Selecting entire function definition in Vim

Question

I\'ve been trying Vim for any text editing work for almost a week now. I want to know the fastest way to select a C function definition.

For example, if I have a fun

Answer 1

To delete an entire function, including its definition, such as:

function tick() {
        // ... 
}

• Move to the line with the function name.
• Move the cursor to the opening brace, f{ should do it, or simply $.
• Press V%d (Visual line, move to matching pair, delete)

If your functions look like this:

function tick() 
{
        // ... 
}

• Move to the line with the function name.
• Press J (join the current line with line bellow. This also puts your cursor at the last character on the resulting line, {, just the one we need for the next command.)
• Press V%d (Visual line, move to matching pair, delete.)

or

• Move to the line with the function name.
• Press V[Down]%d (Visual line, move one line down, move to matching pair, delete.)