How do I search for an = sign at the end of the line followed by a newline char?

IanSunlun · Nov 16, 2022, 7:39 PM

I’m trying to do a search and replace.
I’m trying to replace =\n with nothing (i.e. removing them).

In the search field I’m putting
=\n
\=\n
(=)\n
and its not finding.

How do I search for =\n ?
(regular expression is on)

PeterJones · Nov 16, 2022, 7:42 PM

When you say =\n, do you mean you want to search for three literal characters, or the equals followed by a newline?

Because if you are trying to find equals followed by a newline, you should know that Windows CRLF files use \r\n as the newline sequence, not \n. Windows is not linux.

Also, please read the forum FAQs about formatting posts. Based on the number of edits while I was typing this, where you are trying to show your text better, it is painfully obvious that you haven’t read those FAQs.

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IanSunlun · Nov 16, 2022, 7:54 PM

@PeterJones Yes, its a literal equals sign = followed by a newline (and I am on windows).
So I guess its =\r\n … but its asking Notepad++ to search for the literal = sign I was stuck at.

edit: Ok, now I put the \r in, it is working, it is finding the =.

Alan Kilborn · Nov 16, 2022, 7:54 PM

@IanSunlun said in How do I search for an = sign at the end of the line followed by a newline char?:

So I guess its =\r\n …

Or maybe =\R

but its asking Notepad++ to search for the literal = sign I am stuck at.

I don’t understand this part.
To search for a literal = (the only kind I’m aware of), you just put = in the Find what box.

Clearly there is something we are missing here…

IanSunlun · Nov 16, 2022, 7:55 PM

@Alan-Kilborn Now that I put the \r in, it is finding the literal equals sign.
Before I was putting =\n, it should be =\r\n as I am on Windows.