its time expires. Unpausing a timer may cause
9317 the callback to be invoked almost immediately if enough time
9318 has passed.
9319
9320 Pausing a timer is useful to avoid the callback to be called
9321 for a short time.
9322
9323 If {paused} evaluates to a non-zero Number or a non-empty
9324 String, then the timer is paused, otherwise it is unpaused.
9325 See |non-zero-arg|.
9326
9327 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9328 GetTimer()->timer_pause(1)
9329
9330< {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
9331
9332 *timer_start()* *timer* *timers*
9333timer_start({time}, {callback} [, {options}])
9334 Create a timer and return the timer ID.
9335
9336 {time} is the waiting time in milliseconds. This is the
9337 minimum time before invoking the callback. When the system is
9338 busy or Vim is not waiting for input the time will be longer.
9339
9340 {callback} is the function to call. It can be the name of a
9341 function or a |Funcref|. It is called with one argument, which
9342 is the timer ID. The callback is only invoked when Vim is
9343 waiting for input.
9344 If you want to show a message look at |popup_notification()|
9345 to avoid interfering with what the user is doing.
9346
9347 {options} is a dictionary. Supported entries:
9348 "repeat" Number of times to repeat calling the
9349 callback. -1 means forever. When not present
9350 the callback will be called once.
9351 If the timer causes an error three times in a
9352 row the repeat is cancelled. This avoids that
9353 Vim becomes unusable because of all the error
9354 messages.
9355
9356 Example: >
9357 func MyHandler(timer)
9358 echo 'Handler called'
9359 endfunc
9360 let timer = timer_start(500, 'MyHandler',
9361 \ {'repeat': 3})
9362< This will invoke MyHandler() three times at 500 msec
9363 intervals.
9364
9365 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9366 GetMsec()->timer_start(callback)
9367
9368< Not available in the |sandbox|.
9369 {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
9370
9371timer_stop({timer}) *timer_stop()*
9372 Stop a timer. The timer callback will no longer be invoked.
9373 {timer} is an ID returned by timer_start(), thus it must be a
9374 Number. If {timer} does not exist there is no error.
9375
9376 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9377 GetTimer()->timer_stop()
9378
9379< {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
9380
9381timer_stopall() *timer_stopall()*
9382 Stop all timers. The timer callbacks will no longer be
9383 invoked. Useful if a timer is misbehaving. If there are no
9384 timers there is no error.
9385
9386 {only available when compiled with the |+timers| feature}
9387
9388tolower({expr}) *tolower()*
9389 The result is a copy of the String given, with all uppercase
9390 characters turned into lowercase (just like applying |gu| to
9391 the string).
9392
9393 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9394 GetText()->tolower()
9395
9396toupper({expr}) *toupper()*
9397 The result is a copy of the String given, with all lowercase
9398 characters turned into uppercase (just like applying |gU| to
9399 the string).
9400
9401 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9402 GetText()->toupper()
9403
9404tr({src}, {fromstr}, {tostr}) *tr()*
9405 The result is a copy of the {src} string with all characters
9406 which appear in {fromstr} replaced by the character in that
9407 position in the {tostr} string. Thus the first character in
9408 {fromstr} is translated into the first character in {tostr}
9409 and so on. Exactly like the unix "tr" command.
9410 This code also deals with multibyte characters properly.
9411
9412 Examples: >
9413 echo tr("hello there", "ht", "HT")
9414< returns "Hello THere" >
9415 echo tr("<blob>", "<>", "{}")
9416< returns "{blob}"
9417
9418 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9419 GetText()->tr(from, to)
9420
9421trim({text} [, {mask} [, {dir}]]) *trim()*
9422 Return {text} as a String where any character in {mask} is
9423 removed from the beginning and/or end of {text}.
9424
9425 If {mask} is not given, {mask} is all characters up to 0x20,
9426 which includes Tab, space, NL and CR, plus the non-breaking
9427 space character 0xa0.
9428
9429 The optional {dir} argument specifies where to remove the
9430 characters:
9431 0 remove from the beginning and end of {text}
9432 1 remove only at the beginning of {text}
9433 2 remove only at the end of {text}
9434 When omitted both ends are trimmed.
9435
9436 This function deals with multibyte characters properly.
9437
9438 Examples: >
9439 echo trim(" some text ")
9440< returns "some text" >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009441 echo trim(" \r\t\t\r RESERVE \t\n\x0B\xA0") .. "_TAIL"
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009442< returns "RESERVE_TAIL" >
9443 echo trim("rm<Xrm<>X>rrm", "rm<>")
9444< returns "Xrm<>X" (characters in the middle are not removed) >
9445 echo trim(" vim ", " ", 2)
9446< returns " vim"
9447
9448 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9449 GetText()->trim()
9450
9451trunc({expr}) *trunc()*
9452 Return the largest integral value with magnitude less than or
9453 equal to {expr} as a |Float| (truncate towards zero).
9454 {expr} must evaluate to a |Float| or a |Number|.
9455 Examples: >
9456 echo trunc(1.456)
9457< 1.0 >
9458 echo trunc(-5.456)
9459< -5.0 >
9460 echo trunc(4.0)
9461< 4.0
9462
9463 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9464 Compute()->trunc()
9465<
9466 {only available when compiled with the |+float| feature}
9467
9468 *type()*
9469type({expr}) The result is a Number representing the type of {expr}.
