Re: substitute last space with char

On 2016-07-13 10:35, Bee wrote:
> I would like to replace the last occurrence of a space in a line
> with a ';'.
>
> I know I can use:
> g_ " goto last non-blank char in line
> F " find the preceeding ' '
> r; " replace with ';'
>
> How would this be done with :substitute ?

A couple possibilities come to mind:

:%s/ \ze\S*$/;
:%s/.*\zs /;
:%s/\(.*\) \(.*\)/\1;\2

-tim



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