Re: Regex with backslashes in a collection

On 2022-08-13, arocker wrote:
> > I'm using Vim 8 or 9 with 'magic' and re=0 (same using re=1).
> >
> > I want to find "\[" or "\]" in text like:
> > abc\[def\]ghi\\xy\z
> >
>
> The problem may lie in the boundary of a character class, [ and ] and the
> rules about its content.
> Does the regex interpreter read [\[] as 2 characters, "\ or ]" or as one
> "literal ]"; or "literal \"? How is the following "]" parsed?

According to ":help /\]", [\[] is a collection containing two
characters, \ and [.

Regards,
Gary

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