Find paragraph of X words containing multiple keywords ?

guy038

Hello, @n_antiyou, @peterjones, @alan-kilborn and All

For 6 keywords, you can use that mono-line regex , below, in free-spacing mode, which enables you to place any space within this long regex for a better readability !

SEARCH / MARK (?xs-i) (?=(\W+ \w+){0,299} \W+ Word_1) (?=(?1){0,299} \W+ Word_2) (?=(?1){0,299} \W+ Word_3) (?=(?1){0,299} \W+ Word_4) (?=(?1){0,299} \W+ Word_5) (?=(?1){0,299} \W+ Word_6) (?1){300}

Now, you may use the Search > Mark All > Using #th style in order to highlight your keywords with a specific color. Note that, for your 6th keyword, you’ll have to cheat a bit by applying two successive highlightings to the same word ! Just try to mix two styles ;-))

Best Regards,

guy038

P.S. :

Note that the syntax (\W+ \w+), near the beginning of the regex, defines the group 1 containing the sub-regex \W+\w+, which is re-used, further on, thanks to the simple syntax (?1)

You’ll find some links to improve yourself in regexes here !

guy038

Hi, @n_antiyou and All,

As I said in my previous post, you may mix some styles, from the 5 styles, available by default, to get other colors, in order to color all your keywords !

Refer to this post by @Claudia-Frank, who, unfortunately, is no longer active on this forum ! Her contribution was quite important and she provided quantity of excellent Python scripts, too ! Let’s wish her the best and good coding moments ;-))

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/27621

With the help of the NppQCP plugin ( Quick Color Plugin ), I built up a Word image which recapitulates the main style combinations, with significant colors and their RGB coordinates

Best Regards,

guy038