Boolean searches

nosredna · Post by **nosredna** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:31 pm

Is it possible to do boolean searches in Textpad.

I am trying to find a word between 2 other words or near another word; specifically the word "superscript" near "genericname" or between 2 instances of "genericname". Is this possible?

Thanks in advance.

s_reynisson · Post by **s_reynisson** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:59 pm

Use regex's (w/POSIX style from the Editor page of the Preferences dialog box).

"superscript" between 2 instances of "genericname"
find genericname.{1,30}superscript.{1,30}genericname

"superscript" near "genericname"
find superscript.{1,30}genericname|genericname.{1,30}superscript

Here you set the min and max distance using the {1,30}.
One thing though, this only works on a single line at a time.
(You can temporarily replace newline chars with a dummy string and search the file as a single line.) HTH