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#### 1.4.3 Searching

As in Vi, searching is done by `/` and `?`. The string will be searched literally by default. To invoke a regular expression search, first execute the search command `/` (or `?`) with empty search string. (I.e, type `/` followed by <RET>.) A search for empty string will toggle the search mode between vanilla search and regular expression search. You cannot give an offset to the search string. (It is a limitation.) By default, search will wrap around the buffer as in Vi. You can change this by rebinding the variable `vip-search-wrap-around`. See Customization, for how to do this.