9470 Instead of using the number directly, it is better to use the
9471 v:t_ variable that has the value:
9472 Number: 0 |v:t_number|
9473 String: 1 |v:t_string|
9474 Funcref: 2 |v:t_func|
9475 List: 3 |v:t_list|
9476 Dictionary: 4 |v:t_dict|
9477 Float: 5 |v:t_float|
9478 Boolean: 6 |v:t_bool| (v:false and v:true)
9479 None: 7 |v:t_none| (v:null and v:none)
9480 Job: 8 |v:t_job|
9481 Channel: 9 |v:t_channel|
9482 Blob: 10 |v:t_blob|
9483 For backward compatibility, this method can be used: >
9484 :if type(myvar) == type(0)
9485 :if type(myvar) == type("")
9486 :if type(myvar) == type(function("tr"))
9487 :if type(myvar) == type([])
9488 :if type(myvar) == type({})
9489 :if type(myvar) == type(0.0)
9490 :if type(myvar) == type(v:false)
9491 :if type(myvar) == type(v:none)
9492< To check if the v:t_ variables exist use this: >
9493 :if exists('v:t_number')
9494
9495< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9496 mylist->type()
9497
9498
9499typename({expr}) *typename()*
9500 Return a string representation of the type of {expr}.
9501 Example: >
9502 echo typename([1, 2, 3])
9503 list<number>
9504
9505
9506undofile({name}) *undofile()*
9507 Return the name of the undo file that would be used for a file
9508 with name {name} when writing. This uses the 'undodir'
9509 option, finding directories that exist. It does not check if
9510 the undo file exists.
9511 {name} is always expanded to the full path, since that is what
9512 is used internally.
9513 If {name} is empty undofile() returns an empty string, since a
9514 buffer without a file name will not write an undo file.
9515 Useful in combination with |:wundo| and |:rundo|.
9516 When compiled without the |+persistent_undo| option this always
9517 returns an empty string.
9518
9519 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9520 GetFilename()->undofile()
9521
9522undotree() *undotree()*
9523 Return the current state of the undo tree in a dictionary with
9524 the following items:
9525 "seq_last" The highest undo sequence number used.
9526 "seq_cur" The sequence number of the current position in
9527 the undo tree. This differs from "seq_last"
9528 when some changes were undone.
9529 "time_cur" Time last used for |:earlier| and related
9530 commands. Use |strftime()| to convert to
9531 something readable.
9532 "save_last" Number of the last file write. Zero when no
9533 write yet.
9534 "save_cur" Number of the current position in the undo
9535 tree.
9536 "synced" Non-zero when the last undo block was synced.
9537 This happens when waiting from input from the
9538 user. See |undo-blocks|.
9539 "entries" A list of dictionaries with information about
9540 undo blocks.
9541
9542 The first item in the "entries" list is the oldest undo item.
9543 Each List item is a |Dictionary| with these items:
9544 "seq" Undo sequence number. Same as what appears in
9545 |:undolist|.
9546 "time" Timestamp when the change happened. Use
9547 |strftime()| to convert to something readable.
9548 "newhead" Only appears in the item that is the last one
9549 that was added. This marks the last change
9550 and where further changes will be added.
9551 "curhead" Only appears in the item that is the last one
9552 that was undone. This marks the current
9553 position in the undo tree, the block that will
9554 be used by a redo command. When nothing was
9555 undone after the last change this item will
9556 not appear anywhere.
9557 "save" Only appears on the last block before a file
9558 write. The number is the write count. The
9559 first write has number 1, the last one the
9560 "save_last" mentioned above.
9561 "alt" Alternate entry. This is again a List of undo
9562 blocks. Each item may again have an "alt"
9563 item.
9564
9565uniq({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *uniq()* *E882*
9566 Remove second and succeeding copies of repeated adjacent
9567 {list} items in-place. Returns {list}. If you want a list
9568 to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
9569 :let newlist = uniq(copy(mylist))
9570< The default compare function uses the string representation of
9571 each item. For the use of {func} and {dict} see |sort()|.
9572
9573 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9574 mylist->uniq()
9575
9576values({dict}) *values()*
9577 Return a |List| with all the values of {dict}. The |List| is
9578 in arbitrary order. Also see |items()| and |keys()|.
9579
9580 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9581 mydict->values()
9582
9583virtcol({expr}) *virtcol()*
9584 The result is a Number, which is the screen column of the file
9585 position given with {expr}. That is, the last screen position
9586 occupied by the character at that position, when the screen
9587 would be of unlimited width. When there is a <Tab> at the
9588 position, the returned Number will be the column at the end of
9589 the <Tab>. For example, for a <Tab> in column 1, with 'ts'
9590 set to 8, it returns 8. |conceal| is ignored.
9591 For the byte position use |col()|.
9592 For the use of {expr} see |col()|.
9593 When 'virtualedit' is used {expr} can be [lnum, col, off], where
9594 "off" is the offset in screen columns from the start of the
9595 character. E.g., a position within a <Tab> or after the last
9596 character. When "off" is omitted zero is used.
9597 When Virtual editing is active in the current mode, a position
9598 beyond the end of the line can be returned. |'virtualedit'|
9599 The accepted positions are:
9600 . the cursor position
9601 $ the end of the cursor line (the result is the
9602 number of displayed characters in the cursor line
9603 plus one)
9604 'x position of mark x (if the mark is not set, 0 is
9605 returned)
9606 v In Visual mode: the start of the Visual area (the
9607 cursor is the end). When not in Visual mode
9608 returns the cursor position. Differs from |'<| in
9609 that it's updated right away.
