Re: pasting a block multiple times to the end of lines after a visual select (Ctrl+v)

Rahul wrote:

> I have a file that looks like below. Frequently I encounter this
> scenario where all the shorter lines need to be padded with the zero
> blocks on the right hand side. I can visual select with a Ctrl+v on
> the segment
>
> ;     0;      0;      0
>
> But I have to go to the end of each line and press a p. I cannot do a
> 8p as I would have done if I was pasting whole lines (Shift+v). Is
> there a better solution to this procedure?
>
> In some other editors I've found a mode where I can select a block of
> text and then anything I type get's added to each line in that block.
> Does VIM have a similar mode?
>
> 1277336401;     0;      0;      0
> 1277336701;     0;      0;      0
> 1277337001;     0;      0;      0
> 1277337301;
> 1277337601;
> 1277337901;
> 1277344801;
> 1277345101;
> 1277345401;
> 1277345701;
> 1277346001;
> 1277346301;     0;      226;    94
> 1277346601;     0;      226;    94
> 1277346901;     0;      226;    94

You can select a visual rectangular block (with CTRL-V)
then press A then type the text which will be added at the
end of visual block, finally press Esc and added text will
be repeated for all lines in visual block.

In your example, you could also use something like this:

:%s/^\d*;\s*$/& 0; 0; 0

-- Dominique

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