[user]

hello

can you tell me please how to:

1) select all lines containing a string
2) select all lines NOT containing a string

thanks

[me75]

If it can copy or delete all “find highlight”,you can.
:D

[user]

sorry didnt got it

I said ‘lines’

[Yutaka Emura]

user wrote:
hello

can you tell me please how to:

1) select all lines containing a string
2) select all lines NOT containing a string

thanks

Did you try these macros?

http://www.emeditor.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=8&lid=170
http://www.emeditor.com/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=8&lid=169

[user]

I have tried them and they dont do what I need

they just create a new text file with the lines that contain or not a string

I want to SELECT the lines that contain or not a specific string

and then either copy them, or DELETE them, preserving the structure of the document (preserving newlines, etc)

[Michael Beijer]

@Yutaka: Those two links are dead, but I would love to try them out as I need to extract all lines in my text file containing a period (.).

Michael

[Mr KT]

I typically use bookmarks for this scenario.

1) select all lines containing string
a. use the Find dialog box to search for string, click bookmark button
b. Edit menu – bookmarks – Selected bookmarked lines

2) select all lines NOT containing string
a. use the Find dialog box to search for string, click bookmark button
b. Edit menu – bookmarks – Invert bookmarks
c. Edit menu – bookmarks – Selected bookmarked lines

Should be trivial to create macro for these.

[Yutaka Emura]

Hello,
You can also use the Filter feature to do just these, and so these macros are not necessary anymore.

[Michael Beijer]

Wow, thanks!

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