Delete line containg a word + previous line

[Anass Chawki]

Hello Guys ,

I would like to get the code that deletes every line containing this /movie/ and the previous line ( / is included )

Thanks in advance

[Alan Kilborn]

@Anass-Chawki

Ugh. You can’t give a better spec than that?

How about a bit of sample data, even if you have to make it up?

[guy038]

Hello anass-chawki, and All,

Quite easy with regexes ! So :

• Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

• SEARCH (?-is)^.+\R.*/movie/.*\R

• REPLACE Leave EMPTY

• Tick the Wrap around option

• Select the Regular expression search mode

• Click once, on the Replace All button

Et voilà !

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Remarks :

• If you’re looking for the word movie, in any case ( for instance /MOVIE/ or /MoviE/ ), change the first part of the regex (?-is) with the syntax (?i-s)

• On the other hand, if you want to delete the line containing /movie/ and a true empty line, above, use the syntax below :

• SEARCH (?-is)^.*\R.*/movie/.*\R

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Notes :

• First, the in-line modifiers (?-is) :

  • Forces the search to be processed in a non-insensitive way

  • Forces to regex engine to interpret any dot ( . ) as representing a single standard character, NOT EOL character(s)

• Then, the part ^.+\R looks for a complete non-empty line, with its EOL characters

• Finally, the part .*/movie/.*\R searches any range, even null, of standard chars .*, followed with the string /movie/, with that exact case, and finally followed with an other range, even null, of standard chars .* and ended with its EOL chars \R

• This selection of complete two lines is, then, deleted, due to the Empty replacement zone

Best Regards,

guy038