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I want a command mapping to detect whether the current line is blank, and perform a different action for each case it detects: true of false. How do I do this?

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It is not entirely clear when you say to "trigger some mapping"... Do you want to create a mapping with nnoremap if current line is empty? I guess not. Or you want to have a mapping that does different things depending on whether current line is empty?

If so then there are many possibilities, for example:

func! DoSmth()
    if getline('.') =~ '^\s*$'
        echo 'Do something if empty line!'
    else
        echo 'Do something if NOT empty line!'
    endif
endfunc

nnoremap <space>a :call DoSmth()<CR>
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  • Yes I meant the second one you mentioned. Apr 23, 2021 at 6:27
  • May I also ask you that how to detect the previous line exists? Apr 23, 2021 at 6:52
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    @job_start it would be better to create another question for this. But in general, check :h function-list in vim to get an idea of what API vim exposes to vimscript.
    – Maxim Kim
    Apr 23, 2021 at 8:07

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