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  • Hellena CrainicuH

    Regex: Find those files that doesn't contain the same link in 2 different html tags

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    Vasile CarausV

    happy Easter, friends.

    Another solution can be next one:

    Select the link you want from canonical line: (<link rel="canonical" href=")(.*?)(" \/>) Select the second link from ru section: (alt="de" \/></a>&nbsp; <a href=")(.*?)(><img src="index_files\/flag_lang_ru) Combine these 2 regex in the same way (.*?) and put (\2) on second link, after (.*?) (this selects the second bracket, so the link in the canonical line)

    So the regex become: (<link rel="canonical" href=")(.*?)(" \/>)(.*?)(alt="de" \/></a>&nbsp; <a href=")(.*?)(\2)(><img src="index_files\/flag_lang_ru)

    eventualy, we can try (?!\2) instead of (\2) and make a FIND with .matches newsline

    So the regex become: (<link rel="canonical" href=")(.*?)(" \/>)(.*?)(alt="de" \/></a>&nbsp; <a href=")(.*?)(?!\2)(><img src="index_files\/flag_lang_ru)

    Don’t know why is not working. I believe my thinking was correct. :)

    <link rel="canonical" href="https://mywebsite.com/en/truth.html" /> <meta name="copyright" content="me, https://mywebsite.com/"/> <link rel="sitemap" type="application/rss+xml" href="rss.xml" /> <link rel="image_src" type="image/jpeg" href="https://mywebsite.com/icon-facebook.jpg" style="display:none"/> <meta itemprop="image" content="https://mywebsite.com/icon-facebook.jpg"/> <meta property="og:image" content="https://mywebsite.com/icon-facebook.jpg"/> <meta property="og:type" content="article" /> <meta property="fb:app_id" content="2156440"/> <meta property="fb:admins" content="16454242"/> <meta property="og:url" content="https://mywebsite.com/en/other-car.html"/> <body> TEXT TEXT <div class="search"> <div align="left"> <a href="https://mywebsite.com/hope.html"><img src="index_files/flag_lang_ro.jpg" title="ro" alt="ro" width="28" height="19" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mywebsite.com/fr/book.html"><img src="index_files/flag_lang_fr.jpg" title="fr" alt="fr" width="28" height="19" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mywebsite.com/en/truth.html"><img src="index_files/flag_lang_en.jpg" title="en" alt="en" width="28" height="19" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mywebsite.com/es/green.html"><img src="index_files/flag_lang_es.jpg" title="es" alt="es" width="28" height="19" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mywebsite.com/pt/yellow.html"><img src="index_files/flag_lang_pt.jpg" title="pt" alt="pt" width="28" height="19" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mywebsite.com/ar/truth.html"><img src="index_files/flag_lang_ae.jpg" width="28" height="19" title="ar" alt="ar" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mywebsite.com/zh/truth.html"><img src="index_files/flag_lang_zh.jpg" width="28" height="19" title="zh" alt="zh" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mywebsite.com/hi/truth.html"><img src="index_files/flag_lang_hi.jpg" width="28" height="19" title="hi" alt="hi" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mywebsite.com/de/truth.html"><img src="index_files/flag_lang_de.jpg" width="28" height="19" title="de" alt="de" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mywebsite.com/ru/truth.html"><img src="index_files/flag_lang_ru.jpg" width="28" height="19" title="ru" alt="ru" /></a> TEXT TEXT <div id="pixxell"> <a href="https://mywebsite.com/en/book-miracle.html">I find a miracle </div> TEXT TEXT
  • R kR

    Deleting First line and last two lines from multiple text files.

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    Alan KilbornA

    @Italo-Marinho said in Deleting First line and last two lines from multiple text files.:

    I want to erase the first 50 lines from my files

    Try searching for \A(?-s)(?:.*\R){50} and replacing with nothing.

  • Javier RiosJ

    Reset Notepad++ UI

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    PeterJonesP

    @Javier-Rios ,

    If you happen to come back: does CCleaner give a report of what registry and other items it cleans/deletes? That report might be able to tell us what entry is causing the problem in the first place.

  • Ahmed ObaidA

    Cut the first line of a file and paste it in another file.

