Vim: Go to Beginning/End of Next Method

Question

Is there native functionality in Vim that allows one to move the cursor to the beginning/end of the next method? I already know about [[, ]],

Answer 1

I spent hours to make this pattern: /^\s*\(\i\+\_[ \t\*]\+\)\+\i\+\_s*(\_[^)]*)\_s*{, it works good for me.

EDIT: a better pattern(version 2): /\(\(if\|for\|while\|switch\|catch\)\_s*\)\@64

see the effect here:

you can map some convenient bindings in your .vimrc, such as:

" jump to the previous function
nnoremap  [f :call search('^\s*\(\i\+\_[ \t\*]\+\)\+\i\+\_s*(\_[^)]*)\_s*{', "bw")
" jump to the next function
nnoremap  ]f :call search('^\s*\(\i\+\_[ \t\*]\+\)\+\i\+\_s*(\_[^)]*)\_s*{', "w")

EDIT: a better pattern(version 2):

" jump to the previous function
nnoremap  [f :call
\ search('\(\(if\\|for\\|while\\|switch\\|catch\)\_s*\)\@64
" jump to the next function
nnoremap  ]f :call
\ search('\(\(if\\|for\\|while\\|switch\\|catch\)\_s*\)\@64