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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 50b1d7239aad89000200002d

Extract text from xml

Extract text from xml file (ignoring commented out elements) and create a one line regex.

Start file

<list>
  <item>txt123</item>
  <!-- <item>txt124</item> -->
  <!-- <item>txt126</item> -->
  <item>txt127</item>
  <item>txt137</item>
  <!-- <item>txt145</item> -->
  <item>txt148</item>
  <!-- <item>txt150</item> -->
</list>

End file

^(txt123|txt127|txt137|txt148).*$

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1,10c1
< <list>
<   <item>txt123</item>
<   <!-- <item>txt124</item> -->
<   <!-- <item>txt126</item> -->
<   <item>txt127</item>
<   <item>txt137</item>
<   <!-- <item>txt145</item> -->
<   <item>txt148</item>
<   <!-- <item>txt150</item> -->
< </list>
---
> ^(txt123|txt127|txt137|txt148).*$

Solutions

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/<!--<CR>ddn.n.n./txt123i<BS><CR>i<CR><Esc>e<Right>i<CR>uu<Esc>ui|<CR>d<Esc>ddidw<Esc>dwdwdwwi<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><Esc>wwd$i|<Esc>u<Right>i|u<Esc>u<Right>a|<Down>di><Esc>di>d$d$a|<Esc>/item <BS>dw<CR><CR>/item<CR>nd$dwdwndwddwndwi<BS><BS><BS><BS>dw<Esc>dwdw<BS>dwux<Down>0dt>xi<BS><Esc>ea)<Esc>0wAA<Esc>u0 i(x<BS><BS><Right>(<Tab>u<Esc>u(<Down><Right><Right>i(<Esc><Up>d$xx^i^<Esc><Down>i<Right><Right><BS><BS><BS>:2<CR><Esc>u<Esc>uuddi<BS><BS>^<Esc><Down>dd0eeee$a.*$<Esc>:x<CR>

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