Hi, @gioacchino-piazzolla, @alan-kilborn and All,

I agree that I could have written the first regex S/R to Escape these special characters as :

SEARCH (\a)|(\x08)|(\f)|(\n)|(\r)|(\t)|(")|(')|(\\)

REPLACE \\(?1a)(?2x08)(?3f)(?4n)(?5r)(?6t)(?7")(?8')(?9\\)

But , in that case, any text is changed in a one-line text. Just give it a try with the change.log or license.txt file ! Don’t know if this syntax is expected by the OP ?

Now, I added the single quote character as I remember that the TextFX plugin can escape/unescape the ' character !

BR

guy038

Hello @dimitrov, @alan-kilborn, @peterjones, @astrosofista and All,

Two days later, I realize that my generic regex could be shortened a bit ! Reading, again, what I said in my previous post :

Part WITHOUT Hi (Part WITHOUT Hi + Hi) x 4 Part WITHOUT Hi ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | | | V V V V (?x-s) ^ ( (?! Hi ).)* ( ((?!Hi).)*? Hi ){4} ((?!Hi).)* $ # The INITIAL regex

You may see, as I did, that the regex begins with “Part WITHOUT Hi” and ( “Part WITHOUT Hi” and “Hi” ) repeated four times. So, there is a redundant part in this expression !

The initial regex should be, simply :

^ (Part WITHOUT Hi + Hi) x 4 + Part WITHOUT Hi $ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | | V V V (?x-s) ^ ( ((?!Hi).)*? Hi ){4} ((?!Hi).)* $ # The INITIAL regex

Thus, the four generic regexes to solve general cases are simplified :

To match lines containing your string, whatever the case, as a whole expression, the number of times, within the range :

(?i-s)^(?:((?:(?!(\bYour string\b)).)*?)(?2)){Your range}(?1)$

To match lines containing your string, whatever the case, the number of times, within the range :

(?i-s)^(?:((?:(?!(Your string)).)*?)(?2)){Your range}(?1)$

To match lines containing your string, with its exact case, as a whole expression, the number of times, within the range :

(?-is)^(?:((?:(?!(\bYour string\b)).)*?)(?2)){Your range}(?1)$

To match lines containing your string, with its exact case, the number of times, within the range :

(?-is)^(?:((?:(?!(Your string)).)*?)(?2)){Your range}(?1)$

For instance, all the regexes, below, are valid :

(?i-s)^(?:((?:(?!(\bHi\b)).)*?)(?2)){4}(?1)$

(?i-s)^(?:((?:(?!(Hi)).)*?)(?2)){3,5}(?1)$

(?i-s)^(?:((?:(?!(\bThis is a test\b)).)*?)(?2)){2,4}(?1)$

(?-is)^(?:((?:(?!(\bThis is a test\b)).)*?)(?2)){2,4}(?1)$

Just test them against this text below, pasted in a new tab : :

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---Hi----- ---Hi----Hi---- ---Hi----Hi-----Hi---- ---Hi----Hi-----Hi----Hi---- ---Hi----Hi-----Hi----Hi----Hi---- ---Hi----Hi-----Hi----Hi----Hi----Hi----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---This is a test----- ---This is a test----This is a test---- ---This is a test----This is a test-----This is a test---- ---This is a test----This is a test-----This is a test----This is a test---- ---This is a TEST----This is a TEST-----This is a TEST----This is a TEST---- ---This is a test----This is a test-----This is a test----This is a test----This is a test---- ---This is a test----This is a test-----This is a test----This is a test----This is a test----This is a test-----

Below, a list of the different steps in the genesis of the generic regex which should help you to understand this tricky regex !

