what is the most efficient regex (vim/perl) to replace 100 'a' characters with 300 'b' characters. I can get the search part correct :%s/a\{100}/?????? but the 'replace' portion eludes me.
This can be done with :%s/a\{100}/\=repeat('b',100)/
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that does it. i'd been using the search form in the replace portion and just did not work. i don't know how to mark this as the correct answer, but it does exactly what i was looking for. thanks. – iohann fust Nov 22 '18 at 1:19
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@iohannfust click the greyed-out check mark next to the answer to mark it as “accepted” – D. Ben Knoble♦ Nov 22 '18 at 3:06
