[Paul99]

Hi guys,

I’m wondering if it is possible to do a find and replace with a wildcard, e.g. replace john* with tim

I tried it but it doesn’t seem to recognise the *

Cheers,

Paul

[Stefan]

Hi Paul,

please try Regular Expression, like

Find: john.+?\b
Replace: tim
[X] Regular Expression

Explanation:
. (dot) >> match an single sign
+ >> match one-or-more of the expression just before (here: the dot)
? >> here: match non-greedy (only as much as need) . (depends which editor and which settings you use)
\b >> match till an space is found

 

[Paul99]

Hi Stefan,

This is working well, I have had a look at the regular expression syntax so I can see all the settings now,

I am trying to match any term that contains (anywhere in the line) “.com”,

so I have

\.com.+

This finds all the .com’s but I want it to select what is before the .com also, for example “hello.com” I want to look for .com then select select the whole hello.com not just .com.

Best regards,

Paul

[Stefan]

The solution depends on how your real world example off “hello.com” look like.
For just “hello.com” search for \w+\.com
 
Find: \w+\.com
[X] Regular Expression
 
Explanation:
\w+ >> one-or-more (+) of “Any word character” (\w)
\. >> literal dot
com >> literal ‘com’
 
 
Even just “\w+.com” will work, but can lead to unwanted results as we search for one any-sign (.) instead of a real literal dot (\.)
 
More at the help > EmEditor Home – EmEditor Help – How to – Search >>> Regular Expression Syntax

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