Removing characters in a certain position on the line

DIMITRIOS STAMATIOU

Hello Guys,

I have alot of text files with a set of coordinates and i want to remove in all of them the z coordinate like in the example below:

{Position 987.2 2263.3 -12.99}
and then remove -12.99 so it is like this
{Position 987.2 2263.3}

Basically to delete everything after the third " " character and before the }

Thank you for your replies.

Mark Olson

@DIMITRIOS-STAMATIOU said in Removing characters in a certain position on the line:

{Position 987.2 2263.3 -12.99}

Use the find/replace form (Ctrl+H with default keybindings)
Find what: (?-i)({Position(?: [+-]?\d+(?:\.\d+)?){2})(?: [+-]?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)}
Replace with: ${1}}
Search Mode: Regular expression

I replaced

{Position -33.474 -6.304 -5.288}
{Position -38.143 25.527 -16.232}
{Position 31.708 32.052 4.161}
{Position 2.254 36.771 12.793}
{Position -28.217 27.783 -29.420}

with

{Position -33.474 -6.304}
{Position -38.143 25.527}
{Position 31.708 32.052}
{Position 2.254 36.771}
{Position -28.217 27.783}

Note that this will not work on numbers with scientific notation (like 3e1) or numbers with leading decimal points (like .75)

DIMITRIOS STAMATIOU

@Mark-Olson,
Thank you so much, you saved me from many hours of work.
Much Appreciated.