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    • Mårten AxelssonM
      Mårten Axelsson
      last edited by

      Hello!
      Im sure this question is answerd somewhere in this forum but i dont know what to look for.

      I have a text file that i want to search in. I want notepad++ to display all results containing this for example:

      If i search for c*r notepad++ should display results like: car, cob, cer etc.

      Anyone can help me with this? :)

      Have a nice day

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      • gerdb42G
        gerdb42
        last edited by

        Search for “Regular Expression” or “RegEx”. You will find lots of information in this Forum.
        You may also want to look at http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_65_1/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/syntax.html for RegEx syntax.

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        • NippurDeLagashN
          NippurDeLagash @Mårten Axelsson
          last edited by

          @Mårten-Axelsson

          In the “Find” dialog there is “Search Mode” group box. Just select the option labeled “Regular expression”.

          You can find explanations about regular expressions here:

          http://www.regular-expressions.info/tutorial.html

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          • Meta ChuhM
            Meta Chuh moderator
            last edited by

            @Mårten-Axelsson

            solution:
            make a regex search for c(.?)r
            this will find and highlight the whole search string, if it is beginning with c, ending with r, and having any single character in between

            if you want to search for anything beginning with c, ending with r, but having an unknown ammount of characters or spaces in between, use c(.*?)r

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            • Mårten AxelssonM
              Mårten Axelsson
              last edited by

              Thanks alot guys! =)

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