9610 Note that only marks in the current file can be used.
9611 Examples: >
9612 virtcol(".") with text "foo^Lbar", with cursor on the "^L", returns 5
9613 virtcol("$") with text "foo^Lbar", returns 9
9614 virtcol("'t") with text " there", with 't at 'h', returns 6
9615< The first column is 1. 0 is returned for an error.
9616 A more advanced example that echoes the maximum length of
9617 all lines: >
9618 echo max(map(range(1, line('$')), "virtcol([v:val, '$'])"))
9619
9620< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9621 GetPos()->virtcol()
9622
9623
9624visualmode([{expr}]) *visualmode()*
9625 The result is a String, which describes the last Visual mode
9626 used in the current buffer. Initially it returns an empty
9627 string, but once Visual mode has been used, it returns "v",
9628 "V", or "<CTRL-V>" (a single CTRL-V character) for
9629 character-wise, line-wise, or block-wise Visual mode
9630 respectively.
9631 Example: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009632 :exe "normal " .. visualmode()
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009633< This enters the same Visual mode as before. It is also useful
9634 in scripts if you wish to act differently depending on the
9635 Visual mode that was used.
9636 If Visual mode is active, use |mode()| to get the Visual mode
9637 (e.g., in a |:vmap|).
9638 If {expr} is supplied and it evaluates to a non-zero Number or
9639 a non-empty String, then the Visual mode will be cleared and
9640 the old value is returned. See |non-zero-arg|.
9641
9642wildmenumode() *wildmenumode()*
9643 Returns |TRUE| when the wildmenu is active and |FALSE|
9644 otherwise. See 'wildmenu' and 'wildmode'.
9645 This can be used in mappings to handle the 'wildcharm' option
9646 gracefully. (Makes only sense with |mapmode-c| mappings).
9647
9648 For example to make <c-j> work like <down> in wildmode, use: >
9649 :cnoremap <expr> <C-j> wildmenumode() ? "\<Down>\<Tab>" : "\<c-j>"
9650<
9651 (Note, this needs the 'wildcharm' option set appropriately).
9652
9653win_execute({id}, {command} [, {silent}]) *win_execute()*
9654 Like `execute()` but in the context of window {id}.
9655 The window will temporarily be made the current window,
9656 without triggering autocommands or changing directory. When
9657 executing {command} autocommands will be triggered, this may
9658 have unexpected side effects. Use |:noautocmd| if needed.
9659 Example: >
9660 call win_execute(winid, 'set syntax=python')
9661< Doing the same with `setwinvar()` would not trigger
9662 autocommands and not actually show syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009663 *E994*
9664 Not all commands are allowed in popup windows.
9665 When window {id} does not exist then no error is given and
9666 an empty string is returned.
9667
9668 Can also be used as a |method|, the base is passed as the
9669 second argument: >
9670 GetCommand()->win_execute(winid)
9671
9672win_findbuf({bufnr}) *win_findbuf()*
9673 Returns a |List| with |window-ID|s for windows that contain
9674 buffer {bufnr}. When there is none the list is empty.
9675
9676 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9677 GetBufnr()->win_findbuf()
9678
9679win_getid([{win} [, {tab}]]) *win_getid()*
9680 Get the |window-ID| for the specified window.
9681 When {win} is missing use the current window.
9682 With {win} this is the window number. The top window has
9683 number 1.
9684 Without {tab} use the current tab, otherwise the tab with
9685 number {tab}. The first tab has number one.
9686 Return zero if the window cannot be found.
9687
9688 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9689 GetWinnr()->win_getid()
9690
9691
9692win_gettype([{nr}]) *win_gettype()*
9693 Return the type of the window:
9694 "autocmd" autocommand window. Temporary window
9695 used to execute autocommands.
9696 "command" command-line window |cmdwin|
9697 (empty) normal window
9698 "loclist" |location-list-window|
9699 "popup" popup window |popup|
9700 "preview" preview window |preview-window|
9701 "quickfix" |quickfix-window|
9702 "unknown" window {nr} not found
9703
9704 When {nr} is omitted return the type of the current window.
9705 When {nr} is given return the type of this window by number or
9706 |window-ID|.
9707
9708 Also see the 'buftype' option. When running a terminal in a
9709 popup window then 'buftype' is "terminal" and win_gettype()
9710 returns "popup".
9711
9712 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9713 GetWinid()->win_gettype()
9714<
9715win_gotoid({expr}) *win_gotoid()*
9716 Go to window with ID {expr}. This may also change the current
9717 tabpage.
9718 Return TRUE if successful, FALSE if the window cannot be found.
9719
9720 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9721 GetWinid()->win_gotoid()
9722
9723win_id2tabwin({expr}) *win_id2tabwin()*
9724 Return a list with the tab number and window number of window
9725 with ID {expr}: [tabnr, winnr].
