Bookmark, copy spesific lines in notpad++

akram duna

Hello

How can i select or import some specific combos in a txt file notpad++ ,The txt file is like

testxx:textxx
<------------>
Test #1: 0
Test #2: 3
Test #3: 0
<------------>
test1:test1
<------------>
*********
<------------>
test22:test22
<------------>
*********
<------------>
testxx2:testxx2
<------------>
Test #1: 0
Test #2: 1
Test #3: 4
<------------>

I want to select or copy combos before this suffix

<------------>
Test #1: 0
Test #2: 1
Test #3: 4
<------------>
Test #1: 0
Test #2: 1
Test #3: 4
<------------>

btw the numbers after Test #1 Test #2 Test #3 are always different

lLike in the example file , i want to import these combos

testxx:textxx
testxx2:testxx2

Thank you

guy038

Hello, @akram-duna and All,

One possible method would be to use regular expressions !

Open the Mark dialog ( Ctrl + M )
Type in (?x-s) ^ testxx .+ \R < -+ > \R \K (?s: .+? ) (?= \R ^ < -+ > ) in the Find what: zone
Untick all the box options
Click the 3 options Bookmark line, Purge for each search and Wrap around
Select the Regular expression search mode
Click on the Mark All button
Click on the Copy Mark Text button
Open a new tab ( Ctrl + N )
Paste the copied text ( Ctrl + V )

Here your are !

Note that any line, made of only four dashes, between your blocks, are generated by the Copy Marked Text feature itself !

Best Regards,

guy038

akram duna

@guy038
Hi mate thanks for your help but the

testxx:textxx
testxx2:testxx2

are just examples the origin file contains a lot of different data , that main idea is to copy them using these

<------------>
Test #1: 0
Test #2: 1
Test #3: 4
<------------>

guy038

Hi, @akram-duna,

Are the blocks to copy contain, at least, two successive lines ?

BR

guy038

guy038

Hi, @akram-duna,

Or are all the lines to copy begin with the string Test ?

BR

guy038

akram duna

@guy038

the repeated sentence in my file are

<------------>
Test #1:
Test #2:
Test #3: 
<------------>

guy038

Hi, @akram-duna and All,

Could you try this Mark regex ?

(?x-si) < -+ > \R \K (?: Test \x20 .+ \R? )+ (?= \R ^ < -+ > )

Remark : You do not even need to tick the Bookmark line option !

If OK, I’ll explain you how this regex works !

Cheers,

guy038

akram duna

Hi @guy038

I tried it and it mark

Test #1: 0
Test #2: 3
Test #3: 0

Test #1: 0
Test #2: 1
Test #3: 4

now how to change it to mark

testxx:textxx
testxx2:testxx2

PeterJones

@akram-duna

You’re not doing a great job of describing what you want, and you seem to be changing your spec every time you ask the question. Guy has done his best to guess what you mean, and has done a reasonable job; I will usually try to guess, but with your problem desciption, I cannot tell at all what you want (so i cannot offer any suggestions).

Please do a better job of defining your desires, so you get one last answer, and then understand that you are expected to learn from what we share, and figure out how to customize it yourself, and not just expect us to do your homework/job for you.

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guy038

Hello, @akram-duna and All,

Ah… OK ! Of course, you could try that regex :

(?x-si) ^ .+ \R < -+ > \R (?: Test \x20 .+ \R? )+ (?= \R ^ < -+ > )

But the main problem is not solved. We need to know how your present data is organized !

Could you provide us, a reasonable amount of your real text ( I mean, between 50 and 150 lines ) which recapitulates all ( or almost all ) the possible cases of your INPUT data :

INPUT

testxx:textxx
<------------>
Test #1: 0
Test #2: 3
Test #3: 0
<------------>
....
....
....
....

And, starting with that INPUT data, could you show us the OUTPUT text that you expect to :

OUTPUT

...
...
...

BR

guy038

akram duna

@guy038
Thanks a lot your the best I solved my problem with our help, and sorry for my bad description its just about a language issue :D