Re: matchend() and \zs

Hi,

rameo wrote:
> My file - first line:
> an 91.010 &System.-sep010- <Nop>
>
> I want to copy all numbers after -sep
> echo match(getline(1), 'sep\zs\d\+\ze-')
> gives 23 as output.
> All ok.
>
> but
> echo matchend(getline(1), 'sep\zs\d\+\ze-', 23)
> gives -1 as output.
> Why?

because the 23 that was returned from match() is the position of the
first digit, not the position of 'sep'. Thus you try to find
'sep\zs\d\+\ze-' in a string that for matchend() seems to consist only
of

010- <Nop>

Regards,
Jürgen

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