adding comma between numbers

Rabin malkom

hi
how we can add comma between numbers for all lines
like this below:
“20:91BB80FB70A60DB6BFE53795BAD7EA851D8A44F212DD8A600679A835BCF7D433”=hex:3E015B4C179BC4275937EE946235EF5C

“20:91BB80FB70A60DB6BFE53795BAD7EA851D8A44F212DD8A600679A835BCF7D433”=hex:3E,01,5B,4C,17,9B,C4,27,59,37,EE,94,62,35,EF,5C

Alan Kilborn

This could work. Search for ("..:.{64}"=hex:)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..)(..) and replace with ${1}${2},${3},${4},${5},${6},${7},${8},${9},${10},${11},${12},${13},${14},${15},${16},${17}. Use Regular expression search mode. It isn’t very “restrictive” on what it matches, but it could work (or you could make it more restrictive).

guy038

Hello, @rabin-malkom, @alan-kilborn and All,

Not so hard ! I just assume that, only hexadecimal digits occur, right after the string =hex:. My solution is shorter than Alan’s one because I’m using the very useful assertion \G ;-))

Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )
SEARCH (?-is)(=hex:\K|\G)..(?!$)
REPLACE $0,
Tick the Wrap around option
Select the Regular expression expression mode
Click, exclusively, on the Replace All button ( Due to the \K syntax you must not use the Replace button ! )

Notes :

First, the in-line modifiers :
- Forces a non-insensitive way of searching ( (?-i) )
- Forces the regex engine to interpret the regex . dot character as standing for a single standard char, only and not EOF chars ( (?-s) )
Then, the part (=hex:\K|\G) is an alternative between 2 zero-length locations :
- The location right after the string =hex:, due to the \K syntax, which , in addition, resets the current search
- The location right after the previous search ( \G ). So, after any two hexadecimal digits, previously matched
Now, the part .. simply matches two single standard characters
Finally, the negative look-ahead syntax (?!$) means that the overall match occurs only if not followed with the end of the scanned line ( $ )
In replacement, the $0, syntax rewrites the overall match ( i.e. the two hexadecimal digits ), followed with a comma

Best Regards,

guy038

PeterJones

@guy038 said in adding comma between numbers:

because I’m using the very useful assertion \G

Nice.

FYI, i’ve just tasked myself with npp-usermanual/issues/52, because the searching.md docs specifically forbid \G (apparently, older version of boost library didn’t accept it – actually, apparently boost 1.55 also accepted \G, so the old Wiki had been out of date for a long time; fortunately, we have the framework to fix the usermanual now, unlike in the locked-wiki days :-).)

guy038

Hi, @peterjones, and All,

It necessary to point out that, in Notepad++, the \G assertion, in addition to the very end of the previous search, also matches :

The very beginning of the subject text ( obvious )
Any new location, deliberately created by the user, by moving the present caret location to an other one, between two clicks on the Replace button, when possible !

Cheers,

guy038