<![CDATA[problem with this regex: \b.{1,6}\b]]>I made a simple regex “\b.{1,6}\b” that matches every word contains less than 7 charecters,
And yes it works, But the problem that it’s matching this type of words: “ab!cdefghi”, while it contains 10 charecters… maybe because it contains “!” symbol.
so is there any way to make a regex that don’t match words contains +6 charecters even it contains a symbol like “!”

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24421/problem-with-this-regex-b-1-6-bRSS for NodeTue, 14 Apr 2026 16:24:52 GMTMon, 01 May 2023 02:24:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to problem with this regex: \b.{1,6}\b on Thu, 04 May 2023 21:45:36 GMT]]>@Mark-Olson
Thank you very much, it worked very well…
Also thanks to everyone who tried to help.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86168https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86168Thu, 04 May 2023 21:45:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problem with this regex: \b.{1,6}\b on Mon, 01 May 2023 20:41:31 GMT]]>Hello, @mark-olson,

Indeed, I would not have thought of that. As always, it is the borderline cases that need to be studied !

Best Regards,

guy038

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86068https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86068Mon, 01 May 2023 20:41:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problem with this regex: \b.{1,6}\b on Mon, 01 May 2023 11:20:36 GMT]]>@Mark-Olson

Nice point about matching at start/end of file.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86049https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86049Mon, 01 May 2023 11:20:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to problem with this regex: \b.{1,6}\b on Mon, 01 May 2023 03:21:50 GMT]]>@Bahaa0013
(?<!\S)\S{1,6}(?!\S)

abdc!
#$#$@
$##@
~~~NO
&
*(
#R%$%$%#
abcdefg

My regex will mark only first six lines, not last two.

Note that I chose the negative assertions “not not a whitespace before or after” ((?<!\S) and (?!\S)) because that assertion matches at the beginning and end of the file, and the alternative “must be a whitespace” ((?<=\s) and (?=\s)) do not.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86040https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86040Mon, 01 May 2023 03:21:50 GMT