<![CDATA[regex & new line]]>Hello

I looked around but cannot find what I was lloking for, so I explain my problem:

I get the BBCode of an image gallery hosted on ImageBam.com under this form:

[URL=<link to image number1>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number1>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number2>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number2>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number3>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number3>[/IMG][/URL]

(all on one line, evey link separated by a space)

I paste this in Notepad++ and use the regex FIND: "[/URL] ", REPLACE: “[/URL] \n”, so I get every link on a separate line (I need this for an easy classification).
Then I want to put back groups of several links on one line, and I try to use the regex FIND: “\n[URL=”, REPLACE: “[URL=”.
My problem is here: the replace window says that X occurrences have been replaced, but the display does not change. IF I do it a second time, it says that 0 occurrences have been replaced, so something must have been changed, but it is not possible to see it, and when I paste the result in the forum, I can see that the new lines have not ben removed.
Thus, I know that this regex works fine, because it works fine when I try to do it in the Wikipedia wikicode editor (with a special gadget that allows to do regex “find and replace” ).

Can someone please explain me what I could have done wrong, or a better way to do what I want with Notepad++?

TLDR: how can I remove some “new lines” with regexes?

Excuse me if my explanations can seem a little bit confuse, but English is not my mother language and it is difficult for me to explain technical things…

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/12016/regex-new-lineRSS for NodeWed, 07 Oct 2026 06:29:56 GMTMon, 27 Jun 2016 08:56:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to regex & new line on Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:22:32 GMT]]>@Andova-Begarin said:

Try it without regular expression checked, and with Extended (\n …) checked.

@guy038 said:

Hello Oli Vier,

I quite understood your post, although it’s not your mother language ( nor mine ! ) I tested your regexes and the did work nicely ! So, I suppose it should be a silly problem of options, in the Replace dialog !

guy038

Спасибо Andova & merci Guy ;)
It actually works better if “Extended (\n, \r, \t \0, \x…)” is checked.
I didn’t try this option because I do not use Notepad++ very often and I didn’t knew the use of this “Extended” option.
I am not really a programmer and I learnt regexes to have a better use of AutoWikiBrowser, an automated wiki editor, so I have only a basic knowledge of it.

Regards

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16608https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16608Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:22:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to regex & new line on Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:15:36 GMT]]>Hello Oli Vier,

I quite understood your post, although it’s not your mother language ( nor mine ! ) I tested your regexes and the did work nicely ! So, I suppose it should be a silly problem of options, in the Replace dialog !

Of course, as I, generally, work with Windows files, I used the \r\n form, instead of the Unix End of Line \n

So let’s suppose that you have, for instance, the text, below, in an unique long line, in a new tab :

[URL=<link to image number1>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number1>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number2>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number2>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number3>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number3>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number4>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number4>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number5>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number5>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number6>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number6>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number7>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number7>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number8>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number8>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number9>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number9>[/IMG][/URL]

  • Open the Replace dialog ( CTRL + H )

  • Set the Extended (\n, \r, \t \0, \x...) search mode ( IMPORTANT )

  • Uncheck the Match whole word only option, if necessary

  • Check the Match case option, if necessary

  • Select the Down direction, if necessary

  • SEARCH [/URL]

  • REPLACE [/URL]\n

  • Click on the Replace All button

=> You obtain , now, the text below :

[URL=<link to image number1>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number1>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number2>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number2>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number3>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number3>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number4>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number4>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number5>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number5>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number6>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number6>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number7>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number7>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number8>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number8>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number9>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number9>[/IMG][/URL]

  • Place the cursor, for instance, at the beginning of the line, relative to number3

  • Hold down the Shift key and press, five times, on the Down arrow

=> The lines, relative to number3, number4, number5, number6 and number7, are selected

=> The cursor should be located at the beginning of the non-selected line, relative to number8

  • Now, open, again, the Replace dialog ( CTRL + H )

  • Select the same options, as in the previous S/R

  • Check the In selection option ( IMPORTANT )

  • SEARCH \n[URL=

  • REPLACE [URL=

  • Click on the Replace All button

=> You should get, this time, the text below :

[URL=<link to image number1>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number1>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number2>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number2>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number3>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number3>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number4>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number4>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number5>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number5>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number6>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number6>[/IMG][/URL][URL=<link to image number7>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number7>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number8>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number8>[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=<link to image number9>][IMG]<link to thumbnail number9>[/IMG][/URL]

And it’s easy to verify that :

  • The previous non-selected lines, relative to number1, number2, number8 and number9, did not change

  • The selected lines, relative to number3, number4, number5, number6 and number7, have been joined, together, in an unique line

Et voilà !

Best Regards,

guy038

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16603https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16603Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:15:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to regex & new line on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:16:40 GMT]]>Try it without regular expression checked, and with Extended (\n …) checked.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16583https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/16583Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:16:40 GMT