General questions about using TextPad
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mitch.barker
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by mitch.barker »
Is there a way that I can search for a string that may occur across a line break?
For example, if the file contains the two lines
Paris in the
springtime
I'd like to be able to find it using this (or any other) regex:
"Paris.*springtime"
Mitch
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Ed
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by Ed »
Unfortunately TextPad won't do it I believe. But WildEdit will do exactly this
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helios
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by helios »
You can do it TextPad as follows:
Paris in the\nspringtime
I hope this helps.
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mitch.barker
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by mitch.barker »
helios wrote:You can do it TextPad as follows:
Paris in the\nspringtime
I hope this helps.
That only works in the regular find (within a file). In the "Find in Files" dialog, textpad gives an error if the search string contains a "\n".
I need to do the search across multiple files.
Mitch