How to paste words Paste in empty Lines? (With Image as Ex.)

joe junior

Problem:
Result I want:

Coises

@joe-junior I don’t mean to be snippy, but you really should read the pinned Please Read This Before Posting to which you were directed previously and the FAQ: Formatting Forum Posts to which it links. I know it seems handy to show pictures, but it’s much easier for us to help if you use code formatting (either ``` on a line by itself before and after your data, or the </> button above where you input your post), because that way we can quickly copy your example exactly and test any solutions we might think to propose.

Beyond that, I can’t quite tell from your post what you are trying to do. I have a rough idea, but two things matter a lot:

What is the source of the data you are inserting into the blank lines? It is a file containing the new text, one text per line? Does the source also have blank lines between the text you want? Is it something else entirely?
How many lines are being pasted? If you just have a file with seven lines to paste into a file with seven blank lines, you could use the multiple selection features of Notepad++ 8.6 to do this quickly by selecting the seven source lines as rectangular selection (top to bottom), copying, then clicking on the first blank target line, Ctrl+clicking on each additional blank line, then pasting. If you have five hundred lines, that wouldn’t be very practical.

joe junior

@joe-junior Note: I want to select All (the Pasted Character) and then Paste All of them on the Empty lines at once, Thank you for the 2nd Method Works.

joe junior

@joe-junior Sorry for the Confusion, Thanks for the feedback and suggestion also, I’ll be more aware of it,next…

joe junior

also how to Bookmark Empty Line base on the Line Number (Thanks)

Coises

@joe-junior said in How to paste words Paste in empty Lines? (With Image as Ex.):

also how to Bookmark Empty Line base on the Line Number (Thanks)

I’m not sure what you mean by “base on the Line Number.” You can bookmark empty lines by using Search | Mark… entering:

Find what: ^\R
Bookmark line checked
Wrap around checked
Search Mode: Regular expression

then clicking Mark All.

guy038

Hello, @joe-junior, @coises and All,

We do NOT even need the excellent plugin BetterMultiSelection of @dail, to achieve your goal !

So, let’s suppose you have this first text, pasted in a new tab

fgsdfg

zerzer

dghdgh

sfgsfgsdfg

uiuyiti

cvwvb

gjgjkgjk

Now, you append this second text, below, which should be inserted, later, in between the first section :

4654646
9789411314
131231786000841
8673131313321
6789131321
9788
78978978

First, if necessary, we add one blank line, between each line of that second text, with the regex

SEARCH \R

REPLACE $0$0

4654646

9789411314

131231786000841

8673131313321

6789131321

9788

78978978

Now :

Do a 13 × 15 rectangular selection of this second text
Copy or cut this selection ( Ctrl + C or Ctrl + X )
Move the caret / cursor at the first empty line of the first text
Paste your rectangular selection ( Ctrl + V )

=> You should get, at once, your expected OUTPUT text :

fgsdfg
4654646
zerzer
9789411314
dghdgh
131231786000841
sfgsfgsdfg
8673131313321
uiuyiti
6789131321
cvwvb
9788
gjgjkgjk
78978978

Finally, delete :
- your second text, in case of a previous Ctrl + C
- The remaining empty lines block, in case of a previous Ctrl+X

IMPORTANT :

This test was performed on a version prior to the last one ( v8.6 ). So, just verify if this method would still work with the default bulit-in Multi-Editing behaviour of our last 8.6 version !

Best Regards,

guy038