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+# This function expects the following two arguments:
+# argument 1 = output of (set --show | psub), i.e. a file with the scope info and values of all variables
+# argument 2 = output of (set --names | psub), i.e. a file with all variable names
+function _fzf_search_variables --argument-names set_show_output set_names_output --description "Search and preview shell variables. Replace the current token with the selected variable."
+    if test -z "$set_names_output"
+        printf '%s\n' '_fzf_search_variables requires 2 arguments.' >&2
+
+        commandline --function repaint
+        return 22 # 22 means invalid argument in POSIX
+    end
+
+    # Exclude the history variable from being piped into fzf because
+    # 1. it's not included in $set_names_output
+    # 2. it tends to be a very large value => increases computation time
+    # 3._fzf_search_history is a much better way to examine history anyway
+    set -f all_variable_names (string match --invert history <$set_names_output)
+
+    set -f current_token (commandline --current-token)
+    # Use the current token to pre-populate fzf's query. If the current token begins
+    # with a $, remove it from the query so that it will better match the variable names
+    set -f cleaned_curr_token (string replace -- '$' '' $current_token)
+
+    set -f variable_names_selected (
+        printf '%s\n' $all_variable_names |
+        _fzf_wrapper --preview "_fzf_extract_var_info {} $set_show_output" \
+            --prompt="Variables> " \
+            --preview-window="wrap" \
+            --multi \
+            --query=$cleaned_curr_token \
+            $fzf_variables_opts
+    )
+
+    if test $status -eq 0
+        # If the current token begins with a $, do not overwrite the $ when
+        # replacing the current token with the selected variable.
+        # Uses brace expansion to prepend $ to each variable name.
+        commandline --current-token --replace (
+            if string match --quiet -- '$*' $current_token
+                string join " " \${$variable_names_selected}
+            else
+                string join " " $variable_names_selected
+            end
+        )
+    end
+
+    commandline --function repaint
+end