How can I replace a character at a precise position with TextPad? Let say I have a "." at column 32 and I want to replace that character only when it has been found at that position.
TIA
Arnold
Replace at a precise position
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Andreas
Re: Replace at a precise position
Search for
^\(.\{31,31\}\)\..
with regex activated
and replace with
\1whateveryouwanttoreplaceforthedot
^ starts the search at start of line
with \(\) you remember what's found for replacement
with \1 you put the first \(\) content in the replacement
. finds any character
\{31,31\} says you want to find at least 31 (first value) and at most 31 (second value) times what is left of it (which is the . to match any character). Result: you find exactly 31 characters
\. finds a . (not to mix up with the "any character")
So the above expression
searches for 31 characters at the start of a line followed by a .
and replaces it with
the same 31 characters followed by whateveryouwanttoreplaceforthedot
^\(.\{31,31\}\)\..
with regex activated
and replace with
\1whateveryouwanttoreplaceforthedot
^ starts the search at start of line
with \(\) you remember what's found for replacement
with \1 you put the first \(\) content in the replacement
. finds any character
\{31,31\} says you want to find at least 31 (first value) and at most 31 (second value) times what is left of it (which is the . to match any character). Result: you find exactly 31 characters
\. finds a . (not to mix up with the "any character")
So the above expression
searches for 31 characters at the start of a line followed by a .
and replaces it with
the same 31 characters followed by whateveryouwanttoreplaceforthedot
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Susan Hunt
Re: Replace at a precise position
wouldnt it be easier to:
turn word wrap off
click configure, block select mode on
to select the text to be replaced:
put your cursor on col 32 & drag it down however far u want.
click ctrl-H or search, replace
& ensure box 'selected text' is checked
put your period in the from box
ignore the to box.
click replace all
turn word wrap off
click configure, block select mode on
to select the text to be replaced:
put your cursor on col 32 & drag it down however far u want.
click ctrl-H or search, replace
& ensure box 'selected text' is checked
put your period in the from box
ignore the to box.
click replace all