<![CDATA[Deleting multiple lines]]>I know it’s possible but I think I’m having a senior moment ( or brainfart) but I want to delete segments of code from <string> to </string> that spans multiple lines in lots of places with different text in the same file. This is from a game that publishes a discoveries file to help plugin makers find and use the appropriate itemID and itemNames within their plugin.

For example:
<FirstLearnedBy>
<ServerNameA>AlphaShard</ServerName>
<Player>JohnDoe</Player>
<Guild>HomeBros</Guild>
<Date>June 12, 2015</Date>
<ServerNameB>BravoShard</ServerName>
<Player>JaneWest</Player>
<Guild>RealGirrrls</Guild>
<Date>April 24, 2015</Date>
</FirstLearnedBy>

That goes on for about 60-72 lines and spams the file. I obviously don’t need it for my addon but sitting here deleting each section takes ages in a 500,000+ file for every recipe in the game. I’m also deleting the non-English translations of each recipe and material used.

Thanks in advance for any help.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/13599/deleting-multiple-linesRSS for NodeFri, 16 Oct 2026 12:24:21 GMTFri, 07 Apr 2017 00:00:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting multiple lines on Fri, 07 Apr 2017 18:58:31 GMT]]>That did the trick. Thank you.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23415https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23415Fri, 07 Apr 2017 18:58:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting multiple lines on Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:09:45 GMT]]>@Norson-Teeferly

So for what you’ve specified, the following should work:

Find what: (?s)<FirstLearnedBy>.+?</FirstLearnedBy>
Replace with: make sure this box is empty
Search mode: Regular expression

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23402https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23402Fri, 07 Apr 2017 12:09:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Deleting multiple lines on Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:39:29 GMT]]>@Norson-Teeferly I think you could use regex in Find/Replace form. You could try/learn regex - http://regexr.com/

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23399https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/23399Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:39:29 GMT