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language: Vimscript
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filename: learnvimscript.md
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contributors:
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- ["HiPhish", "http://hiphish.github.io/"]
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---
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## Introduction
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Vim script (also called VimL) is the subset of Vim's ex-commands which supplies
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a number of features one one would expect from a scripting language, such as
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values, variables, functions or loops. Always keep in the back of your mind
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that a Vim script file is just a sequence of ex-commands. It is very common for
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a script to mix programming-language features and raw ex-commands.
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You can run Vim script directly by entering the commands in command-mode (press
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`:` to enter command-mode), or you can write them to a file (without the
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leading `:`) and source it in a running Vim instance (`:source path/to/file`).
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Some files are sourced automatically as part of your configuration (see `:h
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startup`). This guide assumes that you are familiar with ex-commands and will
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only cover the scripting. Help topics to the relevant manual sections are
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included.
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See `:h usr_41.txt` for the official introduction to Vim script. A comment is
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anything following an unmatched `"` until the end of the line, and `|`
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separates instructions (what `;` does in most other languages).
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```vim
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" This is a comment
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" The vertical line '|' (pipe) separates commands
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echo 'Hello' | echo 'world!'
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" Putting a comment after a command usually works
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pwd " Displays the current working directory
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" Except for some commands it does not; use the command delemiter before the
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" comment (echo assumes that the quotation mark begins a string)
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echo 'Hello world!' |" Displays a message
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" Line breaks can be escaped by pacing a backslash as the first non-whitespace
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" character on the *following* line. Only works in script files, not on the
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" command line
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echo " Hello
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\ world "
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echo [1,
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\ 2]
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echo {
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\ 'a': 1,
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\ 'b': 2
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\}
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```
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## Types
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For an overview of types see `:h E712`. For an overview of operators see
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`:h expression-syntax`
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### Numbers
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See `:h expr-number`
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```vim
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echo 123 |" Decimal
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echo 0b1111011 |" Binary
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echo 0173 |" Octal
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echo 0x7B |" Hexadecimal
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echo 123.0 |" Floating-point
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echo 1.23e2 |" Floating-point (scientific notation)
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```
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Note that an *integer* number with a leading `0` is in octal notation. The
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usual arithmetic operations are supported.
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```vim
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echo 1 + 2 |" Addition
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echo 1 - 2 |" Subtraction
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echo - 1 |" Negation (unary minus)
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echo + 1 |" Unary plus (does nothing really, but still legal)
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echo 1 * 2 |" Multiplication
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echo 1 / 2 |" Division
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echo 1 % 2 |" Modulo (remainder)
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```
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### Booleans
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See `:h Boolean`
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The number 0 is false, every other number is true. Strings are implicitly
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converted to numbers (see below). There are two pre-defined semantic constants.
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```vim
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echo v:true |" Evaluates to 1 or the string 'v:true'
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echo v:false |" Evaluates to 0 or the string 'v:false'
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```
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Boolean values can result from comparison of two objects.
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```vim
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echo x == y |" Equality by value
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echo x != y |" Unequality
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echo x > y |" Greater than
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echo x >= y |" Greater than or equal
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echo x < y |" Smaller than
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echo x <= y |" Smaller than or equal
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echo x is y |" Instance identity (lists and dictionaries)
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echo x isnot y |" Instance non-identity (lists and dictionaries)
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" Strings are compared based on their alphanumerical ordering
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" echo 'a' < 'b'. Case sensitivity depends on the setting of 'ignorecase'
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" Explicit case-sensitivity is specified by appending '#' (match case) or '?'
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" (ignore case) to the operator. Prefer explicity case sensitivity when writing
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" portable scripts.
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echo 'a' < 'B' | " True or false depending on 'ignorecase'
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echo 'a' <? 'B' | " True
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echo 'a' <# 'B' | " False
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" Regular expression matching
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echo "hi" =~ "hello" |" Regular expression match, uses 'ignorecase'
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echo "hi" =~# "hello" |" Regular expression match, case sensitive
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echo "hi" =~? "hello" |" Regular expression match, case insensitive
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echo "hi" !~ "hello" |" Regular expression unmatch, use 'ignorecase'
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echo "hi" !~# "hello" |" Regular expression unmatch, case sensitive
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echo "hi" !~? "hello" |" Regular expression unmatch, case insensitive
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```
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Boolean operations are possible.
