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Here is a Python list that I'm trying to assign to some Vim variable.

lines = ['"""Something foo's thing."""', '', 'foo = "asdfasdf" \', 'bar']
command = 'let l:corrected_lines = lines'.format(lines=lines)
vim.eval(command)

And then in a caller function, I use l:corrected_lines to do some extra work.

The problem is that there are 2 issues with the string above

• The single quote foo's apparently needs to be escaped


• The also needs to be escaped

Apparently Vim escapes single-quotes by placing two of them side-by-side, like this ''. So I've experimented with running replace("\'", "''") and other combinations of methods. Also Vim changes the in the source-code to \ so I've tried adding replace('\\', '\') and that works. The problem is that these replacements work in isolation but don't work together.

I feel like there's probably a simpler way to escape this line but I haven't had success with Python or using Vim's :escape() command. Can someone please suggest a solution?

Note: Just to make lines make a bit more sense visually, this is how lines looks like printed out

"""Something foo's thing."""

foo = "asdfasdf" 
bar

vimscript-python escape string-manipulation

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Here is a Python list that I'm trying to assign to some Vim variable.

lines = ['"""Something foo's thing."""', '', 'foo = "asdfasdf" \', 'bar']
command = 'let l:corrected_lines = lines'.format(lines=lines)
vim.eval(command)

And then in a caller function, I use l:corrected_lines to do some extra work.

The problem is that there are 2 issues with the string above

• The single quote foo's apparently needs to be escaped


• The also needs to be escaped

Apparently Vim escapes single-quotes by placing two of them side-by-side, like this ''. So I've experimented with running replace("\'", "''") and other combinations of methods. Also Vim changes the in the source-code to \ so I've tried adding replace('\\', '\') and that works. The problem is that these replacements work in isolation but don't work together.

I feel like there's probably a simpler way to escape this line but I haven't had success with Python or using Vim's :escape() command. Can someone please suggest a solution?

Note: Just to make lines make a bit more sense visually, this is how lines looks like printed out

"""Something foo's thing."""

foo = "asdfasdf" 
bar

vimscript-python escape string-manipulation

share|improve this question

asked 10 hours ago

ColinKennedyColinKennedy

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Here is a Python list that I'm trying to assign to some Vim variable.

lines = ['"""Something foo's thing."""', '', 'foo = "asdfasdf" \', 'bar']
command = 'let l:corrected_lines = lines'.format(lines=lines)
vim.eval(command)

And then in a caller function, I use l:corrected_lines to do some extra work.

The problem is that there are 2 issues with the string above

• The single quote foo's apparently needs to be escaped


• The also needs to be escaped

Apparently Vim escapes single-quotes by placing two of them side-by-side, like this ''. So I've experimented with running replace("\'", "''") and other combinations of methods. Also Vim changes the in the source-code to \ so I've tried adding replace('\\', '\') and that works. The problem is that these replacements work in isolation but don't work together.

I feel like there's probably a simpler way to escape this line but I haven't had success with Python or using Vim's :escape() command. Can someone please suggest a solution?

Note: Just to make lines make a bit more sense visually, this is how lines looks like printed out

"""Something foo's thing."""

foo = "asdfasdf" 
bar

vimscript-python escape string-manipulation

share|improve this question

asked 10 hours ago

ColinKennedyColinKennedy

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lines = ['"""Something foo's thing."""', '', 'foo = "asdfasdf" \', 'bar']
command = 'let l:corrected_lines = lines'.format(lines=lines)
vim.eval(command)

"""Something foo's thing."""

foo = "asdfasdf" 
bar

share|improve this question

asked 10 hours ago

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share|improve this question

asked 10 hours ago

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asked 10 hours ago

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Use pyeval(), py3eval(), or pyxeval() to read python variables into vim:

python:

x = [1,2,3]
vim.command('let X = pyeval("x")')

vim:

py x = [1,2,3]
let X = pyeval('x')

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Use pyeval(), py3eval(), or pyxeval() to read python variables into vim:

python:

x = [1,2,3]
vim.command('let X = pyeval("x")')

vim:

py x = [1,2,3]
let X = pyeval('x')

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Use pyeval(), py3eval(), or pyxeval() to read python variables into vim:

python:

x = [1,2,3]
vim.command('let X = pyeval("x")')

vim:

py x = [1,2,3]
let X = pyeval('x')

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Use pyeval(), py3eval(), or pyxeval() to read python variables into vim:

python:

x = [1,2,3]
vim.command('let X = pyeval("x")')

vim:

py x = [1,2,3]
let X = pyeval('x')

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x = [1,2,3]
vim.command('let X = pyeval("x")')

py x = [1,2,3]
let X = pyeval('x')

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answered 8 hours ago

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answered 8 hours ago

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answered 8 hours ago

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