Regex needed!! Please help

Francesco Ferrari

Hello guys,

I got this text:

{"attributes":{"_createdAt":1618301958087,"_snowProperties":{"protected":false},"_updatedAt":1618406370533,"description"

I need to replace and the results be like this:

{"attributes":{"description"

Can someone please help?

Thanks for the attention.

PeterJones

@Francesco-Ferrari

Assuming you don’t care what’s between the start and the “description” but just want to cut out most of the middle stuff, I think you might want

FIND = (\{"attributes":\{).*?("description")
REPLACE = $1$2
Search Mode = Regular Expression

The advice below will help you give more information if this solution wasn’t sufficient for you.

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Francesco Ferrari

Thanks!!! You just saved hours of editing!!! :)