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Change the content of a string

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Start file

def add(a, b):
    """ Subtracts "x" from "y" """
    return a + b

End file

def add(a, b):
    """ Adds "a" to "b" """
    return a + b

View Diff

2c2
<     """ Subtracts "x" from "y" """
---
>     """ Adds "a" to "b" """

Solutions

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:1,$ s/Subtracts/Adds/<CR>:1,$ s/x/a/<CR>:1,$ s/from/to/<CR>:1,$ s/y/b/<CR>:w<CR>:q<CR>

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#331 - Jim Infield / @jinfield

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08/29/2011 at 09:13PM

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#341 - Kai Yuan / @kentyuan

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#346 - Kristijan Husak / @kristijan_husak

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#348 - Hendrik Lammers / @hendriklammers

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#359 - Alain Gilbert / @alain_gilbert

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#360 - Rune Botten / @runeb

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