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    Ahmed ObaidA

    @Terry-R said in Cut the first line of a file and paste it in another file.:

    Indeed there is a faster method. record a macro that emulates the keystrokes you are using and save it. Then you can run the macro and it will repeat those steps without fail everytime.

    You can’t believe how many clicks you’ve saved me. Thanks for your detailed answer.
    That did the trick for me.

  • Robin TyersR

    Dash and Hyphen - no visible difference

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    guy038G

    Hi, @alan-kilborn,

    Again, as for the https://graphemica.com link, many thanks for pointing us to the https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/ site !

    Just for information, the main sections are :

    https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/ : Home https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/charsets : List of Character Sets https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/block : List of Unicode Blocks https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/category : List of Unicode Categories https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/scripts : List of Unicode Scripts https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/html : List of HTML Entities https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/search?q : List of Unicode Characters INPUT Examples in the "Search" zone : - Char => Character ITSELF - U+10180 or &#x10180 => Character U+10180 ( Character : GREEK FIVE OBOLS SIGN ) - &#10180 => Character U+27C4 = U + Hex(10180) ( Character : OPEN SUPERSET )

    Cheers,

    guy038

  • Eagle3386E

    Use N++ & its syntax highlighting within Explorer's preview pane

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    Eagle3386E

    @Alan-Kilborn

    No, I didn’t.

    Glad to hear that, thanks! 👍🏻

    Even so, it would require developers to do development work.

    That’s always the basic requirement for any software change & NSIS would be way simpler than C++, at least for me… 😉

    I think there is some amount of this going on.

    Again, glad to hear that! 👏🏻

    It sounds as if you have some development expertise.

    Correct.

    A good way to get a change you want is to develop it yourself and submit it for inclusion.
    Just a thought.

    Prerequisite for that is a confirmation it’s doable in NSIS & desired to be done there - because I neither have enough knowledge to write C++ code nor think can afford enough leisure time to learn the required amount.

    Fun fact: I’ve done quite some stuff with NSIS & it’s “IDE” a couple of years ago - with actual “coding” done in N++ & using the “NSIS IDE” only for compiling… 😅

  • Prokop SuchanekP

    "Keep this file in editor?"

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    PeterJonesP

    I know I am resurrecting an ancient topic, but since a 2021 topic referred back to this thread, I thought I would correct a misunderstanding from this thread, which hadn’t been addressed.

    I checked Notepad++ v6.6.6 from June 2014 (two years before this thread), Notepad++ v7.0 (from Sep 2016, a few months after this thread), and the most-recent Notepad++ v7.9.5 from March 2021, and all three have this feature: specifically, there is a way to turn off that dialog.

    Settings > Preferences > MISC > File Status Auto-Detection, and select Disable in the drop down (or uncheck Enable’s checkbox in v6.6.6). Once that’s disabled, Notepad++ will no longer poll the filesystem, looking for either file deletions or for updates to the file, and you won’t be prompted again. With the Auto-Detection disabled, I do not see the “This file has been modified by another program” dialog, and disabling that option also eliminated the “This file … doesn’t exist anymore”, which this topic was complaining about.

  • Jo WagnerJ

    Style for Saved Search files?

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    EkopalypseE

    @Michael-Vincent

    I haven’t checked the source code, but I assume that no styles are set, probably because npp doesn’t expect the lexer to be assigned in the default views.

  • aworkerbA

    use regex to find based on 2 characters but only replace one

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    aworkerbA

    lookbehind and lookahead assertions … aren’t part of the “real” match

    That’s the concept I wasn’t able to name.

    Not sure why you made the comma a single thing inside the [ and ] …

    Because I barely know what I’m doing and was piecing it together from possibly applicable Stack Exchange posts.

    Anyway, thanks, you nailed it!

  • J BlueJ

    Collapse function - how to copy just the collapsed results from results window

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    guy038G

    Hello, @haleba-hotmail and All

    I cannot reproduce your N++ behaviour. You must run an old N++ release !

    With the v7.9.2 release ( note that the latest is v7.9.5 ) if I fold and bookmark, in any N++ XML configuration file, the <NotepadPlus> tag, then, after using the Search > Bookmark > Copy Bookmarked Lines option and pasting the clipboard contents in a new tab, I only get one line : the <NotepadPlus> line !