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```vim
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echo v:true && v:false |" Logical AND
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echo v:true || v:false |" Logical OR
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echo ! v:true |" Logical NOT
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echo v:true ? 'yes' : 'no' |" Ternary operator
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```
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### Strings
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See `:h String`
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An ordered zero-indexed sequence of bytes. The encoding of text into bytes
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depends on the option `:h 'encoding'`.
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```vim
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" Literal constructors
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echo "Hello world\n" |" The last two characters stand for newline
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echo 'Hello world\n' |" The last two characters are literal
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echo 'Let''s go!' |" Two single quotes become one quote character
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```
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Single-quote strings take all characters are literal, except two single quotes,
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which are taken to be a single quote in the string itself. See `:h expr-quote`
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for all possible escape sequences.
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```
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" String concatenation
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" The .. operator is preferred, but only supported in since Vim 8.1.1114
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echo 'Hello ' . 'world' |" String concatenation
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echo 'Hello ' .. 'world' |" String concatenation (new variant)
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" String indexing
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echo 'Hello'[0] |" First byte
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echo 'Hello'[1] |" Second byte
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echo 'Hellö'[4] |" Returns a byte, not the character 'ö'
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" Substrings (second index is inclusive)
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echo 'Hello'[:] |" Copy of entire string
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echo 'Hello'[1:3] |" Substring, second to fourth byte
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echo 'Hello'[1:-2] |" Substring until second to last byte
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echo 'Hello'[1:] |" Substring with starting index
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echo 'Hello'[:2] |" Substring with ending index
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echo 'Hello'[-2:] |" Substring relative to end of string
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```
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A negative index is relative to the end of the string. See `:h
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string-functions` for all string-related functions.
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### Lists
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See `:h List`
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An ordered zero-indexed heterogeneous sequence of arbitrary Vim script objects.
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```vim
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" Literal constructor
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echo [] |" Empty list
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echo [1, 2, 'Hello'] |" List with elements
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echo [1, 2, 'Hello', ] |" Trailing comma permitted
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echo [[1, 2], 'Hello'] |" Lists can be nested arbitrarily
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" List concatenation
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echo [1, 2] + [3, 4] |" Creates a new list
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" List indexing, negative is relative to end of list (:h list-index)
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echo [1, 2, 3, 4][2] |" Third element
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echo [1, 2, 3, 4][-1] |" Last element
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" List slicing (:h sublist)
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echo [1, 2, 3, 4][:] |" Shallow copy of entire list
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echo [1, 2, 3, 4][:2] |" Sublist until third item (inclusive)
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echo [1, 2, 3, 4][2:] |" Sublist from third item (inclusive)
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echo [1, 2, 3, 4][:-2] |" Sublist until second-to-last item (inclusive)
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```
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All slicing operations create new lists. To modify a list in-place use list
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functions (`:h list-functions`) or assign directly to an item (see below about
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variables).
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### Dictionaries
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See `:h Dictionary`
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An unordered sequence of key-value pairs, keys are always strings (numbers are
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implicitly converted to strings).
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```vim
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" Dictionary literal
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echo {} |" Empty dictionary
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echo {'a': 1, 'b': 2} |" Dictionary literal
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echo {'a': 1, 'b': 2, } |" Trailing comma permitted
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echo {'x': {'a': 1, 'b': 2}} |" Nested dictionary
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" Indexing a dictionary
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echo {'a': 1, 'b': 2}['a'] |" Literal index
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echo {'a': 1, 'b': 2}.a |" Syntactic sugar for simple keys
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```
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See `:h dict-functions` for dictionary manipulation functions.
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### Funcref
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See `:h Funcref`
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Reference to a function, uses the function name as a string for construction.
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When stored in a variable the name of the variable has the same restrictions
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as a function name (see below).
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```vim
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echo function('type') |" Reference to function type()
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echo funcref('type') |" Reference by identity, not name
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echo {x -> x * x} |" Anonymous function
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echo function('substitute', ['hello']) |" Partial function
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```
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A lambda (`:h lambda`) is an anonymous function; it can only contain one
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expression in its body, which is also its implicit return value.
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### Regular expression
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See `:h regular-expression`
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A regular expression pattern is generally a string, but in some cases you can
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also use a regular expression between a pair of delimiters (usually `/`, but
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you can choose anything).
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```vim
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" Substitute 'hello' for 'Hello'
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substitute/hello/Hello/
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```
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## Implicit type conversions
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Strings are converted to numbers, and numbers to strings when necessary. A
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number becomes its decimal notation as a string. A string becomes its numerical
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value if it can be parsed to a number, otherwise it becomes zero.