9726 Return [0, 0] if the window cannot be found.
9727
9728 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9729 GetWinid()->win_id2tabwin()
9730
9731win_id2win({expr}) *win_id2win()*
9732 Return the window number of window with ID {expr}.
9733 Return 0 if the window cannot be found in the current tabpage.
9734
9735 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9736 GetWinid()->win_id2win()
9737
Daniel Steinbergee630312022-01-10 13:36:34 +00009738win_move_separator({nr}, {offset}) *win_move_separator()*
9739 Move window {nr}'s vertical separator (i.e., the right border)
9740 by {offset} columns, as if being dragged by the mouse. {nr}
9741 can be a window number or |window-ID|. A positive {offset}
9742 moves right and a negative {offset} moves left. Moving a
9743 window's vertical separator will change the width of the
9744 window and the width of other windows adjacent to the vertical
9745 separator. The magnitude of movement may be smaller than
9746 specified (e.g., as a consequence of maintaining
9747 'winminwidth'). Returns TRUE if the window can be found and
9748 FALSE otherwise.
9749
9750 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9751 GetWinnr()->win_move_separator(offset)
9752
9753win_move_statusline({nr}, {offset}) *win_move_statusline()*
9754 Move window {nr}'s status line (i.e., the bottom border) by
9755 {offset} rows, as if being dragged by the mouse. {nr} can be a
9756 window number or |window-ID|. A positive {offset} moves down
9757 and a negative {offset} moves up. Moving a window's status
9758 line will change the height of the window and the height of
9759 other windows adjacent to the status line. The magnitude of
9760 movement may be smaller than specified (e.g., as a consequence
9761 of maintaining 'winminheight'). Returns TRUE if the window can
9762 be found and FALSE otherwise.
9763
9764 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9765 GetWinnr()->win_move_statusline(offset)
9766
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009767win_screenpos({nr}) *win_screenpos()*
9768 Return the screen position of window {nr} as a list with two
9769 numbers: [row, col]. The first window always has position
9770 [1, 1], unless there is a tabline, then it is [2, 1].
9771 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|. Use zero
9772 for the current window.
9773 Returns [0, 0] if the window cannot be found in the current
9774 tabpage.
9775
9776 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9777 GetWinid()->win_screenpos()
9778<
9779win_splitmove({nr}, {target} [, {options}]) *win_splitmove()*
9780 Move the window {nr} to a new split of the window {target}.
9781 This is similar to moving to {target}, creating a new window
9782 using |:split| but having the same contents as window {nr}, and
9783 then closing {nr}.
9784
9785 Both {nr} and {target} can be window numbers or |window-ID|s.
9786 Both must be in the current tab page.
9787
9788 Returns zero for success, non-zero for failure.
9789
9790 {options} is a |Dictionary| with the following optional entries:
9791 "vertical" When TRUE, the split is created vertically,
9792 like with |:vsplit|.
9793 "rightbelow" When TRUE, the split is made below or to the
9794 right (if vertical). When FALSE, it is done
9795 above or to the left (if vertical). When not
9796 present, the values of 'splitbelow' and
9797 'splitright' are used.
9798
9799 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9800 GetWinid()->win_splitmove(target)
9801<
9802
9803 *winbufnr()*
9804winbufnr({nr}) The result is a Number, which is the number of the buffer
9805 associated with window {nr}. {nr} can be the window number or
9806 the |window-ID|.
9807 When {nr} is zero, the number of the buffer in the current
9808 window is returned.
9809 When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned.
9810 Example: >
9811 :echo "The file in the current window is " . bufname(winbufnr(0))
9812<
9813 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9814 FindWindow()->winbufnr()->bufname()
9815<
9816 *wincol()*
9817wincol() The result is a Number, which is the virtual column of the
9818 cursor in the window. This is counting screen cells from the
9819 left side of the window. The leftmost column is one.
9820
9821 *windowsversion()*
9822windowsversion()
9823 The result is a String. For MS-Windows it indicates the OS
9824 version. E.g, Windows 10 is "10.0", Windows 8 is "6.2",
9825 Windows XP is "5.1". For non-MS-Windows systems the result is
9826 an empty string.
9827
9828winheight({nr}) *winheight()*
9829 The result is a Number, which is the height of window {nr}.
9830 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
9831 When {nr} is zero, the height of the current window is
9832 returned. When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned.
9833 An existing window always has a height of zero or more.
9834 This excludes any window toolbar line.
9835 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009836 :echo "The current window has " .. winheight(0) .. " lines."
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009837
9838< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9839 GetWinid()->winheight()
9840<
9841winlayout([{tabnr}]) *winlayout()*
9842 The result is a nested List containing the layout of windows
9843 in a tabpage.
9844
9845 Without {tabnr} use the current tabpage, otherwise the tabpage
9846 with number {tabnr}. If the tabpage {tabnr} is not found,
9847 returns an empty list.
9848
9849 For a leaf window, it returns:
9850 ['leaf', {winid}]
9851 For horizontally split windows, which form a column, it
9852 returns:
9853 ['col', [{nested list of windows}]]
9854 For vertically split windows, which form a row, it returns:
9855 ['row', [{nested list of windows}]]
9856
9857 Example: >
9858 " Only one window in the tab page
9859 :echo winlayout()
9860 ['leaf', 1000]
9861 " Two horizontally split windows
9862 :echo winlayout()
9863 ['col', [['leaf', 1000], ['leaf', 1001]]]
9864 " The second tab page, with three horizontally split
9865 " windows, with two vertically split windows in the
9866 " middle window
9867 :echo winlayout(2)
9868 ['col', [['leaf', 1002], ['row', [['leaf', 1003],
9869 ['leaf', 1001]]], ['leaf', 1000]]]
9870<
9871 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9872 GetTabnr()->winlayout()
9873<
9874 *winline()*
9875winline() The result is a Number, which is the screen line of the cursor
9876 in the window. This is counting screen lines from the top of
9877 the window. The first line is one.
