<![CDATA[Search & Replace syntax]]>Hello, I am trying to find and replace but I’m having trouble with it as I’m not good at computers.

Here is the data I currently have (“before” data):

SelectSpells(c213ca01-3767-457b-a5c8-fd4c1dd656e2,1,1)

Here is how I would like that data to look (“after” data):

SelectSpells(c213ca01-3767-457b-a5c8-fd4c1dd656e2)

Sometimes there is something after the two digits. What I need to delete are the two digits so that it looks like this at the end

SelectSpells (StringsOfNumbers)

To accomplish this, I have tried using the following Find/Replace expressions and settings

  • Find What = SelectSpells[^>]\d,\d
    SelectSpells[^],[0-9],[0-9]
    SelectSpells[\a+][\d 0-9],[\d 0-9]
    And many more I don’t remember
  • Replace With = None yet.
  • Search Mode = Regular Expression
  • Dot Matches Newline = I don’t know what that is, sorry

I thought it would work because my friend who’s better at computer thought it would as we’re checking the user manual, but we’re stumped

I’d appreciate any help, thanks

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/27641/search-replace-syntaxRSS for NodeTue, 25 Aug 2026 04:51:00 GMTMon, 24 Aug 2026 16:37:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Search & Replace syntax on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 03:19:50 GMT]]>

@KRadiants said:

1: False on both counts. Here is an example line

                    <attribute id="Selectors" type="LSString" value="SelectSkills(ed664663-93b9-4070-a54b-3c7b19c0e7b4,3);SelectSpells(61f79a30-2cac-4a7a-b5fe-50c89d307dd6,2,0,BardCantrip,,,AlwaysPrepared);SelectSpells(dcb45167-86bd-4297-9b9d-c295be51af5b,4,0,BardSpells);SelectEquipment(aab8c5b5-eacf-4867-8e5f-bd4de3a9132e,1,BardInstrument);SelectAbilityBonus(b9149c8e-52c8-46e5-9cb6-fc39301c05fe,AbilityBonus,2,1)"/>

There is a blank before, and sometimes there is something before and/or after it

Otherwise, this is correct.

OK, so in this example you want to end up with:

                     <attribute id="Selectors" type="LSString" value="SelectSkills(ed664663-93b9-4070-a54b-3c7b19c0e7b4,3);SelectSpells(61f79a30-2cac-4a7a-b5fe-50c89d307dd6,BardCantrip,,,AlwaysPrepared);SelectSpells(dcb45167-86bd-4297-9b9d-c295be51af5b,BardSpells);SelectEquipment(aab8c5b5-eacf-4867-8e5f-bd4de3a9132e,1,BardInstrument);SelectAbilityBonus(b9149c8e-52c8-46e5-9cb6-fc39301c05fe,AbilityBonus,2,1)"/>

?

If that’s correct, try the same expression I suggested before, except remove the ^ from the front:

Find what: (SelectSpells\([\d\-abcdef]+),\d+,\d+
Replace with: $1

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/106178https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/106178Tue, 25 Aug 2026 03:19:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Search & Replace syntax on Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:35:09 GMT]]>1: False on both counts. Here is an example line

                    <attribute id="Selectors" type="LSString" value="SelectSkills(ed664663-93b9-4070-a54b-3c7b19c0e7b4,3);SelectSpells(61f79a30-2cac-4a7a-b5fe-50c89d307dd6,2,0,BardCantrip,,,AlwaysPrepared);SelectSpells(dcb45167-86bd-4297-9b9d-c295be51af5b,4,0,BardSpells);SelectEquipment(aab8c5b5-eacf-4867-8e5f-bd4de3a9132e,1,BardInstrument);SelectAbilityBonus(b9149c8e-52c8-46e5-9cb6-fc39301c05fe,AbilityBonus,2,1)"/>

There is a blank before, and sometimes there is something before and/or after it

Otherwise, this is correct.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/106175https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/106175Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:35:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Search & Replace syntax on Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:13:50 GMT]]>@KRadiants:

You probably want something like this:

Find what: ^(SelectSpells\([\d\-abcdef]+),\d+,\d+
Replace with: $1

That is making a few assumptions:

  1. That “SelectSpells(” always starts at the beginning of a line, with nothing (not even blanks) before it, and it’s immediately followed by the id number you want to keep.

  2. That the id number is always made up of some combination of digits, the letters a-f, and hyphens.

  3. That the part you want to remove is always a comma, one or more digits, a comma, and one or more digits. No blanks, no extra commas, no letters or hyphens or anything else.

  4. That once you remove that, if there is anything after the two commas and numbers, you want to keep all of it.

If one of those assumptions is not true, you’ll have to explain more precisely what is true.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/106174https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/106174Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:13:50 GMT