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I would like to replace a multiline block to one line

for example :

    if (... ){
     //comment0
     line1
     line2
   }
   some code
   if (... ){
     //comment0
     line1
     line2
   }

into:

if_function()
some code
if_function()

is there a fast way to do this? I tried to yank the block into register

 shift+V
 4j
 "fy

and then replace, but I don't know how to reference the register tried:

%s/@f/if_function/g

and

%s/\@f/if_function/g

and

%s/"f/if_function/g

and

%s/\"f/if_function/g

but they all doesn't work

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2 Answers 2

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found how to paste register ctrl+r

so I enter to visual mode, and marked the block

shift+ v
4j

and used the replace command:

:%s/^Rf/if_function/g
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How I would probably approach this:

  1. Navigate: possibly something like /if then $; the goal is to be on the curly brace for the % key. Or you could just get inside the curlies for a{
  2. Change: cV% or cVa{ and type if_function()
  3. Change populates a register. If I had more of the same edit, I would first navigate again (maybe n?) and then . to repeat. When I’m done, paste the original content somewhere with p if I were, for example, extracting a function. (Actually, I might have yanked it, pasted it, and created the function before starting all the changes, but since c does fill a register we can do things in this order, which almost seems like what you’re looking for.)
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  • thanks for the answer but I wanted to do it in one command, and I found it in my answer
    – Dor marcus
    Feb 28, 2021 at 12:29

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