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    • PeterJonesP
      PeterJones @Handa Flocka
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      @Handa-Flocka said in multiple text replacing with different text:

      it does not change anything

      Can you tell me the exact steps you took, because it works for me.

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      • PeterJonesP
        PeterJones @PeterJones
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        … for example, here’s a screen-capture video:

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        • Handa FlockaH
          Handa Flocka
          last edited by Handa Flocka

          Now it works like a charm!! I forgot some steps during the process

          both of them now are working perfectly
          it would be preferred to use python script instead of regex in this process if I am dealing with huge data?

          Thank you for your help so much appreciation man

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          • PeterJonesP
            PeterJones @Handa Flocka
            last edited by

            @Handa-Flocka said in multiple text replacing with different text:

            it would be preferred to use python script instead of regex in this process if I am dealing with huge data?

            Correct. Large amounts of data will mean that the (.*?~+\s*) capture groups grows beyond the regex capture-group memory allocated in Notepad++.

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            • Handa FlockaH
              Handa Flocka
              last edited by Handa Flocka

              got it!
              Thank you and for the effort you put on this

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              • PeterJonesP
                PeterJones @Handa Flocka
                last edited by

                @Handa-Flocka ,

                I am replying to your Chat message here. Questions like this belong in the Forum posts, not in the chat.

                Sorry If bothering you
                I have tried again to run the same py script on some random code it didn’t want to change
                code

                EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“TYPEE” MODIFIERS=shift
                

                for example I am selecting word TYPEE
                it doesn’t change at all

                My guess is that the chat window got rid of the <open> tags on most of those. But the example included TYPEE, and that’s likely all that’s critical for the replacement.

                1. Change replaceList.py so keywordText = 'TYPEE'; SAVE
                2. Open file with example text
                  EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“TYPEE” MODIFIERS=shift
                  
                3. Plugins > PythonScript > Scripts > replaceList
                4. Result
                  EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“CANADA” MODIFIERS=shift
                  
                  … So TYPEE has become CANADA

                So it works for me.

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                • Handa FlockaH
                  Handa Flocka
                  last edited by

                  @PeterJones said in multiple text replacing with different text:

                  EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“TYPEE” MODIFIERS=shift

                  @PeterJones my bad I thought the thread was locked!
                  the code works perfectly in one line
                  but If I tried something like this for example

                  EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“TYPEE” MODIFIERS=shift
                  EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“TYPEE” MODIFIERS=shift
                  EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“TYPEE” MODIFIERS=shift
                  EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“TYPEE” MODIFIERS=shift
                  
                  

                  then it will not work!

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                  • PeterJonesP
                    PeterJones @Handa Flocka
                    last edited by PeterJones

                    @Handa-Flocka said in multiple text replacing with different text:

                    then it will not work!

                    Sorry, I don’t know what you’re doing differently. With no change compared to my sequence above (that is, with TYPEE as the keyword and the same list of three countries as the replacementList), I get:

                    EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“CANADA” MODIFIERS=shift
                    EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“MEXICO” MODIFIERS=shift
                    EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“COSTA RICA” MODIFIERS=shift
                    EVENTS TYPE=keypress SELECTOR=“body>div.page_wrap>div.im_page_wrap.clearfix>div>div.im_history_col_wrap.noselect.im_history_loaded>div.im_history_selected_wrap>div>div.im_bottom_panel_wrap>div.im_send_panel_wrap.noselect>div>div>div>form>div.im_send_field_wrap.hasselect>div.composer_rich_textarea” CHARS=“TYPEE” MODIFIERS=shift
                    

                    Since my list only had 3 countries, the fourth TYPEE remains unchanged.

                    Here is my exact replaceList.py with your data:

                    # encoding=utf-8
                    """in response to https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/21225/
                    
                    Written by @PeterJones
                    
                    Searches for the value of keywordText multiple times, and replaces it with the next element of replacementList
                    """
                    from Npp import *
                    
                    keywordText = 'TYPEE'
                    replacementList = [ 'CANADA', 'MEXICO', 'COSTA RICA' ]
                    
                    counter = -1
                    
                    def nextReplacement(m):
                        global counter
                        counter += 1
                        return replacementList[counter] if counter < len(replacementList) else m.group(0)
                    
                    editor.beginUndoAction()
                    editor.replace(keywordText, nextReplacement)
                    editor.endUndoAction()
                    

                    You might want to go to Plugins > PythonScript > Show Console and look for errors. (You can right click in the console window, click Clear, then run the script again on your data file. If anything is printed in the console, it’s an error message.) The error message will likely indicate where you have a typo or syntax error in the script that was introduced when you put in your new keywordText and replacementList. If you need help with that, copy/paste the errors you see into the forum (as well as your modified copy of replaceList.py)

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                    • Handa FlockaH
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                        • Handa FlockaH
                          Handa Flocka
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                          @PeterJones After your update it’s a piece of art now!
                          thanks again

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