X-out a String in C/C++ Using Vim
Some time ago, I wanted to x-out all constant C-strings (characters within "
) in a C-file and wondered how to do that with Vim.
E.g. when you want to cross out every character of a Hello World
String like this:
/* before */
printf( "Hello World\n" );
/* after */
printf( "XXXXXXXXXXXXX" );
Finally, also with the help of the Vim IRC channel we came to this regex:
s/"\([^"]*\)"/\='"' . substitute(submatch(1),".","X","g") . '"'/gc
Pretty Funny, by mostly useless.
Cheers,
iss