Find/Replace multiple lines

[Dave C 1]

Using Search/Replace I can find “GRID=” in the following text:

1 EVEN
2 TYPE FindaGrave
2 NOTE GRID= somenumber

I’d like the replacement to read:

1 EVEN
2 TYPE R
2 ADDR somenumber
2 NOTE GRID=somenumber

I need to be able store “somenumber” and use that number (it changes) to create the replacement example multiple times in the text file (it’s a GEDcom file). Can this be done in one pass?

[PeterJones]

@Dave-C-1 said in Find/Replace multiple lines:

Can this be done in one pass?

Using regular expression search, yes.

FIND = 2 NOTE GRID=(\d+)
REPLACE = 2 ADDR $1\r\n$0

In the FIND, the (\d+) says "find one or more digits and put in group#1)
In the REPLACE, the $1 says “use the contents stored in group#1” and the $0 says “use the full matched text”

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