My bad ! So, if I interpret your intended result, strictly, the regex S/R becomes :

SEARCH (?s)object((?!object).)+?type=2((?!object).)+?\K\babc(?=\h*=)

REPLACE **aaa**

Hope this version is the good one ! Of course, you may change the line type=2 and/or the variable abc as you like !

Cheers,

guy038

P.S. :

An other formulation of the search regex, using the free-spacing mode (?x) , would be :

SEARCH (?xs) object ((?!object).)+? type=2 ((?!object).)+? \K\b abc (?=\h*=)

For instance, the following search regex would search for the variable abc, in any object block containing, either, the line type=2 or type=3

SEARCH (?xs) object ((?!object).)+? type=[23] ((?!object).)+? \K\b abc (?=\h*=)

Here is the intended result

object={
...
type=1
b={
abc= 123
def = 456
ghi=789
}
}

object={
...
type=2
b={
**aaa**= 987
bbb = 654
ccc=321
}
}

object={
...
type=3
b={
abc= 000
fed = 001
ihg=002
}
}

object={
...
type=2
b={
**aaa**= 987
bbb = 654
ccc=321
}
}

Ah OK ! So the variable abc contains the string 123. However my reasoning remains identical :

I supposed that you want to change the string 987 of the variable abc, when inside an object block, containing the line Type = 2, by any personal string, inserted in the Replace zone !

A better regex, which catches any value of the variable abc, would be :

SEARCH (?s)object((?!object).)+?type=2.+?abc=\x20\K.+?$

May be, the best would be to show us a piece of your initial text and your final expected text ! to verify if we’re speaking about the same thing :-)

See you later !

BR

guy038

So it is a very common problem here that people don’t provide BEFORE and AFTER data examples.

@guy038 assumed that you were interested in the number after abc= when it appears (I think) that you are more interested in the abc itself.

@guy038 said in Multiple word search and replace within a range start with xxx and end with yyy:

REPLACE Your Integer !

I can’t give you advices about a Python script solution but this regex S/R seems to work nice :

• SEARCH (?s)object((?!object).)+?type=2(.+?)abc=\x20\K987

or

• SEARCH (?s)object((?!object).)+?type=2(.+?)abc=\x20\K\d+    if you’re looking for any integer value fore abc

• REPLACE Your Integer !

• Tick the Wrap around option

• Select the Regular expression search mode

• Click on the Replace All button

Best Regards,

guy038