Quite confused about `?` in vim's regex [duplicate]

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How can I make my match non greedy in vim?

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I'we been trying to do simple substitution in vim, and find out that the ? in vim not works with * or +, saying that (NFA regexp) Can't have a multi follow a multi, in the vim:

i want it to stop here, not here

~

~

~

[NORMAL] ...

:%s/^(.*?)here//

If I remove ? it works, but the it regex matches up to 2nd here.

But with normal regex it works: https://regex101.com/r/iHdxxl/1

Why it isn't possible to use ? with * or + in vim?

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How can I make my match non greedy in vim?

8 answers

I'we been trying to do simple substitution in vim, and find out that the ? in vim not works with * or +, saying that (NFA regexp) Can't have a multi follow a multi, in the vim:

i want it to stop here, not here

~

~

~

[NORMAL] ...

:%s/^(.*?)here//

If I remove ? it works, but the it regex matches up to 2nd here.

But with normal regex it works: https://regex101.com/r/iHdxxl/1

Why it isn't possible to use ? with * or + in vim?

edited Jan 19 at 9:36

asked Jan 19 at 9:25

BladeMight

1,4351225

marked as duplicate by mercator, Community♦ Jan 19 at 11:39

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This question already has an answer here:

How can I make my match non greedy in vim?

8 answers

I'we been trying to do simple substitution in vim, and find out that the ? in vim not works with * or +, saying that (NFA regexp) Can't have a multi follow a multi, in the vim:

i want it to stop here, not here

~

~

~

[NORMAL] ...

:%s/^(.*?)here//

If I remove ? it works, but the it regex matches up to 2nd here.

But with normal regex it works: https://regex101.com/r/iHdxxl/1

Why it isn't possible to use ? with * or + in vim?

edited Jan 19 at 9:36

asked Jan 19 at 9:25

BladeMight

1,4351225

This question already has an answer here:

How can I make my match non greedy in vim?

8 answers

I'we been trying to do simple substitution in vim, and find out that the ? in vim not works with * or +, saying that (NFA regexp) Can't have a multi follow a multi, in the vim:

i want it to stop here, not here

~

~

~

[NORMAL] ...

:%s/^(.*?)here//

If I remove ? it works, but the it regex matches up to 2nd here.

But with normal regex it works: https://regex101.com/r/iHdxxl/1

Why it isn't possible to use ? with * or + in vim?

This question already has an answer here:

How can I make my match non greedy in vim?

8 answers

regex vim

edited Jan 19 at 9:36

asked Jan 19 at 9:25

BladeMight

1,4351225

edited Jan 19 at 9:36

asked Jan 19 at 9:25

BladeMight

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edited Jan 19 at 9:36

asked Jan 19 at 9:25

BladeMight

1,4351225

asked Jan 19 at 9:25

BladeMight

1,4351225

asked Jan 19 at 9:25

BladeMight

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marked as duplicate by mercator, Community♦ Jan 19 at 11:39

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As stated there, you can't add the ? char in vim after the asterix.
To make the search non greedy, you need to use .{-} instead of .*:

:%s/(.{-})here//

edited Jan 19 at 9:45

answered Jan 19 at 9:37

Yoric

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Haha, thats something new... Thanks it worked.

– BladeMight
Jan 19 at 9:40

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Another option is to use negative lookahead:

:%s/v^((here)@!.)* here//

v is used for very magic to avoid escaping all over in regex.

answered Jan 19 at 9:45

anubhava

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2 Answers
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As stated there, you can't add the ? char in vim after the asterix.
To make the search non greedy, you need to use .{-} instead of .*:

:%s/(.{-})here//

edited Jan 19 at 9:45

answered Jan 19 at 9:37

Yoric

1,2002810

Haha, thats something new... Thanks it worked.

– BladeMight
Jan 19 at 9:40

add a comment |

As stated there, you can't add the ? char in vim after the asterix.
To make the search non greedy, you need to use .{-} instead of .*:

:%s/(.{-})here//

edited Jan 19 at 9:45

answered Jan 19 at 9:37

Yoric

1,2002810

Haha, thats something new... Thanks it worked.

– BladeMight
Jan 19 at 9:40

add a comment |

As stated there, you can't add the ? char in vim after the asterix.
To make the search non greedy, you need to use .{-} instead of .*:

:%s/(.{-})here//

edited Jan 19 at 9:45

answered Jan 19 at 9:37

Yoric

1,2002810

As stated there, you can't add the ? char in vim after the asterix.
To make the search non greedy, you need to use .{-} instead of .*:

:%s/(.{-})here//

edited Jan 19 at 9:45

answered Jan 19 at 9:37

Yoric

1,2002810

edited Jan 19 at 9:45

answered Jan 19 at 9:37

Yoric

1,2002810

answered Jan 19 at 9:37

Yoric

1,2002810

answered Jan 19 at 9:37

Yoric

1,2002810

Haha, thats something new... Thanks it worked.

– BladeMight
Jan 19 at 9:40

add a comment |

Haha, thats something new... Thanks it worked.

– BladeMight
Jan 19 at 9:40

Haha, thats something new... Thanks it worked.

– BladeMight
Jan 19 at 9:40

add a comment |

Another option is to use negative lookahead:

:%s/v^((here)@!.)* here//

v is used for very magic to avoid escaping all over in regex.

answered Jan 19 at 9:45

anubhava

524k46323397

add a comment |

Another option is to use negative lookahead:

:%s/v^((here)@!.)* here//

v is used for very magic to avoid escaping all over in regex.

answered Jan 19 at 9:45

anubhava

524k46323397

add a comment |

Another option is to use negative lookahead:

:%s/v^((here)@!.)* here//

v is used for very magic to avoid escaping all over in regex.

answered Jan 19 at 9:45

anubhava

524k46323397

Another option is to use negative lookahead:

:%s/v^((here)@!.)* here//

v is used for very magic to avoid escaping all over in regex.

answered Jan 19 at 9:45

anubhava

524k46323397

answered Jan 19 at 9:45

anubhava

524k46323397

answered Jan 19 at 9:45

anubhava

524k46323397

answered Jan 19 at 9:45

anubhava

524k46323397

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