<![CDATA[In need of Searching a list in a file (Reg Expression) but can't seem to get it to work]]>I have a list open in a file. I need to find all of the items that have M in the 5th position. I have not been able to successfully create a regular expression to pull this off…

Any ideas?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/18476/in-need-of-searching-a-list-in-a-file-reg-expression-but-can-t-seem-to-get-it-to-workRSS for NodeFri, 10 Apr 2026 16:43:20 GMTWed, 06 Nov 2019 21:31:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to In need of Searching a list in a file (Reg Expression) but can't seem to get it to work on Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:18:29 GMT]]>There were some server issues this weekend, but it’s working for me now. You might need to reload the page, and maybe even clear your browser cache and try again.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/48464https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/48464Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:18:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In need of Searching a list in a file (Reg Expression) but can't seem to get it to work on Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:02:11 GMT]]>@PeterJones am getting a 404 for this: https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/searching/#regular-expressions is this a result of the attack, or just a typo?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/48462https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/48462Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:02:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In need of Searching a list in a file (Reg Expression) but can't seem to get it to work on Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:12:22 GMT]]>The documentation for the Notepad++ regexes can be found at https://npp-user-manual.org/docs/searching/#regular-expressions

In brief (?-s) turns off “. matches newline” for the regex, regardless of the setting of that checkbox. (That’s a very useful flag in a help forum like this, where you cannot know the settings of the user’s dialog box; by using that flag, you know the state of the regex, regardless of dialog settings.)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/48374https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/48374Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:12:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In need of Searching a list in a file (Reg Expression) but can't seem to get it to work on Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:59:30 GMT]]>Alan, what are the first 5 characters mean in your Regex?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/48373https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/48373Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:59:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In need of Searching a list in a file (Reg Expression) but can't seem to get it to work on Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:31:17 GMT]]>@Steven-Brewer

If you are talking about 5th position on a line then try:

(?-s)^.{4}M

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/48362https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/48362Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:31:17 GMT