Reorganize numbers

Handa Flocka

Hello
I have a form like this:
seven characters - three numbers - two - two numbers
live example:
7777777 - 123 - 12 - 12
I want to reorganize the form and put every three i have in list in the last of the line
to become like this
7777777 - 12 - 12 - 123

is this possible by using notepad++?
Thanks!

Handa Flocka

“-” is just for separation purpose my form has no “-” inlcluded just spaces

guy038

Hello, @handa-flocka, and All,

No problem with the regular expression support, natively included within Notepad++ !!

We’re going to divide any line, with the layout dddddd•••••ddd•••••dd•••••dd ( where d represents a single digit and ••••• any range of characters ) into 7 parts which are stored as group 1, 2,… up to 7

Then, in replacement, we just re-organize the order of these seven groups !

Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )
SEARCH (?-s)^(\d{7})(.+?)(\d{3})(.+?)(\d\d)(.+?)(\d\d)$
REPLACE \1\2\7\4\5\6\3
Tick preferably the Wrap around option
Select the Regular expression search mode
Click once on the Replace All button or several times on the Replace button

Notes :

The first part (?-s) ensures that each regex . symbol will match a single standard character only
Note that any \d syntax represents an individual digit, possibly repeated
Any part .+? stands for the smallest range of non-null standard characters between two numbers
Each group n is created by embedding an expression between parentheses, in the search regex and re-used , in replacement, with the \n syntax

Best Regards

guy038

Handa Flocka

Thank you!! @guy038
I got it and I got the idea thanks for further explanations