search and replace a set of texts

[Nagoor Meerasa Mohammed]

Hi

I am looking to search and replace a set of text like

File 1 has the below text

3:1.428238e-001):4.577779e-002,64:9.743924e-002):7.427767e-002):2.922571e-002):3.206583e-002,((((4:7.719304e-002,5:7.767254e-002):9.925778e-002,92:1.697033e-001):2.906791e-002,(7:1.281314e-001,62:1.351362e-001):2.747034e-002):1.246730e-002,((6:9.872749e-002,7:7.750112e-002):3.270381e-002,(2:1.533366e-001,91:1.316264e-001):2.139538e-002):5.698094e-002):3.332409e-002):5.389512e-002,(2:2.990773e-001,((((((6:7.144297e-002,((5:3.452890e-002,1:7.746965e-003)

File 2 has this

1 Phalera_flavescens
2 Ochrogaster_lunifer
3 Hyphantria_cunea
4 Eudocima_salaminia
5 Eudocima_phalonia
6 Grammodes_geometrica
7 Parallelia_stuposa

Now in File1 I have to replace “1:” with “Phalera_flavescens:” that is I have to replace 1 with Phalera_flavescens but not in all places but only at place i have the number followed by colon. Same way I have to replace “2:” with “Ochrogaster_lunifer:” and so on.

Thanks

[guy038]

Hello, @nagoor-meerasa-mohammed, and All,

Well, you’ve provided very few information ! Your example is just a long one-line text which contains 15 zones with a number followed with a colon, listed below, in reading order :

3:
64:
4:
5:
92:
7:
62:
6:
7:
2:
91:
2:
6:
5:
1:

Do you speak of all these numbers ?

If so, I suppose that your File 2 text should contain, at least, 92 items ?

Have a look, first, to this post :

https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/21965/please-read-before-posting

Best Regards,

guy038

[Nagoor Meerasa Mohammed]

@nagoor-meerasa-mohammed said in search and replace a set of texts:

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Hi guy038, Thanks for the reply. what you assumed is correct. I have posted only few lines because the full file is very large and is of not much use.

[guy038]

Hi, @nagoor-meerasa-mohammed, and All,

OK ! So, here is the road map :

• Copy all the File 1.txt contents in, let’s say, a file named File 3.txt

• Add a separation line of, at least, three = signs

• Append all the File 2.txt contents, after the separation line

• Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + F )

  • SEARCH (?-s)\D\K(\d+):(?=(?s:.+^=+\R.*^\1\x20)(.+))|^===+(?s).+

  • REPLACE ?1\2

  • Tick the Wrap around option

  • Select the Regular expression search mode

  • Click only on the Replace All button ( Do not use the Replace button ! )

• Close the Replace dialog ( Esc )

• Save the File 3.txt modifications ( Ctrl + S )

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Here is an example where I copied your File 1.txt text, twice, then the separation line ===== and, finally your File 2.txt text

3:1.428238e-001):4.577779e-002,64:9.743924e-002):7.427767e-002):2.922571e-002):3.206583e-002,((((4:7.719304e-002,5:7.767254e-002):9.925778e-002,92:1.697033e-001):2.906791e-002,(7:1.281314e-001,62:1.351362e-001):2.747034e-002):1.246730e-002,((6:9.872749e-002,7:7.750112e-002):3.270381e-002,(2:1.533366e-001,91:1.316264e-001):2.139538e-002):5.698094e-002):3.332409e-002):5.389512e-002,(2:2.990773e-001,((((((6:7.144297e-002,((5:3.452890e-002,1:7.746965e-003)

3:1.428238e-001):4.577779e-002,64:9.743924e-002):7.427767e-002):2.922571e-002):3.206583e-002,((((4:7.719304e-002,5:7.767254e-002):9.925778e-002,92:1.697033e-001):2.906791e-002,(7:1.281314e-001,62:1.351362e-001):2.747034e-002):1.246730e-002,((6:9.872749e-002,7:7.750112e-002):3.270381e-002,(2:1.533366e-001,91:1.316264e-001):2.139538e-002):5.698094e-002):3.332409e-002):5.389512e-002,(2:2.990773e-001,((((((6:7.144297e-002,((5:3.452890e-002,1:7.746965e-003)
=====

1 Phalera_flavescens
2 Ochrogaster_lunifer
3 Hyphantria_cunea
4 Eudocima_salaminia
5 Eudocima_phalonia
6 Grammodes_geometrica
7 Parallelia_stuposa

AFter clicking on the Replace All button, you should get this new text :

Hyphantria_cunea1.428238e-001):4.577779e-002,64:9.743924e-002):7.427767e-002):2.922571e-002):3.206583e-002,((((Eudocima_salaminia7.719304e-002,Eudocima_phalonia7.767254e-002):9.925778e-002,92:1.697033e-001):2.906791e-002,(Parallelia_stuposa1.281314e-001,62:1.351362e-001):2.747034e-002):1.246730e-002,((Grammodes_geometrica9.872749e-002,Parallelia_stuposa7.750112e-002):3.270381e-002,(Ochrogaster_lunifer1.533366e-001,91:1.316264e-001):2.139538e-002):5.698094e-002):3.332409e-002):5.389512e-002,(Ochrogaster_lunifer2.990773e-001,((((((Grammodes_geometrica7.144297e-002,((Eudocima_phalonia3.452890e-002,Phalera_flavescens7.746965e-003)

Hyphantria_cunea1.428238e-001):4.577779e-002,64:9.743924e-002):7.427767e-002):2.922571e-002):3.206583e-002,((((Eudocima_salaminia7.719304e-002,Eudocima_phalonia7.767254e-002):9.925778e-002,92:1.697033e-001):2.906791e-002,(Parallelia_stuposa1.281314e-001,62:1.351362e-001):2.747034e-002):1.246730e-002,((Grammodes_geometrica9.872749e-002,Parallelia_stuposa7.750112e-002):3.270381e-002,(Ochrogaster_lunifer1.533366e-001,91:1.316264e-001):2.139538e-002):5.698094e-002):3.332409e-002):5.389512e-002,(Ochrogaster_lunifer2.990773e-001,((((((Grammodes_geometrica7.144297e-002,((Eudocima_phalonia3.452890e-002,Phalera_flavescens7.746965e-003)

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Notes :

• The File 2.txt list of items, at the end of File 3.txt, has been deleted, too !

• Of course, any number followed with a colon, which does not exist in the list, located after the separation line =====, is not replaced at all, in the section before the ===== line

• The File 2.txt list of items, at the end of File 3.txt, do not need to be sorted, too !

Best Regards,

guy038