can a regex function call a words list present in an external .txt/.csv file?

PJ

Hello guys, first of all sorry for the mistakes i will make in english, i am an italian guy who is writing using google translator.
I have a database in .csv format
Each line contains the entire personal data of a contact, including the email.
And then I have a list of 300 emails of contacts to delete from the database.
If I had 1 email to delete, I would use the formula ^.+(email1@email1.it).+$ to find the contact and replace the entire line with blank.
If I had 2 emails to delete, I would use the formula ^.+(email1@email1.it|email2@email2.it).+$ to find the 2 contacts and replace the entire 2 lines with blank.
And so on

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But if I have a list of 300 emails to delete, contained in an “email_canc.txt” file, can I recall that file within the search regex formula, to optimize the matching formula for multiple emails automatically?
Or, if this is not possible, how can I match 300 emails in my database with a simple formula?

Thanks for your help

guy038

Hello @pj and All,

So, let start with this simple database file

xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;xxxx.yyy@toto.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;yyy@abc.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;xxxx.yyy@gmail.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;hhh@123.com;aaaaaa;;;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;wwwwwwwwwwww.yy@hotmail.fr;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;hh.jjjjj@zzz.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;123456@789.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;zzzz.tttt@yahoo.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;kkk.lll.mmm@abcde.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc

And let’s suppose that your email_canc.txt file contains the 3 lines :

xxxx.yyy@gmail.com
wwwwwwwwwwww.yy@hotmail.fr
zzzz.tttt@yahoo.com

Here is a possible method :

Right after the database contents :

Add the line =====, used as a separartor
Then, append all the contents of the email_canc.txt file

We now get that text :

xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;xxxx.yyy@toto.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;yyy@abc.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;xxxx.yyy@gmail.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;hhh@123.com;aaaaaa;;;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;wwwwwwwwwwww.yy@hotmail.fr;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;hh.jjjjj@zzz.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;123456@789.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;zzzz.tttt@yahoo.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;kkk.lll.mmm@abcde.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
=====
xxxx.yyy@gmail.com
wwwwwwwwwwww.yy@hotmail.fr
zzzz.tttt@yahoo.com

Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )
- SEARCH (?s)(?-s:^.+;(.+?);.+)\R(?=.+^=====.+^\1$)|^=====.+
- REPLACE Leave EMPTY
- Tick the Wrap around option
- Select the Regular expression search mode
- Click on the Replace All button

=> You should get this final database contents :

xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;xxxx.yyy@toto.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;yyy@abc.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;hhh@123.com;aaaaaa;;;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;hh.jjjjj@zzz.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;123456@789.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc
xxxx;yyyy;zzzzzzz;tt;kkk.lll.mmm@abcde.com;aaaaaa;bbbb;;cccccc

As you can see, all the remaining lines do not contain any e-mail address, which are part of the email_canc.txt example file ;-))

Best Regards,

guy038

PJ

@guy038 thanks @guy038
great solution :)