Find and replace notepad++ with wildcards
Find and Replace multiline string of text between tags
Solution #1
Use the following regex in Find what
: \[anchor=ad1\](.*?)\[anchor=ad1end\]
,
Replace with
: [anchor=ad1]replace[anchor=ad1end]
and select Regular expression
and [x] . matches newline
Sample data for testing:
[anchor=ad1]some multiline string of text
that should be replaced[anchor=ad1end]
[anchor=ad1][img]http://i.imgur.com/some_image.png[/img]
another one multiline string of text
that should be replaced[anchor=ad1end]
...
Solution #2
A little more advanced solution. This requires Notepad++ v6.0 or above.
Find what: (?<=\[anchor=ad1\]).*?(?=\[anchor=ad1end\])
Replace with: replace
select Regular expression
and [x] . matches newline
Important Note: Replace
button is NOT working in Notepad++ v6.1.6, but the Replace All
works just fine.
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Adam
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Adam over 1 year
I've read about 15 tutorials on regular expression however I'm clearly not getting as I've been unable to tailor it to my problem.
I have one set of code which would be found in many different documents. There may be variants of these with different content between the two anchor tags, but here is one variant (the others are all of similar form).
[anchor=ad1][img]http://i.imgur.com/48rwaraw.png[/img] [URL=http://goo.gl/Ii3WNz][img]http://i.imgur.com/rBbf7nM.png[/img][/URL] [size=7pt]Advertised sites are not endorsed and may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction. [url=http://goo.gl/aw52j52]Advertise here.[/url][/size] [img]http://i.imgur.com/48rwaraw.png[/img][anchor=ad1end]
I want to be able to replace everything between the anchor tags, ie where my * is here:
[anchor=ad1]*[anchor=ad1end]
The replacement would include similar characters to the original, if that makes a difference. I just can't seem to get the regular expression stuff to find the correct string, nevermind replace it with another. Thanks for the help.
Edit: Using ToolBucket to use multiline
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DavidPostill about 9 years
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Adam about 9 yearsAs I said, I've read about 15 of these and it doesn't help me. When I follow what appear to be the rules, I get unexpected results which aren't close.
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Dmytro Dzyubak about 9 yearsHave a look at this solution: superuser.com/a/482293/300393 It's somewhat related, but does not solve Your problem completely.
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barlop over 7 yearsYou should have stated in your question, what you'd tried, and what was confusing you.
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Adam about 9 yearsThis does not give me the expected result, instead it finds all results after the opening [ character, and goes on to find other varients (ad2 etc) all the way until the character before the final ] at anchor=ad3.
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Adam about 9 yearsPerfect, thanks. I was really close to this, I think I just had one character different yet it totally ruined it.
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barlop over 7 years@Adam what did you have?