notepadtext-editors
Notepad++'s manual is rather vague on the special character for numerical used in extended search mode.
It says: \d### – Decimal value (between 000 and 255)
but literally entering "\d###" doesn't match anything.
What I am trying to do is to replace
if VarA == 12
VarB = 1
with
if VarA == 12
Var12=1
VarB=1
Just by pure chance today I stumbled about the AnalysePlugin in NPP's Plugin Manager window and it says in its Latest update comments:
feature: please wait popup to allow user to cancel long lasting searches and a progress bar
This is not exactly what you are asking for (search AND replace), but it may be helpful for pure (long running) search.
You can run a python script within the PythonScript plugin.
If it is not yet installed, follow this guide
Create a script (Plugins >> PythonScript >> New Script)
Copy this code and save the file (for example calculate.py):
import re
counter = -1
def calculate(match):
global counter
counter += 1
return ' ' + str(counter)
editor.rereplace('(?<=# Model Data Entry)\h*\d*', calculate)
Screenshot (before):
Screenshot (after):
Best Answer
I was just looking for an answer to this question. After taking a look on the NP++ wiki, I don't think
\dis matching what we want it to match.It's not matching a regular numeric character, it's matching a byte code. Follow the
\dwith a 3-digit number and it will match the corresponding ASCII character.In other words,
\d032matches the space character,\d033matches an exclamation mark and so on. See here for a list of codes.Unfortunately, this means you can't just match "any digit" using the extended options, you'll have to use the regular expressions and find a way around the new line issue.