    Best Regards,

    guy038

  • Robin CruiseR

    Regex: Copy text between one html file to more html files (from a folder to another)

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    guy038G

    Hi, @alan-kilborn and All,

    I really should have thought a bit more, before answering ! Indeed, Alan, although the bookmarks are kept in the session.xml configuration file, there are not stored in files themselves. So, as soon as a file containing bookmarks is closed, these bookmarks are gone away the next time the file is opened, during a new N++ session !

    Sorry for all that noise !

    Cheers,

    guy038

  • Bill NealB

    Ubuntu ctrl+tab behaviour

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    Bill NealB

    @PeterJones Thank you Peter. You’re right, I’m running it using WINE. I also use N++ on Windows. I’ve never seen the behaviour I described above on Windows. Apart from this issue, it’s working really well on Ubuntu, and I’m very grateful that it does : )

  • ganesan govindarajanG

    Need to find string if don't have any tags

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    guy038G

    Hi, @ganesan-govindarajan and All,

    Ah…OK. So, whatever the contents of tags, isn’t it ?

    Then the following generic regex should work nice !

    SEARCH (?-i)<(\w+)>(?2)</\1>(*SKIP)(*F)|(\QWhatever you want\E)

    Note that the part between the \Q ( for Quote ) and \E ( for End ) is just considered as a literal range of characters !

    So, in case of a very simple text to search as, for instance, My text the \Q and \E syntaxes are not necessary and you may use this practical regex :

    SEARCH (?-i)<(\w+)>(?2)</\1>(*SKIP)(*F)|(My text)

    When tested against the text, below :

    01 <para>My text</para> 02 <blockquote>My text <!-- MISSING tag --> 03 <abc>My text</xyz> <!-- NON-regular syntax --> 04 My text <!-- MISSING tags --> 05 <ganesan>My text</ganesan> 06 <123>My text<456> <!-- NON-regular syntax --> 07 My text</blockquote> <!-- MISSING tags --> 08 <h1>My text</h1> 09 (toto)My text(/toto) <!-- NON-regular syntax --> 10 (Test)My text[/test] <!-- NON-regular syntax -->

    it would match the string My text, only in case of non-regular syntax or missing tag. So, in lines 02, 03, 04, 06, 07, 09 and 10 !

    Similarly, if you’re looking for wrong syntaxes of the This is a Notepad++ regex. sentence, it’s better to use the syntax, below, as the text, to search for, contains the + and the . signs, which are regex symbols with a special meaning :

    SEARCH (?-i)<(\w+)>(?2)</\1>(*SKIP)(*F)|(\QThis is a Notepad++ regex.\E)

    Test it against this similar sample :

    01 <para>This is a Notepad++ regex.</para> 02 <blockquote>This is a Notepad++ regex. <!-- MISSING tag --> 03 <abc>This is a Notepad++ regex.</xyz> <!-- NON-regular syntax --> 04 This is a Notepad++ regex. <!-- MISSING tags --> 05 <ganesan>This is a Notepad++ regex.</ganesan> 06 <123>This is a Notepad++ regex.<456> <!-- NON-regular syntax --> 07 This is a Notepad++ regex.</blockquote> <!-- MISSING tags --> 08 <h1>This is a Notepad++ regex.</h1> 09 (toto)This is a Notepad++ regex.(/toto) <!-- NON-regular syntax --> 10 (Test)This is a Notepad++ regex.[/test] <!-- NON-regular syntax -->

    Best Regards,

    guy038

  • Robin CruiseR

    Regex: Select the text between certain words, only from the file that contains a certain word

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    Robin CruiseR

    super answer, thank you sir @guy038

  • Olan KnightO

    The Font Changes Suddenly

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    Olan KnightO

    @Ekopalypse
    Yes, I am editing SQL. Thank you for your suggestion, I will try it!

  • Jimmy DevineJ

    nosession behavior

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    PeterJonesP

    @PeterJones said in nosession behavior:

    Your description sounds a lot like [issue #9487[(https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/9487),

    I have added my observations and Debug Info to that issue.

    If your Debug Info is different, it would be good to add yours as well.

