Find and replace strings in vim on multiple lines

Question

I can do :%s///g for replacing a string across a file, or :s///

Answer 1

To answer this question:

:40,50s/foo/bar/g

replace foo with bar in these lines between the 40th line and the 50th line(inclusive), when execute this command you can currently in any line.

:50,40s/foo/bar/g

also works, vim will ask you for comfirm and then do the replacement for you as if you have input the first command.

:,50s/foo/bar/g

replace foo with bar in these lines between the line you are currently in and the 50th line(inclusive). (if you are in a line AFTER the 50th line vim will ask for confirm again)

To clearity the difference between vim and the vrapper plugin of Eclipse:

Note that in varpper

:,50s/foo/bar/g command will NOT work.

:50,40s/foo/bar/g will work without asking for comfirmation.

(For Vrapper Version 0.74.0 or older).