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*[SOLVED] What's the difference between \s and \_s* in vim?**

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03-25-2010, 11:57 AM	#1
cola Senior Member Registered: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,045 Rep:	*What's the difference between \s and \_s* in vim?** What's the difference between \s* and \_s* in vim? Any example?

03-25-2010, 12:28 PM	#2
druuna LQ Veteran Registered: Sep 2003 Posts: 10,532 Blog Entries: 7 Rep:	Hi, \s -> whitespace character: <Space> and <Tab> \_s -> whitespace character: <Space> and <Tab> with end-of-line added see: help \_ (when in vim, command mode). Hope this helps. Last edited by druuna; 03-25-2010 at 12:36 PM. Reason: addition for extra clarity
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