Contents

Search and Replace



Introduction

Simple Searches

Interactive Search

Search history

Search/Replace

Repeat replace
Replace all
Counting
Search scope

List of Found

List of Found Display

List of Word
Search speed

Advanced Searches

Advanced Search dialogues

Expressions

Advanced Searching

Elements
Strings

"aaaa"
$ NL
CW CursorWord
&xx &xxxx &xxxxxxxx

Escape sequences

\\
\xXX
\cX
\t
\n

Sets

'abcd'
-

Pre-defined sets

. Any IsAny
? A Alpha IsAlpha
# D Digit IsDigit
AD AlphaNum IsAlphaNum
Ctrl IsCtrl
Punct IsPunct
X Hex IsHex
Upper IsUpper
Lower IsLower
White IsWhite

Operators

*
**
( )
[ ]
{ }
{ }+
{ }n:m
|
~
&xx=yy
<
>

Examples

Text tidying

Remove multiple spaces
Introduce tabs
Close to the left margin
Remove multiple line breaks

Mode file searches

Find a DEF in BASIC.
Find a whole comment in C
Find a URL in HTML
Find section start in StrongMode

Advanced replace

Marks
Ranges
Find decimal numbers
Highlighted range
Highlight PROC/FN names

Examples

Mixed date formats

Standardise date format

Displaced lines

Swap position of lines

Using a mode file

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