<![CDATA[how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot]]>Untitled Project .jpg

so as u see i want to find all the "B"s that between them 9 lines ,im new to regex search

and i want to know how can i do it in another situation where there is longer lines with alot of numbers and special characters

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/22173/how-can-i-find-2-char-with-a-specific-number-of-line-between-them-please-see-the-screen-shootRSS for NodeWed, 17 Jun 2026 10:32:39 GMTMon, 22 Nov 2021 17:34:12 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:34:15 GMT]]>@alan-kilborn 100% thanks , sorry i know that it is basic questions because i just started today but i had to ask here :), ok i will check it out

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71533https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71533Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:34:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:28:11 GMT]]>@qishq-42 said in how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot:

one question how can i exclude the B from being in one of those 5 lines?

I suppose you then want this?:

(?-s)^B([^B]*\R){6}B

Suggest you read about regex and Notepad++ starting with references HERE.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71532https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71532Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:28:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:23:40 GMT]]>@alan-kilborn one question how can i exclude the B from being in one of those 5 lines?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71531https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71531Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:23:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:21:57 GMT]]>@alan-kilborn it is working! Impressive! thank you man

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71529https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71529Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:21:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:13:29 GMT]]>@qishq-42

If you had 5 lines between the ones that started with the Bs, you could use this:

(?-s)^B(.*\R){6}B

Note that the 6 relates to the 5 you want – it is one more than the desired.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71527https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71527Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:13:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:08:28 GMT]]>@qishq-42
im wondering how can i find it in this situation
Untitled Project 2.jpg

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71526https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71526Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:08:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:02:49 GMT]]>@saiapatsu said in how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot:

B\n[^\n]*\n

i got it at the start [B\n[^\n]\n… i had to remove the \n so it looks like this [B[^\n]\n…

thank you very much

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71524https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71524Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:02:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:59:33 GMT]]>@saiapatsu i guess there is somthing missing in the start of your regex

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71523https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71523Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:59:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:53:16 GMT]]>@saiapatsu thank you for fast replaying , it didnt work i tried also B\n[^\n]*\nB means one line between them right? it didnt work neither

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71522https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71522Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:53:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:45:23 GMT]]>This regex might work:
B\n[^\n]*\n[^\n]*\n[^\n]*\n[^\n]*\n[^\n]*\n[^\n]*\n[^\n]*\n[^\n]*\n[^\n]*\nB
B is the letter B
[^\n]* is any amount of anything that isn’t a newline
\n is a newline
Thus, this will find two Bs with exactly 9 newlines in the text between them, no more or less.
This will also find Bs that have other Bs between them in these 9 lines. To fix that, change [^\n]* to [^B\n]* so that any of the lines between the two Bs cannot contain B.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71521https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/71521Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:45:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to how can i find 2 char with a specific number of line between them please see the screen shoot on Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:42:34 GMT]]>@qishq-42 col search

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