Find & replace notepad++ using regular expression

Question

I want to find text like },1{ },12{ and replace this with },{.

I need regular expression to match word like },digit{.

I have tried this but its not matching exactly:

[^\}][^\,][^\d][^\{]

Answer 1

Try this \},\d+\{ replace with },{ as mentioned.

Should match for },{ exactly and any digits in between

This is faster than lookahead and takes fewer steps (13)

Demo: [ https://regex101.com/r/ciKbse/1 ]

as compared to 49 with lookaheads (?<=\},)\d+(?=\{) [ https://regex101.com/r/cqlHCo/1 ]

Answer 2

Here is one way to do this using lookarounds. Try the following find and replace in regex mode:

Find:    (?<=\},)\d+(?=\{)
Replace: (leave empty)

This regex targets one or more digits positioned as you described, and then replaces them with nothing, effectively removing them.

Demo