^ ( Part WITHOUT Hi + Hi) x 4 + Part WITHOUT Hi $ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ | | | V V V (?x-s) ^ ( ( (?! Hi ).)*? Hi ){4} ( (?!Hi).)* $ # The INITIAL regex (?x-s) ^ (?: (?: (?! Hi ).)*? Hi ){4} (?: (?!Hi).)*? $ # We change all GROUPS as NON-CAPTURING, add a LAZY quantifier and notice 2 IDENTICAL blocks ! ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Gr1 V (?x-s) ^ (?: ( (?: (?! Hi ).)*? ) Hi ){4} (?: (?!Hi).)*? $ # We create a NEW group 1 AROUND the FIRST block –– –– Gr1 V (?x-s) ^ (?: ( (?: (?! Hi ).)*? ) Hi ){4} (?1) $ # We replace the 2nd BLOCK by a SUB-ROUTINE CALL to GROUP 1 (?1) ¯¯ ¯¯ Gr1 Gr2 V V (?x-s) ^ (?: ( (?: (?! (Hi) ).)*? ) Hi ){4} (?1) $ # We create a NEW group 2 AROUND the FIRST string "Hi" Gr1 Gr2 V V (?x-s) ^ (?: ( (?: (?! (Hi) ).)*? ) (?2) ){4} (?1) $ # We replace THE 2nd string "Hi" by a SUB-ROUTINE CALL to GROUP 2 (?2) (?-s)^(?:((?:(?!(Hi)).)*?)(?2)){4}(?1)$ # We suppress the FREE-SPACING mode and DELETE any SPACE character (?i-s)^(?:((?:(?!(Hi)).)*?)(?2)){4}(?1)$ # We add the CASE modifier (?i-s)^(?:((?:(?!(\bHi\b)).)*?)(?2)){4}(?1)$ # We add the \b BOUNDARIES to get a WHOLE expression ^ | For the 3 LAST regexes, STOP the SELECTION at the $ sign

You may test any of these regexes above, against the text below, pasted in a new tab. It matches only the line containing exactly four strings Hi !

---Hi----- ---Hi----Hi---- ---Hi----Hi-----Hi---- ---Hi----Hi-----Hi----Hi---- ---Hi----Hi-----Hi----Hi----Hi---- ---Hi----Hi-----Hi----Hi----Hi----Hi-----

Best regards,

guy038

@kracovwolf said in paragraph line break:

do you know if the macros are stored in notepads settings

This and other such questions are answered in the npp-user-manual.org website, which is linked inside Notepad++ as the ? menu’s Notepad++ Online Document entry.

The location of config files is described in https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/config-files/ The macros section of shortcuts.xml is described at https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/config-files/#macros The overview of macros is found at https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/macros/

@Alan-Kilborn said in Setting a user file extension is not working:

is it possible

Yes. Either put it as a UDL extension, or remove it from langs.xml

@dinkumoil

I thank you for the interest you had in helping me. I really appreciate your help.

You were absolutely right. The problem was with the 32-bit version of N++ I was using. I changed it to 64-bit and it worked perfectly.

Explanation more than simple and clear !!!

Thank you again,

Bigstarblue

@PeterJones

Oh geez! That is a fantastic collection. Thank you.

Hi, @alan-kilborn and All,

I’m totally agree with you. The legal syntax is, indeed, the special conditional syntax ((?(DEFINE)...........). Just think about the word DEFINE, in upper case !

Then, an alternative syntax could be, of course, (............)(*F). Indeed, in manuals, the DEFINE part is described as a part of regex which does never match anything, by principle !

Finally, my syntax ( the third one ), although correct, should be considered as a user’s work-around !

Cheers,

guy038

Hello @BGM-coder,

Could you confirm me that the regexes should act as below :

Case A ^[[]]: => Unchanged Case B ^[[aaaaa]]: => Unchanged Case C [[bbbbb]] not followed by (ccccc) => Unchanged Case D (eeeee) preceded by [[ddddd]] => Unchanged Case E ^[]: => Unchanged Case F [fffff] not followed by (gggggg) => [-fffff] Case G (iiiii) preceded by [hhhhh] => (-iiiii) Case H ^[jjjjj]: => [-jjjjj]:

Note that, when cases F or G occur, the respective passage fffff or iiiii may be defined or not

See you later,

Cheers,

guy038

@Emo-Ser ,

It appears you want syntax highlighting. I already gave you links to learn how to create a UDL for pug js, which will add syntax highlighting.

If, instead, you want to extend the HTML lexer, so that the pug js code is in a different color than any of the normal HTML tags, then you can add extra highlighting to a builtin lexer (like the HTML lexer) using regexes via the script EnhanceAnyLexer.py that @Ekopalypse shares in his github repo

If I have not answered your question sufficiently, then maybe you can try asking more specific questions, and someone else can try to interpret your desires and give a better answer, because I don’t know what more I can say.

Good luck.

Oh - thanks, Peter, for your time and for looking at it for me!

