search/replace prefix and suffix with wildcards between

DKSE · Post by **DKSE** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:27 am

Hi everybody!

How can I search/replace with wildcards in a text like this:

ABCDEFGHxx100zzPQRSTUVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIxx200zzQRSTUVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMxx300zzUVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
xx400zzHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRxx500zzZ

search/replace xx???zz ==> aa???cc should work like this

xx100zz ==> aa100cc
...
xx500zz ==> aa500cc

Is this possible?

Dirk

ben_josephs · Post by **ben_josephs** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:33 am

Are there exactly 3 characters between the xx and the zz in each case? If so:

Find what: xx(...)zz
Replace with: aa\1cc

[X] Regular expression

Replace All

This assumes you are using Posix regular expression syntax:

Configure | Preferences | Editor

[X] Use POSIX regular expression syntax

DKSE · Post by **DKSE** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:59 pm

That works fine -- thanks a lot ben_josephs!