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```vim
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echo "1" + 1 |" Number
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echo "1" .. 1 |" String
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echo "0xA" + 1 |" Number
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" Strings are treated like numbers when used as booleans
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echo "true" ? 1 : 0 |" This string is parsed to 0, which is false
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```
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## Variables
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Variables are bound within a scope; if no scope is provided a default is chosen
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by Vim. Use `:let` and `:const` to bind a value and `:unlet` to unbind it.
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```vim
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let b:my_var = 1 |" Local to current buffer
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let w:my_var = 1 |" Local to current window
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let t:my_var = 1 |" Local to current tab page
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let g:my_var = 1 |" Global variable
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let l:my_var = 1 |" Local to current function (see functions below)
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let s:my_var = 1 |" Local to current script file
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let a:my_arg = 1 |" Function argument (see functions below)
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" The Vim scope is read-only
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echo v:true |" Special built-in Vim variables (:h v:var)
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" Access special Vim memory like variables
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let @a = 'Hello' |" Register
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let $PATH='' |" Environment variable
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let &textwidth = 79 |" Option
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let &l:textwidth = 79 |" Local option
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let &g:textwidth = 79 |" Global option
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" Access scopes as dictionaries (can be modified like all dictionaries)
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" See the :h dict-functions, especially get(), for access and manipulation
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echo b: |" All buffer variables
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echo w: |" All window variables
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echo t: |" All tab page variables
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echo g: |" All global variables
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echo l: |" All local variables
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echo s: |" All script variables
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echo a: |" All function arguments
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echo v: |" All Vim variables
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" Constant variables
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const x = 10 |" See :h :const, :h :lockvar
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" Function reference variables have the same restrictions as function names
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let IsString = {x -> type(x) == type('')} |" Global: capital letter
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let s:isNumber = {x -> type(x) == type(0)} |" Local: any name allowed
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```
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When omitted the scope `g:` is implied, except in functions, there `l:` is
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implied.
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### Multiple value binding (list unpacking)
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```vim
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" Assign values of list to multiple variables (number of items must match)
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let [x, y] = [1, 2]
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" Assign the remainer to a rest variable (note the semicolon)
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let [mother, father; children] = ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Carol', 'Dennis', 'Emily']
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```
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## Flow control
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### Conditional
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Conditions are set between `if` and `endif`. They can be nested.
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```vim
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if condition
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echo 'First condition'
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elseif another_condition
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echo 'Second condition'
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else
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echo 'Fail'
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endif
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```
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### Loops
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Two types of loops: `:for` and `:while`. Use `:continue` to skip to the next
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iteration, `:break` to break out of the loop.
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#### For-loop
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For-loops iterate over lists and nothing else. If you want to iterate over
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another sequence you need to use a function which will create a list.
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```vim
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" Iterate over a list
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for person in ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Carol', 'Dennis', 'Emily']
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echo 'Hello ' .. person
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endfor
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" Iterate over a nested list by unpacking it
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for [x, y] in [[1, 0], [0, 1], [-1, 0], [0, -1]]
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echo 'Position: x =' .. x .. ', y = ' .. y
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endfor
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" Iterate over a range of numbers
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for i in range(10, 0, -1) " Count down from 10
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echo 'T minus' .. i
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endfor
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" Iterate over the keys of a dictionary
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for symbol in keys({'π': 3.14, 'e': 2.71})
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echo 'The constant ' .. symbol .. ' is a transcendent number'
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endfor
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" Iterate over the values of a dictionary
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for value in values({'π': 3.14, 'e': 2.71})
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echo 'The value ' .. value .. ' approximates a transcendent number'
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endfor
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" Iterate over the keys and values of a dictionary
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for [symbol, value] in items({'π': 3.14, 'e': 2.71})
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echo 'The number ' .. symbol .. ' is approximately ' .. value
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endfor
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```
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#### While-loops
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```vim
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while !there_yet
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echo 'Are we there yet?'
