Table of Contents Tip 77: Stake the Boundaries of a Match References: Lookaround Expressions References:

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• `\zs`: marks the start of a match
• `\ze`: marks the end of a match

• Vim’s `\zs` and `\ze` items are conceptually similar to Perl’s lookaround assertions.

* `\zs` is roughly equivalent to positive lookbehind * `\ze` is equivalent to positive lookahead.

• Vim also supports the full matrix of negative/positive lookahead/lookbehind assertions, but the syntax differs from Perl.

Example: Rewrite

using Vim’s positive lookaround items