Quickest way to change a pair of parenthesis to brackets in vim

Question

I am new to vim and in the process of discovering tons of interesting things that one can using this powerful editor.

One particular thing that I need to do very fr

Answer 1

I would simply do it like this: %r]^or[.

Here's an explanation:

• f( -- put cursor on first parenthesis you want to change (if it's not already there).
• % -- jump to the matching parenthesis.
• r] -- replace the parenthesis with a bracket.
• CTRL-O -- jump back to to first parenthesis.
• r[ -- replace the parenthesis with a bracket.