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Greg
Greg

Reputation: 63

Keep the RegExp search value and add

How do I return the value I searched for in RegExp and then add my modifier? For example the following RegExpression will search for any word between the comma's. 

[^,\s][^\,]*[^,\s]*

The following is my input:

Biscuit, Pudding, Pizza, Beans

However I can't find a way to add a word like "Cheese-" to those words. The expected output would be:

Cheese-Biscuit, Cheese-Pudding, Cheese-Pizza, Cheese-Beans

Upvotes: 1

Views: 128

Answers (2)

acarlon
acarlon

Reputation: 17272

Update-you have changed to say notepad++. I will leave in case useful to someone else.

Assuming Javascript (since you mention RegExp):

var str = "Biscuit, Pudding, Pizza, Beans";
var patt1 = /[^,\s][^\,]*[^,\s]*/g;
var result = str.replace(patt1,"Cheese-" + "$&");

Output:

Cheese-Biscuit, Cheese-Pudding, Cheese-Pizza, Cheese-Beans

$& inserts the matched substring.

/g does global match - all matched words.

See here for more information.

Upvotes: 1

revo
revo

Reputation: 48751

Do a CTRL+H in Notepad++, in replace window search mode block, check Regular Expression. then in Find what field type : ([^,\s][^\,]*[^,\s]*) and in Replace with field type: Cheese-\1 then replace all, you'll see this result:

Cheese-Biscuit, Cheese-Pudding, Cheese-Pizza, Cheese-Beans

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Upvotes: 2

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