9878 If the cursor was moved the view on the file will be updated
9879 first, this may cause a scroll.
9880
9881 *winnr()*
9882winnr([{arg}]) The result is a Number, which is the number of the current
9883 window. The top window has number 1.
9884 Returns zero for a popup window.
9885
9886 The optional argument {arg} supports the following values:
9887 $ the number of the last window (the window
9888 count).
9889 # the number of the last accessed window (where
9890 |CTRL-W_p| goes to). If there is no previous
9891 window or it is in another tab page 0 is
9892 returned.
9893 {N}j the number of the Nth window below the
9894 current window (where |CTRL-W_j| goes to).
9895 {N}k the number of the Nth window above the current
9896 window (where |CTRL-W_k| goes to).
9897 {N}h the number of the Nth window left of the
9898 current window (where |CTRL-W_h| goes to).
9899 {N}l the number of the Nth window right of the
9900 current window (where |CTRL-W_l| goes to).
9901 The number can be used with |CTRL-W_w| and ":wincmd w"
9902 |:wincmd|.
9903 Also see |tabpagewinnr()| and |win_getid()|.
9904 Examples: >
9905 let window_count = winnr('$')
9906 let prev_window = winnr('#')
9907 let wnum = winnr('3k')
9908
9909< Can also be used as a |method|: >
9910 GetWinval()->winnr()
9911<
9912 *winrestcmd()*
9913winrestcmd() Returns a sequence of |:resize| commands that should restore
9914 the current window sizes. Only works properly when no windows
9915 are opened or closed and the current window and tab page is
9916 unchanged.
9917 Example: >
9918 :let cmd = winrestcmd()
9919 :call MessWithWindowSizes()
9920 :exe cmd
9921<
9922 *winrestview()*
9923winrestview({dict})
9924 Uses the |Dictionary| returned by |winsaveview()| to restore
9925 the view of the current window.
9926 Note: The {dict} does not have to contain all values, that are
9927 returned by |winsaveview()|. If values are missing, those
9928 settings won't be restored. So you can use: >
9929 :call winrestview({'curswant': 4})
9930<
9931 This will only set the curswant value (the column the cursor
9932 wants to move on vertical movements) of the cursor to column 5
9933 (yes, that is 5), while all other settings will remain the
9934 same. This is useful, if you set the cursor position manually.
9935
9936 If you have changed the values the result is unpredictable.
9937 If the window size changed the result won't be the same.
9938
9939 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9940 GetView()->winrestview()
9941<
9942 *winsaveview()*
9943winsaveview() Returns a |Dictionary| that contains information to restore
9944 the view of the current window. Use |winrestview()| to
9945 restore the view.
9946 This is useful if you have a mapping that jumps around in the
9947 buffer and you want to go back to the original view.
9948 This does not save fold information. Use the 'foldenable'
9949 option to temporarily switch off folding, so that folds are
9950 not opened when moving around. This may have side effects.
9951 The return value includes:
9952 lnum cursor line number
9953 col cursor column (Note: the first column
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00009954 zero, as opposed to what |getcurpos()|
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009955 returns)
9956 coladd cursor column offset for 'virtualedit'
naohiro ono56200ee2022-01-01 14:59:44 +00009957 curswant column for vertical movement (Note:
9958 the first column is zero, as opposed
9959 to what |getcurpos()| returns). After
9960 |$| command it will be a very large
9961 number equal to |v:maxcol|.
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009962 topline first line in the window
9963 topfill filler lines, only in diff mode
9964 leftcol first column displayed; only used when
9965 'wrap' is off
9966 skipcol columns skipped
9967 Note that no option values are saved.
9968
9969
9970winwidth({nr}) *winwidth()*
9971 The result is a Number, which is the width of window {nr}.
9972 {nr} can be the window number or the |window-ID|.
9973 When {nr} is zero, the width of the current window is
9974 returned. When window {nr} doesn't exist, -1 is returned.
9975 An existing window always has a width of zero or more.
9976 Examples: >
Bram Moolenaarc51cf032022-02-26 12:25:45 +00009977 :echo "The current window has " .. winwidth(0) .. " columns."
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +00009978 :if winwidth(0) <= 50
9979 : 50 wincmd |
9980 :endif
9981< For getting the terminal or screen size, see the 'columns'
9982 option.
9983
9984 Can also be used as a |method|: >
9985 GetWinid()->winwidth()
9986
9987
9988wordcount() *wordcount()*
9989 The result is a dictionary of byte/chars/word statistics for
9990 the current buffer. This is the same info as provided by
9991 |g_CTRL-G|
9992 The return value includes:
9993 bytes Number of bytes in the buffer
9994 chars Number of chars in the buffer
9995 words Number of words in the buffer
9996 cursor_bytes Number of bytes before cursor position
9997 (not in Visual mode)
9998 cursor_chars Number of chars before cursor position
9999 (not in Visual mode)
10000 cursor_words Number of words before cursor position
10001 (not in Visual mode)
10002 visual_bytes Number of bytes visually selected
10003 (only in Visual mode)
10004 visual_chars Number of chars visually selected
10005 (only in Visual mode)
10006 visual_words Number of words visually selected
10007 (only in Visual mode)
10008
10009
10010 *writefile()*
10011writefile({object}, {fname} [, {flags}])
10012 When {object} is a |List| write it to file {fname}. Each list
10013 item is separated with a NL. Each list item must be a String
10014 or Number.
