Replace 0 with 0.000

Lakhwinder Singh

I have weather data to use for simulation. In that data, I want to replace only 0 in a single line to 0.000 such as

0
0.221
1.021
0
0
0.223
to
0.000
0.221
1.021
0.000
0.000
0.223
I tried several ways but it select 0.221 also, but I no need to select this. only need to select 0 in a single line without a decimal.

PeterJones

@Lakhwinder-Singh ,

Under the assumption that you literally mean just 0 => 0.000, and nothing else; and under the assumption that the numbers always start at the beginning of the line, like you showed in your example data:

FIND = ^0(?!\.)
REPLACE = 0.000
Search Mode = regular expression

The ^ means “beginning of line”. The 0 is a literal character. And (?!\.) says “only if the next character is NOT a literal decimal point”.

If the assumptions I made are not accurate, this will likely not work for you. If you have other conditions, or example data that is matching when it shouldn’t, or isn’t matching when it should, then you need to supply that data. Please read and understand the recommendations below.

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Lakhwinder Singh

@PeterJones Thanks, it worked and solved my issue.
It really saved my time.