Insert new line after every comma, colon AND period mark

Luís Gonçalves

Hello,

I want to make a change in a text I have in which after every comma, colon, AND period mark a new line is inserted; but I want to do all of this at the same time, with a single regular expression. Is it possible?

In the example of my question above, the resulting text would be:

I want to make a change in a text I have in which after every comma,
colon,
AND period mark a new line is inserted;
but I want to do all of this at the same time,
with a single regular expression.
Is it possible?

Thanks in advance!

P.S.:

I was doing this, to insert a new line after every comma:

Find: \,\s*
Replace with: \,\n

But it isn’t a practical solution, since I have to substitute the comma with the other characters, and the text is BIG.

Alan Kilborn

@Luís-Gonçalves said in Insert new line after every comma, colon AND period mark:

I want to make a change in a text I have in which after every comma, colon, AND period mark a new line is inserted; but I want to do all of this at the same time, with a single regular expression. Is it possible?

Find: [,:.]
Replace: \r\n
Search mode: Regular expression

Note: If you have “Windows files” which is most-typical, do not use \n without \r in front of it, when replacing. Otherwise, you may “corrupt” your data.

Luís Gonçalves

@Alan-Kilborn said in Insert new line after every comma, colon AND period mark:

@Luís-Gonçalves said in Insert new line after every comma, colon AND period mark:

I want to make a change in a text I have in which after every comma, colon, AND period mark a new line is inserted; but I want to do all of this at the same time, with a single regular expression. Is it possible?

Find: [,:.]
Replace: \r\n
Search mode: Regular expression

Note: If you have “Windows files” which is most-typical, do not use \n without \r in front of it, when replacing. Otherwise, you may “corrupt” your data.

The problem with that regex is that it deletes the commas, colons and period marks, which I don’t want to. I want to keep them as they are, while inserting a new line after them.

Alan Kilborn

@Luís-Gonçalves said in Insert new line after every comma, colon AND period mark:

The problem with that regex is that it deletes the commas, colons and period marks, which I don’t want to. I want to keep them as they are, while inserting a new line after them.

Ah, I missed that detail.

Revise the Replace: $0\r\n