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And I'm an idiot - had the wrong slash

should be \1

Hello:

what I am trying to do:
find: ^.*(string in middle of line)?$
replace (string in middle of line


real stuff - find string "SMTP:xxxxxxx@vbelcas.mail.onmicrosoft.com" and delete everyting else on line
find:
^.*($smtp:[a-z1-9]{7}@vbelcas.mail.onmicrosoft.com)?$
that works so far

the replace ...

CORRECTION: Your string didn't match lines with text, my error reading the highlighting.

I did sort of fix my issue though, by using ^\n to catch beginning and end of line together I avoid the lock up, and remove carriage return only line the way I wanted.

^\s*\n also removes blank lines with ...

the string you suggested seems to match lines that end with a blank (even if there is other text on the line.

I was looking for either lines that are just carriage returns or maybe with just white space - no other text.

I did confirm one part - if I do "find" on ^$ all is well, finds every line ...

latest version (8.1.1, 32 bit, windows 10)

doing a regex search and replace on blank lines , either
^\s*$
or
^$

both lock up the editor, forever spinning cursor. Only choice is to kill Textpad and lose changes.

Anyone else hit this?