Very Simple Replace Problem - but Newbie

Reply to Very Simple Replace Problem - but Newbie on Sun, 01 Apr 2018 09:07:52 GMT

Harry Martin — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 09:07:52 GMT

Works! Thank you.

Reply to Very Simple Replace Problem - but Newbie on Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:43:10 GMT

Scott Sumner — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:43:10 GMT

@Harry-Martin

Sure, I’ll do one more.

Find what zone: (?-is)ui_manufacturer=.+

Others settings are the same as the first try.

Reply to Very Simple Replace Problem - but Newbie on Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:11:59 GMT

Harry Martin — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:11:59 GMT

Thank you. Unfortunately I get wrong results. Probably I oversimplified my problem.

ui_manufacturer=aS 23 fs66-zz
ui_manufacturer= de f
ui_manufacturer=“xy”
ui_manufacturer=g h i vy
…

ui_manufacturer=ABC
ui_manufacturer=ABC
ui_manufacturer=ABC
ui_manufacturer=ABC
…

So what I mean, everything after the equation mark “=” no matter what and how long, should be replaced by the same string. All in the same line.

Reply to Very Simple Replace Problem - but Newbie on Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:04:39 GMT

Scott Sumner — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:04:39 GMT

@Harry-Martin

Well, few replacement problems are “simple” because the people asking the questions tend to oversimplify what they want (probably because they really don’t know how to ask…), but if your case is really as simple as stated, then the following should do it:

Find what zone: (?-is)ui_manufacturer=...
Replace with zone: ui_manufacturer=ABC
Search mode: Regular expression

Any basic site on regular expressions should clarify the meaning of the syntax used above.