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vim script: matchlist
" ..\run_ matchlist
redir > matchlist.out
fu! M(pattern, txt) " {
let l:ml = matchlist(a:txt, a:pattern)
echo ' len (l:ml): ' . len(l:ml)
for i in range(0, len(l:ml)-1)
echo ' ' . i . ': ' . l:ml[i]
endfor
echo ''
endfu " }
call M ('\vfoo(\d+)bar(\d+)baz', 'foobarbaz')
" len (l:ml): 0
call M ('\vfoo(\d+)bar(\d+)baz', 'foo42bar17baz')
" len (l:ml): 10
" 0: foo42bar17baz
" 1: 42
" 2: 17
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call M('\v(\d+)?(\S+)', '20abc')
" len (l:ml): 10
" 0: 20abc
" 1: 20
" 2: abc
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call M('\v(\d+)?(\S+)', 'def20')
" len (l:ml): 10
" 0: def20
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call M('\v((\d+)?(\D+)?)', '42xyz')
" len (l:ml): 10
" 0: 42xyz
" 1: 42xyz
" 2: 42
" 3: xyz
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redir END
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