Mark all text who have word searched

[ElBriak Badr]

I have a text file like the folowing one:

#TEST Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT  |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT  |

I want to mark text who contain this word “special”
The result can be :

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT  |

I trying to use this
^(#TEST).+?special+?\|$
but the result not correct

[Alan Kilborn]

@elbriak-badr

I think a clarification for those that want to help is:

You want to mark multiple lines of text that occur between single empty lines, that contain the text special.

[ElBriak Badr]

@alan-kilborn Thanks For your Reply ,
The text like you see is started by # and ended by |

I need to mark all text who have the word special

[guy038]

Hello, @elbriak-badr , @alan-kilborn and All,

So you need to mark any range of text beginning with a # character, having the word special in the next line and then mark all chars till the nearest | character

In this case, the road map is :

• Open the Mark dialog ( Ctrl + M )

• Find what : (?-is)^#TEST.+\R.+special(?s).+?\|

• Un-tick all options

• Tick the Bookmark line, Purge for each search and Wrap around options

• Select the Regular expression search mode

• Click on the Mark All button

• Now, you can, either :

  • Click on the Copy Marked text button and paste the clipboard contents in a new tab

  • Choose the menu option Search > Bookmark > Copy Bookmarked lines and paste the clipboard contents in a new tab

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Notes,

• The search is sensitive to case, due to the in-line modifier -i ( so, not insensitive ! )

• At beginning any . matches a single standard char ( so, not the line-endings )

• After the word special, the in-line modifier (?s) means that dot matches any character, including EOL ones

Best Regards,

guy038

[ElBriak Badr]

@guy038 Thanks a lot , it’s working for any range of text beginning with a # character, having the word special in the next line , but can you please help me to search for range of text having the word special in any line ?

#TEST Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT  |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT  |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT  |

Results

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT  |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT  |

[guy038]

Hi, @elbriak-badr , @alan-kilborn and All,

Ah…, OK. In this case, we must use the (?s) modifier for the entire regex.and the goal becomes :

• A) To look for any range of text, between the string #TEST, beginnning a line, till the nearest | character

• B) This range must, of course, contains the word special

• C) The string #TEST, itself, must never occur, after each #TEST string till the word special !

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Thus, the appropriate regex is :

SEARCH (?s-i)^#TEST((?!#TEST).)+?special.+?\|

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Notes :

• To achieve the C) condition, we use a negative look-ahead condition, meaning that the range of chars, after #TEST, till the word special, must not contain the #TEST string, itself, at any position, thanks to this specific syntax ((?!#TEST).)+?

• The -i syntax, at beginning of the regex, means that the search is sensitive to case ( so not insensitive ! ) If you need a search, whatever the case, change the part (?s-i) by (?si)

Best Regards,

guy038

[ElBriak Badr]

Very wonderful ,
Thanks a lot @guy038 ,
that make me love notepad++ more !!

I am grateful for your support.