Hope you don’t mind my late reply ! So, given the 8 lines "aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+", which end, each, with a word, after the = separator sign

"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Appraise
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Bluff
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Concentration
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Test
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Shadowfire
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Omega
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=OK
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=The End

and the regex S/R :

SEARCH (?-is)Appraise(?=.+=(.+))|=.+

REPLACE ?1\1

• First, the (?-is) forces the regex search to be sensitive ( non-insensitive !) to the case and the dot . regex character to represents any single standard character and not an End of Line character

• Then it matches any of the two alternatives, giving priority to the first one

  • The regex (?-is)Appraise(?=.+=(.+))

  • The regex =.+

• If the first alternative is chosen, it, then, matches the Appraise string but only if the look-ahead feature is verified. That is to say if there is, further on, in the same line, a = sign, followed by some standard characters, which ends the current line. As this condition is, by construction, always true, the part after the = sign is, thus, stored as group 1

As soon as the = location is reached, by the regex engine, no more = sign can be found, afterwards. So, the first alternative cannot be matched, anymore, in current line !

• But, now, the second alternative =.+ matches all the end of line, beginning with the = sign

• In replacement, ?1\1 is a conditional structure, which means :

  • If group 1 exists, we replace the string Appraise with the contents of group 1

  • If group 1 does not exist, we do not rewrite anything. So, the range of characters beginning with the = sign till the end of current line, is deleted

Et voilà !

Cheers

guy038

Just explain me the various operations that you need to perform, and maybe, some of them could be gathered in a same regex S/R ;-))

And, of course, I don’t mind explain my previous regex , if you would like to !

See you later,

Cheers,

guy038

Again, with a S/R using regular expressions, there’s a solution ;-))

• Organize all the names of the variables as a list, one per line, beginning with a separator character, not already used in your text ( For instance, the #, the = or the @ symbol )

  • Choosing the equal sign as a separator, here is, below, a sample list of 8 names :

=Appraise
=Bluff
=Concentration
=Test
=Shadowfire
=Omega
=OK
=The End

• Then, using the column mode ( or rectangular selection ), copy the selection of names in the clipboard

• Now, recopy, with the Ctrl + D command, the first line which is to be changed, as many times, than the number of lines of the previous list ( 8 ), as a template, giving :

"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"

• Then, placing the cursor at the end of the first line, simply, paste the rectangular selection. You should obtain the following list :

"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Appraise
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Bluff
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Concentration
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Test
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Shadowfire
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=Omega
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=OK
"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"=The End

• Finally, open the Replace panel ( Ctrl + H )

• Select the Regular expression search mode

• In the Find what: and Replace with: zones, type the regexes below :

SEARCH (?-is)Appraise(?=.+=(.+))|=.+

REPLACE ?1\1

• Click on the Replace button, as many times as necessary

Et voilà ! You’ll get the expected text, below :

"aAppraise|0|Appraise "+Appraise+"/"eval(+mAppraise+)" "+cAppraise+"
"aBluff|0|Bluff "+Bluff+"/"eval(+mBluff+)" "+cBluff+"
"aConcentration|0|Concentration "+Concentration+"/"eval(+mConcentration+)" "+cConcentration+"
"aTest|0|Test "+Test+"/"eval(+mTest+)" "+cTest+"
"aShadowfire|0|Shadowfire "+Shadowfire+"/"eval(+mShadowfire+)" "+cShadowfire+"
"aOmega|0|Omega "+Omega+"/"eval(+mOmega+)" "+cOmega+"
"aOK|0|OK "+OK+"/"eval(+mOK+)" "+cOK+"
"aThe End|0|The End "+The End+"/"eval(+mThe End+)" "+cThe End+"

By this means, you can customize any number of lines, at once !!

Of course, if you used, for instance, the @ separator, instead of the = sign, you must modify the regex as below :

SEARCH (?-is)Appraise(?=.+@(.+))|@.+

And if you used the # symbol, the search regex is changed into :

SEARCH (?-is)Appraise(?=.+#(.+))|#.+

Best Regards,

guy038