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jhonny625
jhonny625

Reputation: 286

replace after "word" character by character in notepad ++?

I have a STRING

"wordride plain fire "

I have tried to replace with Regular Expressions:

In Notepad ++, it does not change the text but it works in regex101 (https://regex101.com/r/aI6gE1/2), where i replaces characters after word as follows

Can you help me to see the error or give me a workaround in Notepad ++ for this purpose: replacing string after "word" character by character using a group not included in match group

Please help me

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1170

Answers (2)

Wiktor Stribiżew
Wiktor Stribiżew

Reputation: 626748

The answer is yes, it is possible to do with Notepad++ BUT only with the help of a PythonScript plug-in.

Get the plugin ready, and create the following script:

import re

regex = r"^(word)(.+)"

def process_match(match):
    return "{0}{1}".format(match.group(1), "".join([match.group(1) for x in list(match.group(2))]))
editor.rereplace(regex, process_match)

The ^(word)(.+) pattern will match a line with word at its start into Group 1 and all the rest of the line into Group 2.

The "{0}{1}".format(match.group(1), "".join([match.group(1) for x in list(match.group(2))])) will paste the Group 1 value into the result first (see format(match.group(1)) and then "".join([match.group(1) for x in list(match.group(2))]) will replace each character in Group 2 with the value in Group 1.

This text:

word1
word1 2
wordride plain fire

will turn into:

enter image description here

NOTE: You can control how many chars after word are replace with word by adjusting (modifying) the (.+) pattern.

Upvotes: 1

Jean-Francois T.
Jean-Francois T.

Reputation: 12920

It's hard to understand exactly what you want to do but the following is working based on your examples:

  • Find: ^((word)+).
  • Replace with: $1$2

Upvotes: 0

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