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    • ConteudoAnimal com brC
      ConteudoAnimal com br
      last edited by

      Hello people,

      I have a question

      I’m using regular expression to find and replace

      on search : ^case “/[a-Z0-9].php" (fine)
      on replace: ^case "/[a-Z0-9]
      .php”: (issue)

      It finds no issue but it replace incorrect

      It finds case “/123.php” and replace to ^case “/[a-Z0-9]*.php”: and not case “/123.php”: as I expected :-((

      Thanks in advance for any help …

      thanks a lot !

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      • Scott SumnerS
        Scott Sumner @ConteudoAnimal com br
        last edited by Scott Sumner

        @ConteudoAnimal-com-br

        Ugh. See the italics in your expressions? You have * in there that are being consumed by this site. Put your regular expressions inside a pair of grave accents: `like this` so we can see what you really mean (the grave accents will keep this site from messing with special characters). Examine what you are composing in the Preview pane and if it doesn’t match what you intend, keep revising until it does before pressing Submit.

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        • Scott SumnerS
          Scott Sumner @ConteudoAnimal com br
          last edited by Scott Sumner

          @ConteudoAnimal-com-br

          So as I said without proper formatting it is hard to tell, but I think this line gives us a clue:

          It finds case “/123.php” and replace to ^case “/[a-Z0-9]*.php”: and not case “/123.php”
          

          You need to use a capture group–using parenthesis–in the find part and then refer to the group in the replace part (by number).

          So maybe:

          Find what: ^case "/(\w+)\.php"
          Replace with: ^case "/\1.php":

          I made some other tweaks, hopefully I am interpreting your need correctly.

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          • ConteudoAnimal com brC
            ConteudoAnimal com br
            last edited by

            Scott

            Thanks a lot … worked perfect …

            I learnt I need to put a sentence and left next blank to not get italics … sorry it was my first post on forum :)

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            • Scott SumnerS
              Scott Sumner
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