10015 When {flags} contains "b" then binary mode is used: There will
10016 not be a NL after the last list item. An empty item at the
10017 end does cause the last line in the file to end in a NL.
10018
10019 When {object} is a |Blob| write the bytes to file {fname}
10020 unmodified.
10021
10022 When {flags} contains "a" then append mode is used, lines are
10023 appended to the file: >
10024 :call writefile(["foo"], "event.log", "a")
10025 :call writefile(["bar"], "event.log", "a")
10026<
10027 When {flags} contains "s" then fsync() is called after writing
10028 the file. This flushes the file to disk, if possible. This
10029 takes more time but avoids losing the file if the system
10030 crashes.
10031 When {flags} does not contain "S" or "s" then fsync() is
10032 called if the 'fsync' option is set.
10033 When {flags} contains "S" then fsync() is not called, even
10034 when 'fsync' is set.
10035
10036 All NL characters are replaced with a NUL character.
10037 Inserting CR characters needs to be done before passing {list}
10038 to writefile().
10039 An existing file is overwritten, if possible.
10040 When the write fails -1 is returned, otherwise 0. There is an
10041 error message if the file can't be created or when writing
10042 fails.
10043 Also see |readfile()|.
10044 To copy a file byte for byte: >
10045 :let fl = readfile("foo", "b")
10046 :call writefile(fl, "foocopy", "b")
10047
10048< Can also be used as a |method|: >
10049 GetText()->writefile("thefile")
10050
10051
10052xor({expr}, {expr}) *xor()*
10053 Bitwise XOR on the two arguments. The arguments are converted
10054 to a number. A List, Dict or Float argument causes an error.
10055 Example: >
10056 :let bits = xor(bits, 0x80)
10057<
10058 Can also be used as a |method|: >
10059 :let bits = bits->xor(0x80)
10060<
10061
10062==============================================================================
100633. Feature list *feature-list*
10064
10065There are three types of features:
100661. Features that are only supported when they have been enabled when Vim
10067 was compiled |+feature-list|. Example: >
10068 :if has("cindent")
10069< *gui_running*
100702. Features that are only supported when certain conditions have been met.
10071 Example: >
10072 :if has("gui_running")
10073< *has-patch*
100743. Beyond a certain version or at a certain version and including a specific
10075 patch. The "patch-7.4.248" feature means that the Vim version is 7.5 or
10076 later, or it is version 7.4 and patch 248 was included. Example: >
10077 :if has("patch-7.4.248")
10078< Note that it's possible for patch 248 to be omitted even though 249 is
10079 included. Only happens when cherry-picking patches.
10080 Note that this form only works for patch 7.4.237 and later, before that
10081 you need to check for the patch and the v:version. Example (checking
10082 version 6.2.148 or later): >
10083 :if v:version > 602 || (v:version == 602 && has("patch148"))
10084
10085Hint: To find out if Vim supports backslashes in a file name (MS-Windows),
10086use: `if exists('+shellslash')`
10087
10088
10089acl Compiled with |ACL| support.
10090all_builtin_terms Compiled with all builtin terminals enabled.
10091amiga Amiga version of Vim.
10092arabic Compiled with Arabic support |Arabic|.
10093arp Compiled with ARP support (Amiga).
10094autocmd Compiled with autocommand support. (always true)
10095autochdir Compiled with support for 'autochdir'
10096autoservername Automatically enable |clientserver|
10097balloon_eval Compiled with |balloon-eval| support.
10098balloon_multiline GUI supports multiline balloons.
10099beos BeOS version of Vim.
10100browse Compiled with |:browse| support, and browse() will
10101 work.
10102browsefilter Compiled with support for |browsefilter|.
10103bsd Compiled on an OS in the BSD family (excluding macOS).
10104builtin_terms Compiled with some builtin terminals.
10105byte_offset Compiled with support for 'o' in 'statusline'
10106channel Compiled with support for |channel| and |job|
10107cindent Compiled with 'cindent' support.
10108clientserver Compiled with remote invocation support |clientserver|.
10109clipboard Compiled with 'clipboard' support.
10110clipboard_working Compiled with 'clipboard' support and it can be used.
10111cmdline_compl Compiled with |cmdline-completion| support.
10112cmdline_hist Compiled with |cmdline-history| support.
10113cmdline_info Compiled with 'showcmd' and 'ruler' support.
10114comments Compiled with |'comments'| support.
10115compatible Compiled to be very Vi compatible.
10116conpty Platform where |ConPTY| can be used.
10117cryptv Compiled with encryption support |encryption|.
10118cscope Compiled with |cscope| support.
10119cursorbind Compiled with |'cursorbind'| (always true)
10120debug Compiled with "DEBUG" defined.
10121dialog_con Compiled with console dialog support.
10122dialog_gui Compiled with GUI dialog support.
10123diff Compiled with |vimdiff| and 'diff' support.
10124digraphs Compiled with support for digraphs.
10125directx Compiled with support for DirectX and 'renderoptions'.
10126dnd Compiled with support for the "~ register |quote_~|.
10127drop_file Compiled with |drop_file| support.
10128ebcdic Compiled on a machine with ebcdic character set.
