Findlast occurrence of an item

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created March 16, 2004 · complexity basic · author Anon · version 5.7

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To find the last occurrence of an item, put the following in your vimrc file.

com! -nargs=1 Findlast :execute'normal G<cr>' | :execute':normal ?' . <arg> . '?<cr>'

Usage:

:Findlast item
" For example:
:Findlast 123

With a regular expression, put the regex inside single quotes, for example:

:Findlast '\d\d\d'

Explanation:

G = Goto line [count], default last line, on the first non-blank character (linewise)
? = Search backward for the [count]'th previous occurrence of {pattern} (exclusive)
. = string concatenation

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