Re: Measuring lines

Paul Isambert <zappathustra@free.fr> [13-06-09 20:28]:
> meino.cramer@gmx.de a écrit:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a loooong line "of text" (it is not really text...) with a
> > bunch of pipe symbols ("|") in it. The distance between the bars
> > differ.
> > And I am to lazy to do the error prone job to count the spaces...
> >
> > Is there a easy way to ask vim to do that for me?
> > Best would be if it would put the count of spaces right below
> > the according "|"....
> >
> > May be certain trick with search and replace ???
>
> I'm not sure I understand you correctly, but perhaps the following
> will help:
>
> function! s:bars ()
> let newline = ""
> let lineno = line(".")
> let str = getline(lineno)
> let cnt = stridx(str, "|")
> let offset = 0
> while cnt >= 0
> let newline .= repeat(" ", cnt-offset) . cnt
> let offset = strlen(cnt)-1
> let str = strpart(str, cnt+1)
> let cnt = stridx(str, "|")
> endwhile
> call append(lineno, newline)
> endfunction
> com! -buffer Bars call s:bars()
>
> Calling ":Bars" with the cursor on a line like:
> | | | | abcde | |
> produces:
> | | | | abcde | |
> 0 12 3 10 7 1
>
> So it really counts the number of *characters* between bars. If you
> really want only spaces to count (so that "7" here would be "2"),
> it'll require a little bit more work.
>
> (I'm sure there's a Vim wizard out there who can do all that with only
> ":substitute".)
>
> Best,
> Paul
>
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Hi Paul,

yes,yes,yes,!!! Exactly what I want! THANKS A LOT! You helped me more
as you may think :) ! Great help! 8)

Have a nice evening!
Best regards,
mcc



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