10129emacs_tags Compiled with support for Emacs tags.
10130eval Compiled with expression evaluation support. Always
10131 true, of course!
10132ex_extra |+ex_extra| (always true)
10133extra_search Compiled with support for |'incsearch'| and
10134 |'hlsearch'|
10135farsi Support for Farsi was removed |farsi|.
10136file_in_path Compiled with support for |gf| and |<cfile>|
10137filterpipe When 'shelltemp' is off pipes are used for shell
10138 read/write/filter commands
10139find_in_path Compiled with support for include file searches
10140 |+find_in_path|.
10141float Compiled with support for |Float|.
10142fname_case Case in file names matters (for Amiga and MS-Windows
10143 this is not present).
10144folding Compiled with |folding| support.
10145footer Compiled with GUI footer support. |gui-footer|
10146fork Compiled to use fork()/exec() instead of system().
10147gettext Compiled with message translation |multi-lang|
10148gui Compiled with GUI enabled.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +010010149gui_athena Compiled with Athena GUI (always false).
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +000010150gui_gnome Compiled with Gnome support (gui_gtk is also defined).
10151gui_gtk Compiled with GTK+ GUI (any version).
10152gui_gtk2 Compiled with GTK+ 2 GUI (gui_gtk is also defined).
10153gui_gtk3 Compiled with GTK+ 3 GUI (gui_gtk is also defined).
10154gui_haiku Compiled with Haiku GUI.
10155gui_mac Compiled with Macintosh GUI.
10156gui_motif Compiled with Motif GUI.
10157gui_photon Compiled with Photon GUI.
10158gui_running Vim is running in the GUI, or it will start soon.
10159gui_win32 Compiled with MS-Windows Win32 GUI.
10160gui_win32s idem, and Win32s system being used (Windows 3.1)
10161haiku Haiku version of Vim.
10162hangul_input Compiled with Hangul input support. |hangul|
10163hpux HP-UX version of Vim.
10164iconv Can use iconv() for conversion.
10165insert_expand Compiled with support for CTRL-X expansion commands in
10166 Insert mode. (always true)
10167job Compiled with support for |channel| and |job|
10168ipv6 Compiled with support for IPv6 networking in |channel|.
10169jumplist Compiled with |jumplist| support.
10170keymap Compiled with 'keymap' support.
10171lambda Compiled with |lambda| support.
10172langmap Compiled with 'langmap' support.
10173libcall Compiled with |libcall()| support.
10174linebreak Compiled with 'linebreak', 'breakat', 'showbreak' and
10175 'breakindent' support.
10176linux Linux version of Vim.
10177lispindent Compiled with support for lisp indenting.
10178listcmds Compiled with commands for the buffer list |:files|
10179 and the argument list |arglist|.
10180localmap Compiled with local mappings and abbr. |:map-local|
10181lua Compiled with Lua interface |Lua|.
10182mac Any Macintosh version of Vim cf. osx
10183macunix Synonym for osxdarwin
10184menu Compiled with support for |:menu|.
10185mksession Compiled with support for |:mksession|.
10186modify_fname Compiled with file name modifiers. |filename-modifiers|
10187 (always true)
10188mouse Compiled with support for mouse.
10189mouse_dec Compiled with support for Dec terminal mouse.
10190mouse_gpm Compiled with support for gpm (Linux console mouse)
10191mouse_gpm_enabled GPM mouse is working
10192mouse_netterm Compiled with support for netterm mouse.
10193mouse_pterm Compiled with support for qnx pterm mouse.
10194mouse_sysmouse Compiled with support for sysmouse (*BSD console mouse)
10195mouse_sgr Compiled with support for sgr mouse.
10196mouse_urxvt Compiled with support for urxvt mouse.
10197mouse_xterm Compiled with support for xterm mouse.
10198mouseshape Compiled with support for 'mouseshape'.
10199multi_byte Compiled with support for 'encoding' (always true)
10200multi_byte_encoding 'encoding' is set to a multibyte encoding.
10201multi_byte_ime Compiled with support for IME input method.
10202multi_lang Compiled with support for multiple languages.
10203mzscheme Compiled with MzScheme interface |mzscheme|.
10204nanotime Compiled with sub-second time stamp checks.
10205netbeans_enabled Compiled with support for |netbeans| and connected.
10206netbeans_intg Compiled with support for |netbeans|.
10207num64 Compiled with 64-bit |Number| support.
10208ole Compiled with OLE automation support for Win32.
10209osx Compiled for macOS cf. mac
10210osxdarwin Compiled for macOS, with |mac-darwin-feature|
10211packages Compiled with |packages| support.
10212path_extra Compiled with up/downwards search in 'path' and 'tags'
10213perl Compiled with Perl interface.
10214persistent_undo Compiled with support for persistent undo history.
10215postscript Compiled with PostScript file printing.
10216printer Compiled with |:hardcopy| support.
10217profile Compiled with |:profile| support.
10218python Python 2.x interface available. |has-python|
10219python_compiled Compiled with Python 2.x interface. |has-python|
10220python_dynamic Python 2.x interface is dynamically loaded. |has-python|
10221python3 Python 3.x interface available. |has-python|
10222python3_compiled Compiled with Python 3.x interface. |has-python|
10223python3_dynamic Python 3.x interface is dynamically loaded. |has-python|
10224pythonx Python 2.x and/or 3.x interface available. |python_x|
10225qnx QNX version of Vim.
