<![CDATA[Replace symbols around a word]]>I’m trying to replace a lot of lines that would otherwise take so much time.

From:
[[Wood]] [[Unit|units]]

To:
{{LT2|Wood}} {{LT2|Unit|units}}

Any ideas?

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/23688/replace-symbols-around-a-wordRSS for NodeTue, 21 Jul 2026 03:52:04 GMTMon, 31 Oct 2022 13:10:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Replace symbols around a word on Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:34:29 GMT]]>Replacing symbols is very simple if you use Facebook symbols. I learned a lot from this website, which has a great article on each symbol. You can convert your whole article into a symbol if you have knowledge about it.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/82268https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/82268Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:34:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Replace symbols around a word on Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:04:47 GMT]]>@PeterJones said in Replace symbols around a word:

This is why it’s better the more details a person includes in their original question…

I couldn’t agree more.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81064https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81064Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:04:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Replace symbols around a word on Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:53:30 GMT]]>@Ekopalypse said in Replace symbols around a word:

That’s how I interpreted it, yes, but OP upgraded @guy038’s response, so we both seem to have missed something Guy (?) understood.

And oddly, when I was thinking up my reply in case it was needed (and it obviously wasn’t), mine was going to be even more generic than Guy’s answer, replacing anything between double-brackets with double-braces-and-LT2 (and wasn’t restricted to always two-to-a-line). So I was surprised when the OP seemed to be happy with Guy’s less-generic expression.

This is why it’s better the more details a person includes in their original question, because there were at least three reasonable (but incompatible) interpretations of the original question in this case. And it’s such vagueness that gives the Search-and-Replace-Question-Template a reason to exist.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81056https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81056Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:53:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Replace symbols around a word on Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:35:26 GMT]]>@Alan-Kilborn
That’s how I interpreted it, yes, but OP upgraded @guy038’s response, so we both seem to have missed something Guy (?) understood. OP seems happy - that’s what matters.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81051https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81051Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:35:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Replace symbols around a word on Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:37:11 GMT]]>@Ekopalypse said in Replace symbols around a word:

No regex is needed at all.

Well, that’s the reason I suspected the OP just hasn’t asked their true question, and thus why I directed them to information on how they should ask their question.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81034https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81034Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:37:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Replace symbols around a word on Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:08:45 GMT]]>@guy038
I’m not sure if I’m missing something, but if the text OP provided is exactly the text that should be changed, wouldn’t that be the obvious solution:

find: [[Wood]] [[Unit|units]]
replace: {{LT2|Wood}} {{LT2|Unit|units}}

No regex is needed at all.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81033https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81033Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:08:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Replace symbols around a word on Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:52:55 GMT]]>Hello, @blake-kline, @alan-kilborn and All,

@blake-kline, if the text shown in your post, just represents the present and future text, the following regex S/R should modify your text as expected !

  • SEARCH (?x-i) \x5B\x5B ( Wood ) \x5D \x5D \x20 \x5B\x5B ( Unit \| units ) \x5D\x5D

  • REPLACE {{LT2|\1}} {{LT2|\2}}

Best Regards,

guy038

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81032https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81032Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:52:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Replace symbols around a word on Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:28:32 GMT]]>@Blake-Kline said in Replace symbols around a word:

Any ideas?

Just ONE.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81031https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/81031Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:28:32 GMT