How to join these two lines

WhoIsFaisal69

How can i join two lines which both have numbers. Try to comprehend with the example given below.

What I want:

What I’m having:

54550 4208447963
61186 7209982947
59758 1765530261
61538 7471871654
24183 1399048005
19948 6120524833
55827 7214076491
30842 9488550056
32526 4053135693
34275 8992850129

These are adjacent lines
Please note: 1st line’s number is a constant 5 digit numeric value on the other hand the 2nd line’s number may change its digits in between 8 to 14 digits

Alan Kilborn

@WhoIsFaisal69

Please don’t keep posting the same thing over and over again.
It wastes people’s time to read.

WhoIsFaisal69

@Alan-Kilborn i messed up with the previous question so i asked you in the reply but there you didn’t bothered to reply me, so i deleted that thread and started a new one. What’s the matter?

carypt

is the “what i want” and “what im having” wrong set ? so the 2 singe number lines above shall be joined to gether to a 2 number line ? . you should find out the end of line characters , menue -view-show all characters . then you should use regular expression mode in search/replace : there you would set a search string for digits (5)(or simply characters) followed by eol-line characters (unix-windows -or mac-depending) and another digit string (8-14) and again eol-charcter . you would replace it with digits(5) + space +digits (8-14). regex- tutorial : https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/15765/faq-desk-where-to-find-regex-documentation https://ryanstutorials.net/regular-expressions-tutorial/regular-expressions-basics.php#introduction s: (\d{5})(\R)(\d{8,14})(\R) r: ($1) ($3) (! you will have to add end of line characters to the replace string) the replace string gives back argument 1 and 3 from search string (in brakets) . npp only has regex values listed here (longer for search , shorter for replace): https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/syntax/perl_syntax.html https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/format/boost_format_syntax.html the last one has the end of line characters , called : newline and carriage return

Terry R

@carypt said in How to join these two lines:

(! you will have to add end of line characters to the replace string)

Please read this as constructive criticism, I mean no offence.

A trick you will learn is that since you have captured the line ending in the search code (\R), then you can use that in the replacement field by including the group number (\2) in your case. So it doesn’t matter what type of line ending the file uses, you have captured it and can use it in the replacement.

Also, you may want to format your answers a bit better. Just one long paragraph makes it a bit hard to understand. And with the s: and r: I know what they are, but sometimes newbies won’t, so consider writing things in full.

Just take your cue from some of the seasoned forum members in how to write “lovely” prose.

Cheers
Terry