[TIP] Going to a certain line & column

In a Vim compiled with +eval, and of a recent enough version to know
about Lists and the min() function: copy-paste the following function
into your vimrc, then restart Vim:

function GoTo(line, column)
exe min([line("$"), a:line]) "| normal" a:column . "|"
endfunction

Then e.g. :call GoTo(123, 45) will move the cursor to line 123, column
45 in the current editfile (or to the last line if there are less than
123, to the last column if there are less than 45). I thought using
min() was more economical than intercepting error E16 /a posteriori/
in a try-catch block.

Use of negative arguments, or of non-integer arguments, may lead to
unspecified results.

"The proof is left as an exercise to the student."

Best regards,
Tony.

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