Replace backslash and new line

Alan Kilborn

@Darren-Brown said in Replace backslash and new line:

Thanks for the tip.

Yea, but you didn’t follow the tip. :-(
So we really aren’t 100% that we know what your data is.
You should work with your posting here until you get the “black box” on it, like Peter shows.

Is this representative of your data?:

282882|1|IPLC|B|||ABC123 \
||N||||||N||C|30|
282882|2|IPLC|B|||TEXT \
||N||||||N||C|30|

or:

282882|1|IPLC|B|||ABC123\
||N||||||N||C|30|
282882|2|IPLC|B|||TEXT\
||N||||||N||C|30|

or:

(something else) ???

Darren Brown

Sorry I was editing and then it timed out so it should look like this.

Alan Kilborn

@Darren-Brown

Hmm, no black box. :-(

Darren Brown

No the spacing was removed so thought the image might be better. How can I retain the spacing? Thanks

PeterJones

@Darren-Brown ,

By following the tip:

```
123456789a
    Hello World after four spaces
123456789a
  Two Spaces Then This Line
```

renders as

123456789a
    Hello World after four spaces
123456789a
  Two Spaces Then This Line

Alan Kilborn

@Darren-Brown said in Replace backslash and new line:

How can I retain the spacing?

Get it showing in the black box, as Peter shows, while you are composing, before pressing Submit on your post?

Darren Brown

282882|1|IPLC|B|||ABC123 \
                                                  ||N||||||N||C|30|
282882|2|IPLC|B|||TEXT  \
                                        ||N||||||N||C|30|

Got it (hopefully) thanks.

Darren Brown

So I would like it to be -

282882|1|IPLC|B|||ABC123||N||||||N||C|30|
282882|2|IPLC|B|||TEXT||N||||||N||C|30|

Thanks

PeterJones

@Darren-Brown ,

FIND = \s*\\\s* – finds zero or more spaces, a literal backslash, and zero or more spaces (where the generic “spaces” can mean SPACE, TAB, NEWLINE, and a few other rare characters)
REPLACE = empty
SEARCH MODE = regular expression

Darren Brown

Perfect, thanks, just tried with regular expression for search mode and it does exactly what is needed. Thanks so much, I’ve been trying this for days and not getting anywhere.

PeterJones

@Darren-Brown said in Replace backslash and new line:

I’ve been trying this for days

In case you hadn’t seen it, the ? menu on the Notepad++ menu bar has a menu called “Notepad++ Online User Manual” (or similar; the phrasing changed a few versions back). This takes you to https://npp-user-manual.org/ , which has a detailed description of the application, including a rather large page on searching, and the difference betweeen Normal, Extended, and Regular Expression search modes.

Darren Brown

I must admit I read a comment somewhere saying that the help options weren’t much help so haven’t looked, but will definitely refer to it in the future. Thanks again.

Alan Kilborn

@Darren-Brown said in Replace backslash and new line:

I’ve been trying this for days and not getting anywhere.

In the future, don’t struggle so long before asking. :-)
Of course, if you like the power and simplicity of Peter’s solution, you can read more about it, and learn how to derive your own solutions, and you won’t struggle.
Look for “regular expression” in the FAQ category.

Darren Brown

@Alan-Kilborn Will do, thanks :-)