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Rich
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I have a .cpp file in which I would like to change all greaterless-than symbols to double quotes but maintain any instances of double-greater-than symbols, i.e. change < to " while leaving all occurrences of << alone.

I am very new to vim and as such am still trying to figure out the best way to replace characters in situations like this.

I have a .cpp file in which I would like to change all greater-than symbols to double quotes but maintain any instances of double-greater-than symbols, i.e. change < to " while leaving all occurrences of << alone.

I am very new to vim and as such am still trying to figure out the best way to replace characters in situations like this.

I have a .cpp file in which I would like to change all less-than symbols to double quotes but maintain any instances of double-greater-than symbols, i.e. change < to " while leaving all occurrences of << alone.

I am very new to vim and as such am still trying to figure out the best way to replace characters in situations like this.

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Justin Waterhouse
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Changing < to " but leave << alone in Vim

I have a .cpp file in which I would like to change all greater-than symbols to double quotes but maintain any instances of double-greater-than symbols, i.e. change < to " while leaving all occurrences of << alone.

I am very new to vim and as such am still trying to figure out the best way to replace characters in situations like this.