Re: Finding all words

On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 10:18 AM Tim Chase <vim@tim.thechases.com> wrote:

On 2024-10-03 15:09, Mikhail Velikikh wrote:
> > Is there a way to compose a regular expression in Vim that will find all
> > the words I want, irrespective of the order in which they occur?
>
> I would use something like this:
> \v<(quick|brown|lazy|jumps)>

That finds *any* of the words, not *all* of the words as the OP requested.

While the implementation can often end up slow if you have a large
text or lots of find-them-all terms, you (OP) can use

   :help /\&

to join the conditions like

    /.\{-}quick\&.\{-}brown\&.\{-}lazy\&.\{-}jumps/

-tim

Thank you; that's exactly what I was looking for. It does slow down, though, as you said it might, once I add more words to it. I might write something that does the combination thing I was suggesting and time the two approaches, but with more than just two words: /quick.*brown\|brown.*quick/ vs. /.\{-}quick\&.\{-}brown}/ 

Best regards,

Salman

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