@@ -1114,6 +1114,8 @@ in any order. E.g., these are all possible:
11141114 expr9[expr1].name
11151115 expr9.name[expr1]
11161116 expr9(expr1, ...)[expr1].name
1117+ expr9->(expr1, ...)[expr1]
1118+ Evaluation is always from left to right.
11171119
11181120
11191121expr8[expr1] item of String or | List | *expr-[]* *E111*
@@ -1213,6 +1215,11 @@ expr8(expr1, ...) |Funcref| function call
12131215When expr8 is a | Funcref | type variable, invoke the function it refers to.
12141216
12151217
1218+ expr8->name([args]) method call *method*
1219+
1220+ For global methods this is the same as: >
1221+ name(expr8 [, args])
1222+ There can also be methods specifically for the type of "expr8".
12161223
12171224 *expr9*
12181225number
@@ -2877,6 +2884,8 @@ add({object}, {expr}) *add()*
28772884 item. Use | extend() | to concatenate | Lists | .
28782885 When {object} is a | Blob | then {expr} must be a number.
28792886 Use | insert() | to add an item at another position.
2887+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
2888+ mylist->add(val1)->add(val2)
28802889
28812890
28822891 and({expr} , {expr} ) *and()*
@@ -3512,6 +3521,8 @@ copy({expr}) Make a copy of {expr}. For Numbers and Strings this isn't
35123521 changing an item changes the contents of both | Lists | .
35133522 A | Dictionary | is copied in a similar way as a | List | .
35143523 Also see | deepcopy() | .
3524+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
3525+ mylist->copy()
35153526
35163527 cos({expr} ) *cos()*
35173528 Return the cosine of {expr} , measured in radians, as a | Float | .
@@ -3548,6 +3559,8 @@ count({comp}, {expr} [, {ic} [, {start}]]) *count()*
35483559 When {comp} is a string then the number of not overlapping
35493560 occurrences of {expr} is returned. Zero is returned when
35503561 {expr} is an empty string.
3562+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
3563+ mylist->count(val)
35513564
35523565 *cscope_connection()*
35533566 cscope_connection([{num} , {dbpath} [, {prepend} ]])
@@ -3731,6 +3744,8 @@ empty({expr}) *empty()*
37313744
37323745 For a long | List | this is much faster than comparing the
37333746 length with zero.
3747+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
3748+ mylist->empty()
37343749
37353750 escape({string} , {chars} ) *escape()*
37363751 Escape the characters in {chars} that occur in {string} with a
@@ -4041,6 +4056,9 @@ extend({expr1}, {expr2} [, {expr3}]) *extend()*
40414056 fails.
40424057 Returns {expr1} .
40434058
4059+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
4060+ mylist->extend(otherlist)
4061+
40444062
40454063 feedkeys({string} [, {mode} ]) *feedkeys()*
40464064 Characters in {string} are queued for processing as if they
@@ -4154,6 +4172,8 @@ filter({expr1}, {expr2}) *filter()*
41544172 Funcref errors inside a function are ignored, unless it was
41554173 defined with the "abort" flag.
41564174
4175+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
4176+ mylist->filter(expr2)
41574177
41584178 finddir({name} [, {path} [, {count} ]]) *finddir()*
41594179 Find directory {name} in {path} . Supports both downwards and
@@ -4416,6 +4436,8 @@ get({list}, {idx} [, {default}]) *get()*
44164436 Get item {idx} from | List | {list} . When this item is not
44174437 available return {default} . Return zero when {default} is
44184438 omitted.
4439+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
4440+ mylist->get(idx)
44194441 get({blob} , {idx} [, {default} ])
44204442 Get byte {idx} from | Blob | {blob} . When this byte is not
44214443 available return {default} . Return -1 when {default} is
@@ -5689,6 +5711,9 @@ insert({object}, {item} [, {idx}]) *insert()*
56895711 Note that when {item} is a | List | it is inserted as a single
56905712 item. Use | extend() | to concatenate | Lists | .
56915713
5714+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
5715+ mylist->insert(item)
5716+
56925717 invert({expr} ) *invert()*
56935718 Bitwise invert. The argument is converted to a number. A
56945719 List, Dict or Float argument causes an error. Example: >
@@ -5740,6 +5765,8 @@ items({dict}) *items()*
57405765 echo key . ': ' . value
57415766 endfor
57425767
5768+ < Can also be used as a | method | : >
5769+ mydict->items()
57435770
57445771 job_ functions are documented here: | job-functions-details |
57455772
@@ -5755,6 +5782,9 @@ join({list} [, {sep}]) *join()*
57555782 converted into a string like with | string() | .
57565783 The opposite function is | split() | .
57575784
5785+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
5786+ mylist->join()
5787+
57585788 js_decode({string} ) *js_decode()*
57595789 This is similar to | json_decode() | with these differences:
57605790 - Object key names do not have to be in quotes.
@@ -5840,7 +5870,10 @@ keys({dict}) *keys()*
58405870 Return a | List | with all the keys of {dict} . The | List | is in
58415871 arbitrary order. Also see | items() | and | values() | .
58425872
5843- *len()* *E701*
5873+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
5874+ mydict->keys()
5875+
5876+ < *len()* *E701*
58445877len({expr} ) The result is a Number, which is the length of the argument.
58455878 When {expr} is a String or a Number the length in bytes is
58465879 used, as with | strlen() | .