  • Hüseyin BıçkınH

    Change number size

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    PeterJonesP

    @Hüseyin-Bıçkın ,

    If you just want to truncate, and it’s always starting with 3-or-more digits after the decimal point, then it’s relatively easy:

    To make sure you’re counting from the decimal point, we’re going to use \. to get the literal decimal point (because regex uses . to match any character.

    The next important item is the “capture group” using parentheses (...), so that whatever is inside gets saved into memory. In the replacement, use ${1} to use the value from the first capture group, ${2} for the second, and so on…

    The third important item is using * to indicate “0 or more of the previous token”.

    These three concepts are sufficient for your task:

    Find = (\.[0-9][0-9][0-9])[0-9]*(in) this finds a literal . followed by 3 digits, then 0 or more digits then the literal in, storing the decimal and three digits into group#1 and the in into group 2 (not necessary, but good practice). Replace = ${1}${2} the first group contained the decimal and 3 digits; the second group contained the in, so this means the decimal, three digits, and in.

    However, using the “quantity modifier” aka “multiplying operator”" {ℕ} allows you to have ℕ matches of whatever token or subset comes before, which simplifies your FIND expression to

    Find = (\.[0-9]{3})[0-9]*(in)

    To simplify again, there is a character escape sequence \d which is basically equivalent to [0-9] for your purposes.

    Find = (\.\d{3})\d*(in)

    If you want to do true rounding (if the 4th digit is 5 or higher, add 1, else just truncate), there is no universal regex that will do it; depending on your number of digits, you can craft a regex that will do it, but there is so much to keep track of that you don’t want to do it in regex. If you need rounding, it’s much better to do it in a scripting language like PythonScript: see “Batch Decimal Rounding” discussion and a oneliner PythonScript in the “Rounding numbers pythonscript …” discussion for some solutions.

    ----

    Do you want regex search/replace help? Then please be patient and polite, show some effort, and be willing to learn; answer questions and requests for clarification that are made of you. All example text should be marked as literal text using the </> toolbar button or manual Markdown syntax. To make regex in red (and so they keep their special characters like *), use backticks, like `^.*?blah.*?\z`. Screenshots can be pasted from the clipboard to your post using Ctrl+V to show graphical items, but any text should be included as literal text in your post so we can easily copy/paste your data. Show the data you have and the text you want to get from that data; include examples of things that should match and be transformed, and things that don’t match and should be left alone; show edge cases and make sure you examples are as varied as your real data. Show the regex you already tried, and why you thought it should work; tell us what’s wrong with what you do get. Read the official NPP Searching / Regex docs and the forum’s Regular Expression FAQ. If you follow these guidelines, you’re much more likely to get helpful replies that solve your problem in the shortest number of tries.

  • Honorata WisniewskiH

    Combine 2 texts line by line

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    Muppi KarthickM

    @guy038 said in Combine 2 texts line by line:

    (?s)

    thanks for such a valuable post. its working for me. how to merge 3 files.

  • Christof RimleC

    Exact search instead of «fuzzy search»

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    dinkumoilD

    @Christof-Rimle

    This is a frequently upcoming issue, for example see >> my comment in another thread <<.

    You should not expect that this behaviour will change in the future as it derives from Scintilla, the underlying edit component Notepad++ uses, which in turn applies an algorithm called Case Folding that is part of the Unicode standard when it performs a case insensitive search operation.

    The only way to get “exact” search results like you want them is to use case sensitive search (check option “Groß-/Kleinschreibung beachten”) because this prevents Scintilla from applying Case Folding.

  • R

    Regex - fiename as parameter in search replace

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    Terry RT

    @RaniRani said in Regex - fiename as parameter in search replace:

    How do I do fetch the filename using regex across all site?

    I’m not sure I fully understand what you want to do however I provided a solution in this post which dealt with getting the filename of each opened file in Notepad++, saving it within the file and closing the file.

    Then a regex was used to update each file by copying that filename to selected (actually all) lines within the file. As @Alan-Kilborn stated the filename isn’t available to regex as a variable you can call on, but my first step was just a macro recording the use of menu options which then allowed a regex to complete the process.

    So take a look and see if maybe it might help. Reply back to this post if you think this can help you and you need a bit of extra help.

    I’m not on a PC currently otherwise I might have provided some more details.

    Terry