@Anthony-Noriega said in Regex - find string and between parenthesis values:

I’m trying. Regex ain’t easy to learn

Just as a suggestion. Break down your problem into smaller steps. You are looking for some text on a line, and then that line needs to return something else on the line. So we have 2 steps. The first is to identify a particular line. So that would suggest using the “bookmark” function. You could easily do that, then perhaps copy bookmarked lines elsewhere (another tab). Then you could erase all characters up until the first “(”. Then erase everything after the “)” bracket. These 3 steps are all very easy to achieve with regex. Indeed, they are in reality some of the first steps you would take in learning regex.

If you come to us you will likely get a 1 step complete solution, and unfortunately you will find that difficult to understand and that will likely not be helpful in you learning regex.

I always say that you have to get a good foundation in regex before attempting complicated problems, and that may also involve breaking down the problem into smaller steps so that each can possibly become a simple problem.

And while learning, if you do have a problem that you can’t overcome we WILL help if you can provide evidence of what you have tried, even if it failed. At least we can see some intent on your behalf.

Terry

Thank you much!

Hi @BlackLone-Wolf

Take a look at this thread, where you will find different ways to deal with this issue.

Have fun!

Notepad++ not automatically opening a tab for every file in its Backup folder.

The Backup folder sometimes has files that don’t correspond to any open tabs. So the Backup folder is not where the session is kept!

What you need is the actual session file. It is exported with File>Save Session..., and physically located at %AppData%\Notepad++\session.xml.
Edit: to easily get to this file, open any folder, and in the address bar at the top, paste in %AppData%\Notepad++. Or open that link with Run.

To get Notepad++ to use the session, this exact file needs to be synced. If OneDrive can’t do that, then you may have to symlink this file (or entire folder, even) with a place where OneDrive can put it.

You can learn how to symlink elsewhere on the internet; it essentially makes a shortcut, except fully live and not just a file that Windows Explorer can follow to open something else.

Hi @Nuke-Warrior

Yes, I think it’s possible. Try the following regex:

Find: (?s)^Prerequisites.*?End\R+

Leave the replace field empty.

Have fun!

@Alan-Kilborn ,

Good point. But since OP claims to be on 64-bit NPP, then the open dialog should be showing OP the real c:\windows\system32\drivers folder, because that is the official 64-bit path name.

Terry

thanks very much for the insight
i will talk to the developer of the software that is used to develop the code it is still in early stages
maybe they can incorporate some of this into the front end

as it were as best i can describe it the program is a visual pixel by pixel generation of the artwork or knitted garment then it is compiled into the code with a compiler which creates the kcode that we were looking at
at this moment there is no way to change the stitch size or a bunch of other parameters easily
other than re compiling the original file with changes which are line by line
i was just hoping without to much extra credits i could figure a way to easily edit the back end

i have used in the past some post editing software for my cnc files which allow you to edit the back end the gcode as it were which is very simular to the k code in some aspect
these editors were great you can adjust many actual parameters to the gcode very easily
but this type of stuff ahs been around for a long time

this allows you base level flexibilty if you know what your doing
gcode is developed from cad file into a machining program ie mastercam which has a compiler with presets for your machine which outputs the gcode to move the machine around

your idea of the bookmarks has been working great and thanks for the tipabout the red color it makes it easier to not screw it up

thanks again for your time
hope thing are well with you and your family in these times
have a good weekend

Another variant on this general theme that is handy is finding two words, in either order, with a certain degree of proximity. This way I can find, in my notes, words that I may not know the exact phrasing for, but that I know are going to be there, and be close to each other, when I need to look up something.

So, say I want to find foo close to bar, say within 50 characters. Maybe bar occurs before foo, but maybe not. Here’s what I’d search for:

(?s)(foo)(.{0,50}?)(bar)|(?3)(?2)(?1)

@Peter-Brawley

I don’t think it is possible.
But why don’t you paste a screenshot of it, so others can judge the “smallness”.
Maybe it is something happening only for you?

@BGM-Coder ,

Sorry. I cannot force the developers to update UDL. There are plenty of issues requesting updates – and you can feel free to add more – but there seems to be a lack of interest in working on that component. (My thought has been for years now that the developer has an idea that he’ll write a new/better UDL system “some day”, but that he keeps getting distracted with general maintenance and other, easier-to-implement features.)

In theory, someone who had the skills could write a custom plugin-based lexer, similar to the GEDCOM Lexer available in Plugins Admin, which could handle your specific needs. Or, even better, someone could write a plugin-based lexer to basically replace the UDL system, but with more powerful syntax (full regex and full unicode support in every field).

I don’t have enough of the right skills, or the time, to devote to something that major, unfortunately.