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    • X Offline
      x-77-x
      last edited by x-77-x

      i got…

      \\15,30,5
      P=2123,52,1
      

      and im trying to make

      TIMELO=15
      TIMEHIGH=30
      MAXDIST=5
      P=2123,52,1
      

      and of course all the values are different, 6000 some different instances…

      i tried \\.*,.*,.* & \\\d+,\d+,\d+ in the search line, but not sure how to do the replace…
      also, i dont want to disrupt the commas in the P= line (so i cant just do a global comma replace)

      i could changes that \\ to something else, if its causing a problem

      basically im trying to change
      \\ to TIMELO=
      comma 1 to TIMEHIGH=
      comma 2 to MAXDIST=
      keeping the values
      ONLY on the \\ LINE

      any ideas? thanks

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      • CoisesC Offline
        Coises
        last edited by

        You want:

        Find what: ^\\\\(\d++),(\d++),(\d++)$
        Replace with: TIMELO=$1\r\nTIMEHIGH=$2\r\nMAXDIST=$3

        The caret (^) indicates the beginning of a line, and the dollar ($) in find indicates the end of a line.

        The backslashes (\) at the beginning of the line are doubled because backslash is an escape character; you need two to represent one.

        The \d indicates a digit; following it with two plus signs (\d++) means as many digits as possible in a row, but at least one.

        The parentheses indicate capture groups, which can be referenced in the replacement using $n where n is the number of the capture group, counting from 1.

        \r\n is a Windows line ending.

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        • X Offline
          x-77-x @Coises
          last edited by x-77-x

          AMAZING!!! thank you Coises!

          how do you guys even know this stuff!? =)

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          • Alan KilbornA Offline
            Alan Kilborn @x-77-x
            last edited by

            @x-77-x said in Wildcard in Replace Line?:

            how do you guys even know this stuff!?

            Umm, it’s all documented in the User Manual, which is linked to from the ? menu option in Notepad++…

            Look under the Searching heading, for Regular Expressions.

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