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| author | Sean Dewar <seandewar@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-01-01 07:27:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Sean Dewar <seandewar@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-02-05 19:55:11 +0000 |
| commit | 7002a3433bed7600ec02d64927ae0e77d077f34e (patch) | |
| tree | ea9d586f0c4c56924991dd84d434880926bf1371 /runtime | |
| parent | 92e92f02e7106fcad1597bb8f0edf1e43186a07f (diff) | |
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vim-patch:8.2.2658: :for cannot loop over a string
Problem: :for cannot loop over a string.
Solution: Accept a string argument and iterate over its characters.
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/74e54fcb447e5db32f9c2df34c0554bbecdccca2
v8.2.2659 is already ported.
N/A patches for version.c:
vim-patch:8.2.2736: Vim9: for loop over string is a bit slow
Problem: Vim9: for loop over string is a bit slow.
Solution: Avoid using strlen().
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/175a41c13f3e27e30c662f2f418c5a347dbc645d
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/eval.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt index d6486073cf..aa6d994857 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt @@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ Changing the order of items in a list: > For loop ~ -The |:for| loop executes commands for each item in a |List| or |Blob|. -A variable is set to each item in the sequence. Example with a List: > +The |:for| loop executes commands for each item in a |List|, |String| or |Blob|. +A variable is set to each item in sequence. Example with a List: > :for item in mylist : call Doit(item) :endfor @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ If all you want to do is modify each item in the list then the |map()| function will be a simpler method than a for loop. Just like the |:let| command, |:for| also accepts a list of variables. This -requires the argument to be a list of lists. > +requires the argument to be a List of Lists. > :for [lnum, col] in [[1, 3], [2, 8], [3, 0]] : call Doit(lnum, col) :endfor @@ -408,6 +408,12 @@ It is also possible to put remaining items in a List variable: > For a Blob one byte at a time is used. +For a String one character, including any composing characters, is used as a +String. Example: > + for c in text + echo 'This character is ' .. c + endfor + List functions ~ *E714* |