How can I include periods when selecting a word in vim?

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Let's say I'm calling a method on an object in my code like

if abc.xyz then foo

My cursor is on the 'c' in 'abc' and I want to change abc.xyz to something else. If I type ciw I'll be replacing only 'abc'. What can I use instead of iw so that it selects the entire 'abc.xyz'?

@MarcB good call! actually it's `3ciw`, the period counts as a word. — Chris Doyle, Oct 24 '13 at 16:26

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '13 at 16:08

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Use W to separate words only with whitespace characters, it will select the whole string:

ciW

answered Oct 24 '13 at 16:08

Birei

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awesome! That's gonna make my life much easier. I do have another slightly more complicated scenario I'm wondering about: same as above but the code is `if (abc.xyz == "123")` and I don't want to select the open-paren – Chris Doyle Oct 24 '13 at 16:14
@ChrisDoyle: For that new scenario look at [perreal's](http://stackoverflow.com/users/390913/perreal) answer. – Birei Oct 24 '13 at 16:21

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 24 '13 at 16:15

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Include the . in the iskeyword option:

set iskeyword=@,48-57,_,192-255,.

answered Oct 24 '13 at 16:15

perreal

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Better just add to the default: `:set iskeyword+=.`; and I wouldn't set this globally, but (with `:setlocal`) only for certain filetypes (in `~/.vim/after/ftplugin/.vim`). – Ingo Karkat Oct 24 '13 at 18:58

How can I include periods when selecting a word in vim?

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