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endwhile
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```
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### Exception handling
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See `:h exception-handling`
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Throw new exceptions as strings, catch them by pattern-matching a regular
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expression against the string
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```vim
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" Throw new exception
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throw "Wrong arguments"
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" Guard against an exception (the second catch matches any exception)
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try
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source path/to/file
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catch /Cannot open/
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echo 'Looks like that file does not exist'
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catch /.*/
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echo 'Something went wrong, but I don't know what'
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finally
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echo 'I'm done trying'
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endtry
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```
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## Functions
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### Defining functions
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```vim
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" Unscoped function names have to start with a capital letter
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function! AddNumbersLoudly(x, y)
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" Use a: scope to access arguments
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echo 'Adding' .. a:x .. 'and' .. a:y |" A side effect
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return a:x + a:y |" A return value
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endfunction
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" Scoped function names may start with a lower-case letter
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function! s:addNumbersLoudly(x, y)
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echo 'Adding' .. a:x .. 'and' .. a:y
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return a:x + a:y
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endfunction
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```
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Without the exclamation mark it would be an error to re-define a function, with
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the exclamation mark the new definition can replace the old one. Since Vim
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script files can be reloaded several times over the course of a session it is
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best to use the exclamation mark unless you really know what you are doing.
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Function definitions can have special qualifiers following the argument list.
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```vim
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" Range functions define two implicit arguments, which will be set to the range
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" of the ex-command
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function! FirstAndLastLine() range
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echo [a:firstline, a:lastline]
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endfunction
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" Prints the first and last line that match a pattern (:h cmdline-ranges)
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/^#!/,/!#$/call FirstAndLastLine()
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" Aborting functions, abort once error occurs (:h :func-abort)
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function! SourceMyFile() abort
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source my-file.vim |" Try sourcing non-existing file
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echo 'This will never be printed'
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endfunction
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" Closures, functions carrying values from outer scope (:h :func-closure)
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function! MakeAdder(x)
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function! Adder(n) closure
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return a:n + a:x
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endfunction
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return funcref('Adder')
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endfunction
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let AddFive = MakeAdder(5)
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echo AddFive(3) |" Prints 8
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" Dictionary functions, poor man's OOP methods (:h Dictionary-function)
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|
function! Mylen() dict
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return len(self.data) |" Implicit variable self
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endfunction
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let mydict = {'data': [0, 1, 2, 3], 'len': function("Mylen")}
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echo mydict.len()
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" Alternatively, more concise
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let mydict = {'data': [0, 1, 2, 3]}
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function! mydict.len()
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return len(self.data)
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|
endfunction
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|
```
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|
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|
### Calling functions
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|
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|
```vim
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" Call a function for its return value, and possibly for its side effects
|
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|
let animals = keys({'cow': 'moo', 'dog': 'woof', 'cat': 'meow'})
|
||
|
|
||
|
" Call a function for its side effects only, ignore potential result
|
||
|
call sign_undefine()
|
||
|
|
||
|
" The call() function calls a function reference and passes parameters as a
|
||
|
" list, and returns the function's result.
|
||
|
echo call(function('get'), [{'a': 1, 'b': 2}, 'c', 3]) |" Prints 3
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
Recall that Vim script is embedded within the ex-commands, that is why we
|
||
|
cannot just call a function directly, we have to use the `:call` ex-command.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Function namespaces
|
||
|
|
||
|
See `:h write-library-script`, `:h autoload`
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
" Must be defined in autoload/foo/bar.vim
|
||
|
" Namspaced function names do not have to start with a capital letter
|
||
|
function! foo#bar#log(value)
|
||
|
echomsg value
|
||
|
endfunction
|
||
|
|
||
|
call foo#bar#log('Hello')
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
## Frequently used ex-commands
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Sourcing runtime files
|
||
|
|
||
|
See `:h 'runtimepath'`
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
" Source first match among runtime paths
|
||
|
runtime plugin/my-plugin.vim
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Defining new ex-commands
|
||
|
See `:h 40.2`, `:h :command`
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
" First argument here is the name of the command, rest is the command body
|
||
|
command! SwapAdjacentLines normal! ddp
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
The exclamation mark works the same as with `:function`. User-defined commands
|
||
|
must start with a capital letter. The `:command` command can take a number of
|
||
|
attributes (some of which have their own parameters with `=`), such as
|
||
|
`-nargs`, all of them start with a dash to set them apart from the command
|
||
|
name.
