How to Use wildcard Regex Notepad++

Question

Hello i am new in Regex of the Notepad++ Replace Option i have alot of files that start with

#include <right/someheader.h>

and i need to convert them to

#include "someheader.h"

without loosing the someheader.h i did try using this replace method:

#include <right/.*>  

but it wont get the value of someheader.h it would simply replace it like this:

#include ".*"

Is it possible to make it work using Regex ? in Notpad++ i have seen this: https://superuser.com/questions/637476/using-wildcard-search-replace-in-notepad But i dont understand how to apply to my needs could anyone help? thanks

Answer 1

The regex to find what you're looking for would be this:

#include <right\/(.*)>

And you would want to replace it with:

#include "\1"

Anything inside brackets get stored in variables, which can be referenced with \1, \2, and so on. So this grabs anything after "right/", and stores it in the variable \1.

Answer 2

Replace the matches found by the regex:

<[^\/]*\/([^>]*)>

with

"$1"

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Explanation:

• < - matches a <
• [^\/]* - matches 0+ occurrences of any character except a /
• \/ - matches a /
• ([^>]*) - matches 0+ occurrences of any character except a > and stores it in Group 1
• > - matches a >

Before Replacement:

After Replacement: