removing \r lines without deleting text

[Maureen Hilton]

Help please
I want to put everything after “?” that is lower case and on a new line back onto the first line.
e.g

“What do you mean?
said Mary”

I can search ok: \r\r [a-z]
It is the REPLACE Expression that I am having trouble with. it puts the second line back to the first line after the “?” but misses out the “s” in said

e.g.,
"What do you mean? aid Mary

I am using “” to replace or \1

Thanks

[pulsar-de]

try:

search: \n\r
replace: leave empty or add a whitespace, what you prefer…

[pulsar-de]

sorry i mean: \r\n

greets pulsar

[Maureen Hilton]

Thanks but that would then move all lines.I just want to move lines that start with a lower case.

[Maureen Hilton]

@Maureen-Hilton said:

Help please
I want to put everything after “?” that is lower case and on a new line back onto the first line.
e.g

“What do you mean?
said Mary”

I can search ok: \r\r [a-z]
It is the REPLACE Expression that I am having trouble with. it puts the second line back to the first line after the “?” but misses out the “s” in said

e.g.,
"What do you mean? aid Mary

I am using “” to replace or \1

Thanks

**I want to move only the lines that start with lower case **

[Scott Sumner]

I had luck with your test data and the following, but probably without some more example text to process it won’t be quite right:

Find what: (?-i)?(\R([a-z]))
Replace with: ? \2

[Scott Sumner]

Ugh, as plaintext it screwed up my strings…let me try again as a code block:

  Find what:  (?-i)\?(\R([a-z]))
  Replace with:  ? \2

[Maureen Hilton]

@Scott-Sumner said:

Find what: (?-i)?(\R([a-z]))
Replace with: ? \2

Thanks for your help Scott :)

[guy038]

Hello Maureen and Scott,

Scott, we can even shorten your S/R in :

SEARCH (?-i)\?\R([a-z])

REPLACE ? \1, with a space between the ? and the back-reference \1

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Maureen, an other S/R, using the Look-Around feature would be :

SEARCH (?-i)\?\R(?=[a-z])

REPLACE ? , with a space AFTER the ?

This second search regex look for an interrogation mark, with the End of Line character(s), ONLY IF an lowercase letter begins the next line. However, this second syntax is not as simple as Scott’s one !

Remember that:

• The \R syntax means, among other things, any kind of normal End of Line : \r\n or \n or \r

• The interrogation mark, as it’s a special regex character, must be escaped \?, in the search part, to be searched, literally

Best Regards

guy038

[Maureen Hilton]

Hi Guy
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately I do not have a “Look-Around” feature on my Notepad ++. I have tried to research it and can find no reference to this. Maybe we have different versions of Notepad ++.

Thanks

[guy038]

Hi, Maureen,

To use the very powerful regex search feature, with the PERL syntax, you, absolutely, need an Unicode Notepad++ version >= 6.0

To get your version number, just, hit the F1 key, when a N++ session is opened

As for me, I try to “follow” the different versions, to reply, on that forum, too. So, I use ( one at a time, I’m careful ! ) any portable version, like an old Ansi 5.9.8 version, an Unicode 6.4.5 version, a 6.7.9 version and the last v6.8 version.

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You’ll find good documentation, about the new Boost C++ Regex library, v1.55.0 ( similar to the PERL Regular Common Expressions, v1.48.0 ), used by Notepad++, since its 6.0 version, at the TWO addresses below :

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/syntax/perl_syntax.html

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/format/boost_format_syntax.html

• The FIRST link explains the syntax, of regular expressions, in the SEARCH part

• The SECOND link explains the syntax, of regular expressions, in the REPLACEMENT part

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And, if you want, preferably, a general documentation on Notepad++, refer to my post, at the address below :

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/community/topic/40/real-help-wanted/3

Good reading !

Cheers,

guy038