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Exchanging Quotes

Sometimes you need to exchange a choice of quotes in some code.

Start file

mystring = 'This quoted string contains \' and is also'
           'surrounded with \' characters.  It is also'
           'a multiline string too'

End file

mystring = "This quoted string contains ' and used to be"
           "surrounded with ' characters.  It is also"
           "a multiline string too"

View Diff

1,3c1,3
< mystring = 'This quoted string contains \' and is also'
<            'surrounded with \' characters.  It is also'
<            'a multiline string too'
---
> mystring = "This quoted string contains ' and used to be"
>            "surrounded with ' characters.  It is also"
>            "a multiline string too"

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#228 Viktor Jackson / @AntiStalinista - Score: 87 - 05/05/12 @ 03:08

:%s# '# "#g<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right><Right><Left><BS><Right>$<Right><Right><Right><CR>u:<Up><Left><Left><Left><BS><CR>:%s$<BS>#\\##g<CR>1G$3bt"3bct"and used to be<Esc>:w<CR>;q<CR>:q<CR>