VimGolfExchanging Quotes
Sometimes you need to exchange a choice of quotes in some code.
Start file
mystring = 'This quoted string contains \' and is also'
'surrounded with \' characters. It is also'
'a multiline string too'
End file
mystring = "This quoted string contains ' and used to be"
"surrounded with ' characters. It is also"
"a multiline string too"
View Diff
1,3c1,3
< mystring = 'This quoted string contains \' and is also'
< 'surrounded with \' characters. It is also'
< 'a multiline string too'
---
> mystring = "This quoted string contains ' and used to be"
> "surrounded with ' characters. It is also"
> "a multiline string too"
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#230 Viktor Jackson / @AntiStalinista - Score: 87 - 05/05/12 @ 03:08
:%s# '# "#g<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right><Right><Left><BS><Right>$<Right><Right><Right><CR>u:<Up><Left><Left><Left><BS><CR>:%s$<BS>#\\##g<CR>1G$3bt"3bct"and used to be<Esc>:w<CR>;q<CR>:q<CR>
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