Replace a string using vim

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I want to replace the 50th occurrence of Alex with Alex(the father) using vim.

The problem is this: after I execute the replace command, I want to search again for the word Alex and I do not want the replaced one to be displayed anymore. So when I do gg49/Alex and press 'n' I want vim to skip Alex(the father) and jump to the 51st occurance of Alex (51st in the original document).

So what I want is that vim does not show me the sub-string Alex, only the exact match. Is there any way to do this?

merlin2011 · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-06 19:52:20Z

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You can do this search with a negative lookahead against a left parenthesis to avoid matching Alex when it is followed by anything that starts with (.

/\<Alex\>\((\)\@!

answered Nov 6, 2015 at 19:52

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