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    • byron blackmore
      byron blackmore last edited by

      I would like to find all paragraphs in a document that do not contain “2016” and delete them. Is there an expression for that?

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      • Scott Sumner
        Scott Sumner @byron blackmore last edited by Scott Sumner

        @byron-blackmore

        Probably but can you be precise as to what your meaning of paragraph is?

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        • byron blackmore
          byron blackmore last edited by

          Sorry for not replying earlier. I’ll watch more closely from now on. By paragraph I mean a string between paragraph markers. In notepad++ they show as two black boxes that say “CR LF”

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          • Scott Sumner
            Scott Sumner @byron blackmore last edited by

            @byron-blackmore

            Well, most people call what you’ve defined “lines” and not “paragraphs”, but that’s why I asked.

            You can remove all lines not containing 2016 as follows:

            Find what: ^((?!2016).)*\R
            Replace with: make sure this is empty
            Search mode: Regular expression

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            • byron blackmore
              byron blackmore last edited by

              That works. Thank you very much!

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