Re: Finding all words

On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 10:18 AM Tim Chase <[email protected]> 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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