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Pawan
Pawan

Reputation: 32331

Eclipse : search for only a particular word under Eclipse IDE

Is it possible to search for only a particular word under Eclipse IDE . For example i need to search for a word "sub" .

But the problem is that , when i did ctr l + H and typed the word "sub" , it producing all matching results such as submit ----etc , but i want the exact word "sub" in my Search .

Please let me know if its possible ??

Thanks in advance .

Upvotes: 5

Views: 15673

Answers (3)

Joydeep Roy
Joydeep Roy

Reputation: 65

Select the word and then press Ctrl+Alt+letter(G) it will search the word where it is used.

Upvotes: 1

Ashutosh Jindal
Ashutosh Jindal

Reputation: 18867

Try using regular expressions in the File Search Dialogue (Ctrl + H). You can use the word boundaries modifier \b like so :

Eclipse Regular Expression Search

\bsub\b asks eclipse to search for all matches in which sub is both followed and preceded by a word boundary. Read more about word boundaries here.

Here is a sample snapshot of the Search Results using the above:

Word Boundaries Search

If you want to restrict the search to the current project then try selecting 'Enclosing Projects' radio option. This option will be disabled if you don't already have a file from the Project opened. To get past this annoyance, I would recommend creating a Working Set with just the project(s) of interest and then restricting the search on that Working Set.

Upvotes: 15

aleroot
aleroot

Reputation: 72676

You can do it from Find/Replace menu (CTRL+F) and flagging the Whole word option :

Find Replace

Otherwise from the standard Search menu(CTRL+H) you can achieve the same result using an appropriate regular expression, in your case you just need to append a space after(or/and before) the sub text and you will get only the whole word.

Upvotes: 1

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