Edit=>Replace¶
Searches for a string and replaces it with another. This command can only be used to replace text in the text editor. Use Edit=>Search and Replace (IPW) to replace text in IPW documents.
Regular expressions are only supported for the search string:
Rules for regular expressions:
Value | Meaning |
---|---|
. |
Matches any character |
\( |
This marks the start of a region for tagging a match. |
\) |
This marks the end of a tagged region. |
\n |
Where n is 1 through 9 refers to the first through ninth tagged region when replacing. For example if the search string was Fred\([1-9]\)XXX and the replace string was Sam\1YYY applied to Fred2XXX this would generate Sam2YYY . |
\< |
This matches the start of a word using Scintilla’s definitions of words. |
\> |
This matches the end of a word using Scintilla’s definition of words. |
\x |
This allows you to use a character x that would otherwise have a special meaning. For example, \[ would be interpreted as [ and not as the start of a character set. |
[...] |
This indicates a set of characters, for example [abc] means any of the characters a, b or c. You can also use ranges, for example [a-z] for any lower case character. |
[^...] |
The complement of the characters in the set. For example, [^A-Za-z] means any character except an alphabetic character. |
^ |
This matches the start of a line (unless used inside a set, see above). |
$ |
This matches the end of a line. |
* |
This matches 0 or more times. For example Sa*m matches Sm, Sam, Saam, Saaam and so on. |
+ |
This matches 1 or more times. For example Sa+m matches Sam, Saam, Saaam and so on. |
See also
id-382175