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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T19:58:25+00:00 2026-06-02T19:58:25+00:00

I have a file that’s being recognized as jasmine.coffee in VIM, but &filetype==’coffee’ evaluates

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I have a file that’s being recognized as jasmine.coffee in VIM,
but &filetype=='coffee' evaluates to false.

Is there a way to do a partial filetype match in Vimscript

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    2026-06-02T19:58:29+00:00Added an answer on June 2, 2026 at 7:58 pm

    Use the =~ pattern matching operator instead, which will treat the right side as a regular expression to test against.

    &filetype =~ 'coffee' 
    

    This is mentioned in the Conditionals section of the Vimscript documentation.

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