Linewise Searching in Vim

Today I learned about the \%l atom, which can be used to search on the current line, or a specific line, and also above or below the current or specific line. That's kind of a lot in one sentence, so lets break it down:

Say you want to search for a search_term on line 23 of your buffer, you can do this by

/\%23lsearch_term

If you want to search for search_term only on the current line, you can use . instead of a line number

/\%.lsearch_term

You can use the <and > modifiers to match above (<) or below (>) the current line

/\%<.lsearch_term

/\%>.lsearch_term

But you can also replace . with a line number to match above or below that line:

/\%<23lsearch_term

/\%>23lsearch_term