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Vim insert after specific number of delimiters

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I am looking to make some code easier to read by taking something like this:

0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44 ....

and adding new lines to create increments of 8:

0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44,
0x44, 0x44 ....

Anyone know any vim magic that will allow me to do this with specifically selected lines?

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Blackninja543 Avatar asked Jul 25 '12 19:07

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This is not the prettiest solution and I am sure that it can be cleaned up / simplified some. First select the text and then enter this command:

:'<,'>s/\(\S\+,\s*\)\{8}/&\r/g

This outputs something like this:

0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44,
0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44,
0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, ...
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zanegray Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 07:09

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