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
:command -nargs=1 Error echoerr <args>
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Defining auto-commands
|
||
|
See `:h 40.3`, `:h autocmd`, `:h autocommand-events`
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
" The arguments are "events", "patterns", rest is "commands"
|
||
|
autocmd BufWritePost $MYVIMRC source $MYVIMRC
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
Events and patterns are separated by commas with no space between. See `:h
|
||
|
autocmd-events` for standard events, `:h User` for custom events. Everything
|
||
|
else are the ex-commands which will be executed.
|
||
|
|
||
|
#### Auto groups
|
||
|
|
||
|
When a file is sourced multiple times the auto-commands are defined anew,
|
||
|
without deleting the old ones, causing auto-commands to pile up over time. Use
|
||
|
auto-groups and the following ritual to guard against this.
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
augroup auto-source |" The name of the group is arbitrary
|
||
|
autocmd! |" Deletes all auto-commands in the current group
|
||
|
autocmd BufWritePost $MYVIMRC source $MYVIMRC
|
||
|
augroup END |" Switch back to default auto-group
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
It is also possible to assign a group directly. This is useful if the
|
||
|
definition of the group is in one script and the definition of the auto-command
|
||
|
is in another script.
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
" In one file
|
||
|
augroup auto-source
|
||
|
autocmd!
|
||
|
augroup END
|
||
|
|
||
|
" In another file
|
||
|
autocmd auto-source BufWritePost $MYVIMRC source $MYVIMRC
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Executing (run-time macros of sorts)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Sometimes we need to construct an ex-command where part of the command is not
|
||
|
known until runtime.
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
let line = 3 |" Line number determined at runtime
|
||
|
execute line .. 'delete' |" Delete a line
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Executing normal-mode commands
|
||
|
|
||
|
Use `:normal` to play back a sequence of normal mode commands from the
|
||
|
command-line. Add an exclamation mark to ignore user mappings.
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
normal! ggddGp |" Transplant first line to end of buffer
|
||
|
|
||
|
" Window commands can be used with :normal, or with :wincmd if :normal would
|
||
|
" not work
|
||
|
wincmd L |" Move current window all the way to the right
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
## Frequently used functions
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
" Feature check
|
||
|
echo has('nvim') |" Running Neovim
|
||
|
echo has('python3') |" Support for Python 3 plugins
|
||
|
echo has('unix') |" Running on a Unix system
|
||
|
echo has('win32') |" Running on a Windows system
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
" Test if something exists
|
||
|
echo exists('&mouse') |" Option (exists only)
|
||
|
echo exists('+mouse') |" Option (exists and works)
|
||
|
echo exists('$HOSTNAME') |" Environment variable
|
||
|
echo exists('*strftime') |" Built-in function
|
||
|
echo exists('**s:MyFunc') |" User-defined function
|
||
|
echo exists('bufcount') |" Variable (scope optional)
|
||
|
echo exists('my_dict["foo"]') |" Variable (dictionary entry)
|
||
|
echo exists('my_dict["foo"]') |" Variable (dictionary entry)
|
||
|
echo exists(':Make') |" Command
|
||
|
echo exists("#CursorHold") |" Auto-command defined for event
|
||
|
echo exists("#BufReadPre#*.gz") |" Event and pattern
|
||
|
echo exists("#filetypeindent") |" Auto-command group
|
||
|
echo exists("##ColorScheme") |" Auto-commnand supported for event
|
||
|
|
||
|
" Various dynamic values (see :h expand())
|
||
|
echo expand('%') |" Current file name
|
||
|
echo expand('<cword>') |" Current word under cursor
|
||
|
echo expand('%:p') |" Modifier are possible
|
||
|
|
||
|
" Type tests
|
||
|
echo type(my_var) == type(0) |" Number
|
||
|
echo type(my_var) == type('') |" String
|
||
|
echo type(my_var) == type([]) |" List
|
||
|
echo type(my_var) == type({}) |" Dictionary
|
||
|
echo type(my_var) == type(function('type')) |" Funcref
|
||
|
|
||
|
" Format strings
|
||
|
echo printf('%d in hexadecimal is %X', 123, 123)
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
## Tricks of the trade
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Source guard
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
" Prevent a file from being source multiple times; users can set the variable
|
||
|
" in their configuration to prevent the plugin from loading at all.
|
||
|
if exists('g:loaded_my_plugin')
|
||
|
finish
|
||
|
endif
|
||
|
let g:loaded_my_plugin = v:true
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Default values
|
||
|
|
||
|
```vim
|
||
|
" Get a default value: if the user defines a variable use it, otherwise use a
|
||
|
" hard-coded default. Uses the fact that a scope is also a dictionary.
|
||
|
let s:greeting = get(g:, 'my_plugin_greeting', 'Hello')
|
||
|
```
|