Re: pattern for substitution including linefeed and carriage return

On 2017-12-10 09:52, Gary Johnson wrote:
> A pattern that will match that string is
>
> "Legend\nfor name\nis not found"
>
> :help /\_.

The "\_" convention holds for things other than "." to add the "and
include newline" connotation, so you can change your spaces to

Legend\_s\+for\_s\+name\_s\+is\_s\+not\_s\+found

which would allow a new-line as part of any of the whitespace in your
sentence.

-tim


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