*
Means Current, Refresh, Multiply or Quantifier (in Regexp)
In the calculator, * means multiply, as in =5*30.
In Visual, an * at the ===> command lines tells Qedit to Refresh the screen. When using Set Vis Update On to automatically update the screen, *> or *< moves ahead or back one page, without updating the current page.
You can refer to the current line in your workfile by means of "*" (e.g., Modify *-10/*+10). "*" is usually the default rangelist for a command if you do not specify one. The *-pointer is moved by these commands:
| Command | Status of "*" After the Command |
| Add | last line added. |
| Change | last line changed. |
| Delete | previous or next line, it depends. |
| Find | last line found or end-of-file. |
| Findup | last line found or start-of-file. |
| Hold | last line held. |
| Justify | last line updated. |
| Keep | no change to current line. |
| List | last line listed. |
| Lsort | last line sorted. |
| Modify | last line modified. |
| Proc | last line passed. |
| Replace | last line replaced. |
| Text | first line in file. |
| Visual | *-line of last page displayed. |
An * can also refer to the "current" (or recent) workfile; as in Open * or Use *. The * shortcut refers to the currently open Qedit workfile unless none is open, then it refers to the one most recently Shut.
An asterisk (*) in regular expressions indicates the preceding element might repeat zero (optional) or more times in the text.
/list "op*q" (regexp) {"p" might be missing or appears many times}