Re: search for a list of words

On 2015-05-08 15:17, Fetchinson . wrote:
> Is it possible to search for a list of words?
> I mean if I have a text I'd like to search for
> either 'foo' or 'bar' and when the matches
> are highlighted, I'd like to be able to jump
> between the matches (which include both
> words 'foo' and 'bar').

Depending on your criteria, you can do the easy-but-sloppy

/foo\|bar\|baz

or you can wrap it in conditions to ensure whole-words:

/\<\(foo\|bar\|baz\)\>

so you don't find things like "barn" or "buffoon".


-tim



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