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nathanv117 · Post by **nathanv117** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:21 pm

How to specify find filter using wild char for the following?

In a line I want to skip n chars starting from position p and to find a string of chars.

Thanks

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:16 pm

Checkmark in box for Regular Expressions
Checkmark in box for POSIX syntax (Configure/Preferences/Editor)

Find: ^.{6}.*def

This will find the last occurrence of "def" after the first 6 characters.
Note that all characters from the beginning will be highlighted, not just the "def" string

What are you planning to do with the string you are searching for?

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nathanv117 · Post by **nathanv117** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:35 pm

Apprpeciate your help.
If it highlights all preceding vhars, how can I replace the target string.
nathan

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:40 pm

Find what: ^(.{6}.*)def
Replace with: \1ghi

[X] Regular expression

This assumes you are using Posix regular expression syntax:

Configure | Preferences | Editor

[X] Use POSIX regular expression syntax