Search and replace with wildcards

Corné Haast

I have read the wiki, but it’s so overwhelming when I see all the possibiities. For you maybe a simple solution:
I want to remove strings of characters which all start with “sdval=” , but the next characters are all different, and the number of characters is not always the same.
e.g. : sdval=“28076” or sdval=“2.17” both must be removed with the same search and replace action.

Thank you for your help

Claudia Frank

@Corné-Haast

are the quotes part of the real text, meaning
is it sdval=“28076” or sdval=28076
Comes something after this which is always the same? Maybe always a space?
Must only the digits be replaced or sdval as well?

Cheers
Claudia

Corné Haast

@Claudia-Frank Yes “” uncluded, and yes, there is always a space after it.

Claudia Frank

@Corné-Haast

open find/replace dialog and check regular expressions. (bottom left)
For find use:

 sdval=".+?"

and for replace your value.

The regex looks for sdval=" literally followed by any char until the next double quote appears.

. = any char
+ = at least one char expected
? = non-greedy

More infos how npps regex engine works can be found here.

Cheers
Claudia