Emacs Evil-mode search and replace - Wrong number of arguments

Question

I am running into an error when I try to run a search and replace in Emacs using Evil-mode. The search I'm using is :s/14/12/g. I've tried without the g and get the same error. This is exactly the same search I'd do in Vim. The error returned indicates I have the wrong number of arguments.

byte-code: Wrong number of arguments: #[(string) "Æ{{A WHOLE BUNCH OF \211's and 
such HERE}}" [flags replacement pattern string evil-ex-substitute-replacement args
nil string-match "^[a-zA-Z]" "[^[:space:]]+" ...] 6
("c:/Users/Ryan/Documents/GitHub/Vim/.emacs.d/elpa/evil-1.0.7/evil-search.elc" . 
33836)], 2

Am I just searching wrong with Evil?

Answer 1

I had this exact error after running a package upgrade, which included evil.

I believe the root cause however was that I had an old reference to a manually installed evil folder in my init.el loadpath.

I removed that, quit & restarted emacs, and the problem had resolved itself. If you don't have the same init.el problem, perhaps just try removing and reinstalling evil.

Answer 2

I have come across this error today as well. It seems like there is something wrong with the compiled lisp files (.elc). Try to recompile your evil directory with (byte-recompile-directory "c:/Users/Ryan/Documents/GitHub/Vim/.emacs.d/elpa/evil-1.0.7" 0 t). Or, if you like, simply delete all *.elc files.