in a list, remove all text before character

Furio Sassi

Hi :)
I have a big list like:

DONNE\Ambra\2009 - Ce n’è per tutti
DONNE\Argento Asia\1995 - De Generazione
UOMINI\BBarboro\2004 - La spettatrice
VIDEO\Buy Margherita\2004 - I giorni dell’abbandono

I want remove all before the " - " for have

Ce n’è per tutti
De Generazione
etc

is possible? Many thanks :)

Alan Kilborn

@Furio-Sassi

Find: (?-s)^.*?-
Replace: nothing
Search mode: Regular expression

More info: https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/15765/faq-desk-where-to-find-regular-expressions-regex-documentation

Furio Sassi

@Alan-Kilborn said in in a list, remove all text before character:

(?-s)^.*?-

Fantastic, thanks! :)

datatraveller1

@Alan-Kilborn I’m trying to understand why (?-s) is needed here. I think in normal cases it can be omitted and is only needed if the . matches newline checkbox is checked, isn’t it?

Terry R

@datatraveller1 said in in a list, remove all text before character:

I’m trying to understand why (?-s) is needed here.

Speaking for myself (but I think others will agree). When providing a solution for someone, as soon as the DOT character is involved the (?s) or (?-s) is generally the first bit of code to put on paper. It just makes good programming sense (yes regex isn’t a programming language).

I’ve even been known to leaving it in, even when not required. It doesn’t hurt to do so.

Terry

Alan Kilborn

@datatraveller1

Terry is right, but the shorter version is that it saves me from having to write my response this way:

Find: ^.*?-
Replace: nothing
Search mode: Regular expression
. matches newline checkbox: Unchecked

As you can see, many less characters to type for me to simply use (?-s)

BTW, for those that don’t know, if the . matches newline box is checked, it effectively puts a (?s) at the start of whatever regular expression you supply in the Find what. So if your regular expression supplied is (?-s)^.*?- it becomes (?s)(?-s)^.*?- which is really just (?-s)^.*?- because the (?-s) part “undoes” what the leading (?s) does.