Mark all text who have word searched

ElBriak Badr

I have a text file like the folowing one:

#TEST Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT  |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT  |

I want to mark text who contain this word “special”
The result can be :

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT  |

I trying to use this
^(#TEST).+?special+?\|$
but the result not correct

Alan Kilborn

@elbriak-badr

I think a clarification for those that want to help is:

You want to mark multiple lines of text that occur between single empty lines, that contain the text special.

ElBriak Badr

@alan-kilborn Thanks For your Reply ,
The text like you see is started by # and ended by |

I need to mark all text who have the word special

guy038

Hello, @elbriak-badr , @alan-kilborn and All,

So you need to mark any range of text beginning with a # character, having the word special in the next line and then mark all chars till the nearest | character

In this case, the road map is :

Open the Mark dialog ( Ctrl + M )
Find what : (?-is)^#TEST.+\R.+special(?s).+?\|
Un-tick all options
Tick the Bookmark line, Purge for each search and Wrap around options
Select the Regular expression search mode
Click on the Mark All button
Now, you can, either :
- Click on the Copy Marked text button and paste the clipboard contents in a new tab
- Choose the menu option Search > Bookmark > Copy Bookmarked lines and paste the clipboard contents in a new tab

Notes,

The search is sensitive to case, due to the in-line modifier -i ( so, not insensitive ! )
At beginning any . matches a single standard char ( so, not the line-endings )
After the word special, the in-line modifier (?s) means that dot matches any character, including EOL ones

Best Regards,

guy038

ElBriak Badr

@guy038 Thanks a lot , it’s working for any range of text beginning with a # character, having the word special in the next line , but can you please help me to search for range of text having the word special in any line ?

#TEST Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT  |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT  |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT  |

Results

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT special Random TEXT |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT  |

#TEST Random TEXT:
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT special Random TEXT
Random TEXT 
Random TEXT  |

guy038

Hi, @elbriak-badr , @alan-kilborn and All,

Ah…, OK. In this case, we must use the (?s) modifier for the entire regex.and the goal becomes :

A) To look for any range of text, between the string #TEST, beginnning a line, till the nearest | character
B) This range must, of course, contains the word special
C) The string #TEST, itself, must never occur, after each #TEST string till the word special !

Thus, the appropriate regex is :

SEARCH (?s-i)^#TEST((?!#TEST).)+?special.+?\|

Notes :

To achieve the C) condition, we use a negative look-ahead condition, meaning that the range of chars, after #TEST, till the word special, must not contain the #TEST string, itself, at any position, thanks to this specific syntax ((?!#TEST).)+?
The -i syntax, at beginning of the regex, means that the search is sensitive to case ( so not insensitive ! ) If you need a search, whatever the case, change the part (?s-i) by (?si)

Best Regards,

guy038

ElBriak Badr

Very wonderful ,
Thanks a lot @guy038 ,
that make me love notepad++ more !!

I am grateful for your support.