@@ -5851,7 +5884,10 @@ len({expr}) The result is a Number, which is the length of the argument.
58515884 | Dictionary | is returned.
58525885 Otherwise an error is given.
58535886
5854- *libcall()* *E364* *E368*
5887+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
5888+ mylist->len()
5889+
5890+ < *libcall()* *E364* *E368*
58555891libcall({libname} , {funcname} , {argument} )
58565892 Call function {funcname} in the run-time library {libname}
58575893 with single argument {argument} .
@@ -6136,6 +6172,8 @@ map({expr1}, {expr2}) *map()*
61366172 Funcref errors inside a function are ignored, unless it was
61376173 defined with the "abort" flag.
61386174
6175+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
6176+ mylist->map(expr2)
61396177
61406178 maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict} ]]]) *maparg()*
61416179 When {dict} is omitted or zero: Return the rhs of mapping
@@ -6462,15 +6500,21 @@ max({expr}) Return the maximum value of all items in {expr}.
64626500 items in {expr} cannot be used as a Number this results in
64636501 an error. An empty | List | or | Dictionary | results in zero.
64646502
6465- *min()*
6503+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
6504+ mylist->max()
6505+
6506+ < *min()*
64666507min({expr} ) Return the minimum value of all items in {expr} .
64676508 {expr} can be a list or a dictionary. For a dictionary,
64686509 it returns the minimum of all values in the dictionary.
64696510 If {expr} is neither a list nor a dictionary, or one of the
64706511 items in {expr} cannot be used as a Number this results in
64716512 an error. An empty | List | or | Dictionary | results in zero.
64726513
6473- *mkdir()* *E739*
6514+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
6515+ mylist->min()
6516+
6517+ < *mkdir()* *E739*
64746518mkdir({name} [, {path} [, {prot} ]])
64756519 Create directory {name} .
64766520
@@ -7154,6 +7198,9 @@ remove({list}, {idx} [, {end}]) *remove()*
71547198<
71557199 Use | delete() | to remove a file.
71567200
7201+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
7202+ mylist->remove(idx)
7203+
71577204 remove({blob} , {idx} [, {end} ])
71587205 Without {end} : Remove the byte at {idx} from | Blob | {blob} and
71597206 return the byte.
@@ -7189,6 +7236,8 @@ repeat({expr}, {count}) *repeat()*
71897236 :let longlist = repeat(['a', 'b'], 3)
71907237< Results in ['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a', 'b'].
71917238
7239+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
7240+ mylist->repeat(count)
71927241
71937242 resolve({filename} ) *resolve()* *E655*
71947243 On MS-Windows, when {filename} is a shortcut (a .lnk file),
@@ -7206,13 +7255,15 @@ resolve({filename}) *resolve()* *E655*
72067255 current directory (provided the result is still a relative
72077256 path name) and also keeps a trailing path separator.
72087257
7209- *reverse()*
7210- reverse({object} )
7258+
7259+ reverse({object} ) *reverse()*
72117260 Reverse the order of items in {object} in-place.
72127261 {object} can be a | List | or a | Blob | .
72137262 Returns {object} .
72147263 If you want an object to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
72157264 :let revlist = reverse(copy(mylist))
7265+ < Can also be used as a | method | : >
7266+ mylist->reverse()
72167267
72177268 round({expr} ) *round()*
72187269 Round off {expr} to the nearest integral value and return it
@@ -8070,7 +8121,10 @@ sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *sort()* *E702*
80708121 on numbers, text strings will sort next to each other, in the
80718122 same order as they were originally.
80728123
8073- Also see | uniq() | .
8124+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
8125+ mylist->sort()
8126+
8127+ < Also see | uniq() | .
80748128
80758129 Example: >
80768130 func MyCompare(i1, i2)
@@ -8378,7 +8432,10 @@ string({expr}) Return {expr} converted to a String. If {expr} is a Number,
83788432 replaced by "[...]" or "{...} ". Using eval() on the result
83798433 will then fail.
83808434
8381- Also see | strtrans() | .
8435+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
8436+ mylist->string()
8437+
8438+ < Also see | strtrans() | .
83828439
83838440 *strlen()*
83848441strlen({expr} ) The result is a Number, which is the length of the String
@@ -9000,6 +9057,9 @@ type({expr}) The result is a Number representing the type of {expr}.
90009057< To check if the v:t_ variables exist use this: >
90019058 :if exists('v:t_number')
90029059
9060+ < Can also be used as a | method | : >
9061+ mylist->type()
9062+
90039063 undofile({name} ) *undofile()*
90049064 Return the name of the undo file that would be used for a file
90059065 with name {name} when writing. This uses the 'undodir'
@@ -9064,10 +9124,15 @@ uniq({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *uniq()* *E882*
90649124< The default compare function uses the string representation of
90659125 each item. For the use of {func} and {dict} see | sort() | .
90669126
9127+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
9128+ mylist->uniq()
9129+
90679130 values({dict} ) *values()*
90689131 Return a | List | with all the values of {dict} . The | List | is
90699132 in arbitrary order. Also see | items() | and | keys() | .
90709133
9134+ Can also be used as a | method | : >
9135+ mydict->values()
90719136
90729137 virtcol({expr} ) *virtcol()*
90739138 The result is a Number, which is the screen column of the file
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