passing command-range to a function

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I'm trying to define a command that can take a range and pass it to a function. This is what I thought I should have: ``` function! PrintGivenRange() range echo "firstline ".a:firstline." lastline ".a:lastline " Do some more things endfunction command! -range PassRange call PrintGivenRange() ``` However, it doesn't work that way, it seems to only pass the first line. e.g. ``` :1,5PassRange "outputs firstline 1 lastline 1 :1,5call PrintGivenRange() "outputs firstline 1 lastline 5 " if you select lines in visual mode, same thing for both ``` I've read `:help command-range` already but still haven't been able to figure this out. Am I supposed to pass the range in the prefix to the `call`? How do I fix this?

Accepted Answer

You need to explicitly pass the range, try with: ``` command! -range PassRange ,call PrintGivenRange() ```

passing command-range to a function

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