10226quickfix Compiled with |quickfix| support.
10227reltime Compiled with |reltime()| support.
10228rightleft Compiled with 'rightleft' support.
10229ruby Compiled with Ruby interface |ruby|.
10230scrollbind Compiled with 'scrollbind' support. (always true)
10231showcmd Compiled with 'showcmd' support.
10232signs Compiled with |:sign| support.
10233smartindent Compiled with 'smartindent' support.
10234sodium Compiled with libsodium for better crypt support
10235sound Compiled with sound support, e.g. `sound_playevent()`
10236spell Compiled with spell checking support |spell|.
10237startuptime Compiled with |--startuptime| support.
10238statusline Compiled with support for 'statusline', 'rulerformat'
10239 and special formats of 'titlestring' and 'iconstring'.
10240sun SunOS version of Vim.
10241sun_workshop Support for Sun |workshop| has been removed.
10242syntax Compiled with syntax highlighting support |syntax|.
10243syntax_items There are active syntax highlighting items for the
10244 current buffer.
10245system Compiled to use system() instead of fork()/exec().
10246tag_binary Compiled with binary searching in tags files
10247 |tag-binary-search|.
10248tag_old_static Support for old static tags was removed, see
10249 |tag-old-static|.
10250tcl Compiled with Tcl interface.
10251termguicolors Compiled with true color in terminal support.
10252terminal Compiled with |terminal| support.
10253terminfo Compiled with terminfo instead of termcap.
10254termresponse Compiled with support for |t_RV| and |v:termresponse|.
10255textobjects Compiled with support for |text-objects|.
10256textprop Compiled with support for |text-properties|.
10257tgetent Compiled with tgetent support, able to use a termcap
10258 or terminfo file.
10259timers Compiled with |timer_start()| support.
10260title Compiled with window title support |'title'|.
10261toolbar Compiled with support for |gui-toolbar|.
10262ttyin input is a terminal (tty)
10263ttyout output is a terminal (tty)
10264unix Unix version of Vim. *+unix*
10265unnamedplus Compiled with support for "unnamedplus" in 'clipboard'
10266user_commands User-defined commands. (always true)
10267vartabs Compiled with variable tabstop support |'vartabstop'|.
10268vcon Win32: Virtual console support is working, can use
10269 'termguicolors'. Also see |+vtp|.
10270vertsplit Compiled with vertically split windows |:vsplit|.
10271 (always true)
10272vim_starting True while initial source'ing takes place. |startup|
10273 *vim_starting*
Bram Moolenaara6feb162022-01-02 12:06:33 +000010274vim9script Compiled with |Vim9| script support
Bram Moolenaar1cae5a02021-12-27 21:28:34 +000010275viminfo Compiled with viminfo support.
10276vimscript-1 Compiled Vim script version 1 support
10277vimscript-2 Compiled Vim script version 2 support
10278vimscript-3 Compiled Vim script version 3 support
10279virtualedit Compiled with 'virtualedit' option. (always true)
10280visual Compiled with Visual mode. (always true)
10281visualextra Compiled with extra Visual mode commands. (always
10282 true) |blockwise-operators|.
10283vms VMS version of Vim.
10284vreplace Compiled with |gR| and |gr| commands. (always true)
10285vtp Compiled for vcon support |+vtp| (check vcon to find
10286 out if it works in the current console).
10287wildignore Compiled with 'wildignore' option.
10288wildmenu Compiled with 'wildmenu' option.
10289win16 old version for MS-Windows 3.1 (always false)
10290win32 Win32 version of Vim (MS-Windows 95 and later, 32 or
10291 64 bits)
10292win32unix Win32 version of Vim, using Unix files (Cygwin)
10293win64 Win64 version of Vim (MS-Windows 64 bit).
10294win95 Win32 version for MS-Windows 95/98/ME (always false)
10295winaltkeys Compiled with 'winaltkeys' option.
10296windows Compiled with support for more than one window.
10297 (always true)
10298writebackup Compiled with 'writebackup' default on.
10299xfontset Compiled with X fontset support |xfontset|.
10300xim Compiled with X input method support |xim|.
10301xpm Compiled with pixmap support.
10302xpm_w32 Compiled with pixmap support for Win32. (Only for
10303 backward compatibility. Use "xpm" instead.)
10304xsmp Compiled with X session management support.
10305xsmp_interact Compiled with interactive X session management support.
10306xterm_clipboard Compiled with support for xterm clipboard.
10307xterm_save Compiled with support for saving and restoring the
10308 xterm screen.
10309x11 Compiled with X11 support.
10310
10311
10312==============================================================================
103134. Matching a pattern in a String *string-match*
10314
10315This is common between several functions. A regexp pattern as explained at
10316|pattern| is normally used to find a match in the buffer lines. When a
10317pattern is used to find a match in a String, almost everything works in the
10318same way. The difference is that a String is handled like it is one line.
10319When it contains a "\n" character, this is not seen as a line break for the
10320pattern. It can be matched with a "\n" in the pattern, or with ".". Example:
10321>
10322 :let a = "aaaa\nxxxx"
10323 :echo matchstr(a, "..\n..")
10324 aa
10325 xx
10326 :echo matchstr(a, "a.x")
10327 a
10328 x
10329
10330Don't forget that "^" will only match at the first character of the String and
10331"$" at the last character of the string. They don't match after or before a
10332"\n".
10333
10334 vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: